Bento Side Dish: Salted Kinpira with Three-Color Bell Peppers

Name: Bento Side Dish: Salted Kinpira with Three-Color Bell Peppers
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 red bell pepper; 1 yellow bell pepper; 1-2 green bell peppers or green peppers; 1 tablespoon sake; 1 tablespoon mirin; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; Sesame oil (for finishing)

チェリーまま４９ @cook_40062299

This is a beautifully colorful salted kinpira made with bell peppers. It's perfect as a side dish for bento boxes and can be frozen for later! Recipe Background: To achieve a vibrant color, this kinpira uses salt instead of soy sauce. It's delicious even when cold, making it ideal for bento boxes.

チェリーまま４９ @cook_40062299

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Ingredients

Serves 4 servings

1red bell pepper
1yellow bell pepper
1-2green bell peppers or green peppers
1 tablespoonsake
1 tablespoonmirin
1 tablespoonsugar
1/2 teaspoonsalt
Sesame oil (for finishing)

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Steps

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Slice the bell peppers into thin strips.
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Heat olive oil in a frying pan (not included in the ingredient list) and sauté the bell peppers.
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Once they start to soften, turn off the heat and add all the seasonings.
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Reduce to low heat and stir until the liquid evaporates. Add sesame oil for flavor at the end.
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Perfect as a side dish for bento boxes!
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This Salted Kinpira with Three-Color Bell Peppers ranked in the top 10 for popular 'bell pepper' searches on September 18, 2014.
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On January 15, 2015, it became the number one recipe in the 'bell pepper' category. Thank you!
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Cut them uniformly and try topping them on rice.
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This Salted Kinpira with Three-Color Bell Peppers became a trending recipe (achieved 100 recipe reviews) on August 7, 2015.
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Make a large batch and freeze it for easy mornings.
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Use it as a side dish in octopus pilaf bento. This version includes eggplant.
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Great as a topping for grilled meat bento, which tends to look brownish.
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This recipe was featured in the March 2017 release of 'Cookpad's Delicious Make-Ahead Bento'.
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It was also featured in Cookpad News on August 29, 2017.
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Published in the November 2017 release of 'Cookpad's Easy Home-Style Japanese Cooking'.
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This Salted Kinpira with Three-Color Bell Peppers was inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 14, 2022.