Easy Colorful Sports Day Bento 2007

Name: Easy Colorful Sports Day Bento 2007
Yield: Serves 4–5 servings
Ingredients: 3.5 oz (100 g) thinly sliced beef; 1/2 carrot; 10 green beans; 1 1/2 tablespoons each soy sauce, mirin, and sake; 1 small ramekin [Flavorful Simmered Hijiki Seaweed by Kyoku]; 2 medium potatoes; 1/2 onion; 1/2 cucumber; 4 slices ham; 2 tablespoons onion dressing (store-bought is fine); 1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise; 1 pinch salt and pepper; 1.8 oz (50 g) smoked salmon; 1/2 head broccoli; 3 asparagus spears; 1/2 onion; Onion dressing, as needed (store-bought is fine); 10 cherry tomatoes; 10 quail eggs; 1/2 cucumber

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This is a vibrant bento for sports day, enough to fill one tier of a jubako (stacked bento box). For more bento ideas, check out my bento blog: http://obentone.exblog.jp/
Recipe background:
Normally, September and October—the sports day season—are still quite hot, so I wouldn’t usually recommend using smoked salmon marinade. I added it for color, even though it was a bit forced. Since it was a really hot day, I was worried, but I used an ice pack just in case. No one got sick, so I guess it was fine!

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Ingredients

Serves 4–5 servings

[Beef and Vegetable Teriyaki Rolls]
3.5 oz (100 g)thinly sliced beef
1/2carrot
10green beans
1 1/2 tablespoonseach soy sauce, mirin, and sake
1small ramekin [Flavorful Simmered Hijiki Seaweed by Kyoku]
[Potato Salad Ham Rolls]
2medium potatoes
1/2onion
1/2cucumber
4 slicesham
2 tablespoonsonion dressing (store-bought is fine)
1 1/2 tablespoonsmayonnaise
1 pinchsalt and pepper
[Smoked Salmon, Broccoli, and Asparagus Marinade]
1.8 oz (50 g)smoked salmon
1/2 headbroccoli
3asparagus spears
1/2onion
Onion dressing, as needed (store-bought is fine)
[Mini Tomato and Quail Egg Skewers]
10cherry tomatoes
10quail eggs
1/2cucumber

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Steps

1

[Beef and Vegetable Teriyaki Rolls] [Day before] Boil the broccoli and carrot. Wrap them with the thinly sliced beef seasoned with salt and pepper. [Day of] Dust lightly with flour (not included in ingredient list), pan-fry, then add soy sauce, mirin, and sake to glaze with teriyaki sauce.
2

[Flavorful Simmered Hijiki Seaweed by Kyoku] Add cooked soybeans for variation.
3

[Potato Salad Ham Rolls] [Day of] Make fluffy boiled potatoes, mash, and season with onion dressing. (This lets you use less mayonnaise later.)
4

Mix sliced cucumber and onion, rub with salt, squeeze out excess water, then combine with the potatoes. Season with mayonnaise, salt, and pepper. Roll up in halved slices of ham.
5

[Smoked Salmon, Broccoli, and Asparagus Marinade] [Day before] Blanch the broccoli and asparagus until just tender. Marinate with sliced onion and 0.7 oz (20 g) of the salmon in onion dressing. [Day of] Use the remaining salmon to make rose-shaped garnishes.
6

[Mini Tomato and Quail Egg Skewers] Thread a quail egg, cucumber cut with a small cutter, and a cherry tomato onto each skewer, in that order.