Tamagoyaki Bento Box
Ingredients
- ½ cup uncooked short-grain white rice
- ¾ cup water
- 1 sheet nori (dry seaweed), or as needed, divided
- 2 teaspoons bonito flakes
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
- ⅛ teaspoon tamari
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons tamari
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon wasabi paste
- ½ cup cooked shelled edamame
- ¼ cup steamed broccoli florets
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Instructions
- Rinse rice with cool water until the water runs clear; drain. Bring rice and ¾ cup water to a boil in a pot; reduce heat. Simmer until water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Cool 10 to 20 minutes.
- Cut nori sheet into two 1-inch strips; reserve remainder of sheet for tamagoyaki.
- Form cooled rice into 4 equal portions using wet hands, keeping hands wet to keep rice from sticking. Create an indention in 1 rice portion using your thumb; fill indention with 1 teaspoon bonito flakes. Top with another rice portion to enclose onigiri. Form into an oval shape; wrap middle with 1 nori (1-inch) strip. Repeat to make a second onigiri with remaining rice portions, bonito flakes, and nori (1-inch) strip. Sprinkle white and black sesame seeds on top of onigiri. Place in a bento box.
- Whisk eggs, mirin, and ⅛ teaspoon tamari together in a bowl; divide into 3 portions. Cut remaining portion nori sheet into four ½-inch strips.
- Heat oil in a small saucepan or square tamagoyaki pan over medium-high heat. Add ⅓ egg mixture; cook until almost firm, 2 to 3 minutes, if omelet is too firm, it won't stick together very well. Slide flat omelet onto a plate. Add 4 nori (½-inch) strips to the pan with some space between each.
- Add ⅓ egg mixture to the pan; cook until almost firm, 2 to 3 minutes. Roll up carefully in the pan with nori strips. Slide rolled omelet onto edge of first unrolled omelet. Add remaining ⅓ egg mixture to the pan; cook until almost firm, 2 to 3 minutes, roll it up and slide on top of second omelet. Cool until cool enough to touch, about 5 minutes.
- Roll entire layered omelet together with nori inside. Cut into 4 pieces. Place alongside onigiri in bento box.
- Combine 2 tablespoons tamari, ginger, and wasabi paste in a bowl; transfer to a portable container and place into bento box. Add edamame and steamed broccoli to bento box.
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