Sweet and Thick Tempura Rice Bowl Sauce for Bento

Name: Sweet and Thick Tempura Rice Bowl Sauce for Bento
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 tbsp Mirin; 2 tbsp Soy sauce; 1 tbsp Sugar

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One of my favorite ten-don restaurants closed. In my quest for a similar ten-don sauce, I tried a lot of different varieties and this is to my liking.

Reduce the sauce until you have almost half the original amount. This will make a thick, sweet sauce. You won't need all of it, so drizzle some over rice and store the rest. Recipe by Shijimi24.

One of my favorite ten-don restaurants closed. In my quest for a similar ten-don sauce, I tried a lot of different varieties and this is to my liking.

Reduce the sauce until you have almost half the original amount. This will make a thick, sweet sauce. You won't need all of it, so drizzle some over rice and store the rest. Recipe by Shijimi24.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

One of my favorite ten-don restaurants closed. In my quest for a similar ten-don sauce, I tried a lot of different varieties and this is to my liking.

Reduce the sauce until you have almost half the original amount. This will make a thick, sweet sauce. You won't need all of it, so drizzle some over rice and store the rest. Recipe by Shijimi24.

One of my favorite ten-don restaurants closed. In my quest for a similar ten-don sauce, I tried a lot of different varieties and this is to my liking.

Reduce the sauce until you have almost half the original amount. This will make a thick, sweet sauce. You won't need all of it, so drizzle some over rice and store the rest. Recipe by Shijimi24.

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Ingredients

1 serving

3 tbspMirin
2 tbspSoy sauce
1 tbspSugar

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Steps

1

Reduce the mirin first. Put the mirin in a small saucepan or frying pan and heat until it starts to bubble gently.
2

The mirin will start to bubble vigorously.
3

Add the soy sauce and sugar. Keep the heat down to low-medium.
4

The mixture should bubbles vigorously again now. Check if the sauce is thickened enough. It should slide slowly when you tilt the pan.
5

Reducing the sauce will give you about three tablespoons. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of sauce over cooked rice.
6

Place the tempura on top and drizzle another tablespoon of the sauce over it. Save the rest for another occasion.
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To use this in a lunch box, drizzle on a little less of the sauce over rice. (I added some torn nori seaweed to fill the gap around the edges).
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Lay the tempura on top! Do not drizzle the sauce over it or dip it in the sauce beforehand. Put the sauce in a small container and take it with your lunch box (the sweetness of the sauce will be overpowering if you pour the sauce beforehand).
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I packed some of the sauce in a small container and fitted that in the lunchbox too.
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https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/151167-sweet-savory-pork-rice-bowl

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