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Satsuki's Bento (My Neighbor Totoro) // 皐月の弁当 (となりのトトロ)

A recipe for the bento seen in the iconic Studio Ghibli film, Totoro!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Bento, Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: bento, bento box, fish, totoro, totoro bento
Servings: 1

Equipment

  • Bento box

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooked white rice
  • 1 umeboshi
  • 1 shishamo
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • handful frozen edamame
  • 1 tbsp sakura denbu

Instructions

  • Put cooked rice in your bento box about 3/4 of the way full (leave some room at the top for your toppings and to be able to put the lid on).
  • Take 1 umeboshi and put it on one side of the rice.
  • In a small pan, heat the oil on medium-high. Cook one shishamo on both sides until cooked.
  • Place the cooked shishamo across the middle of the bento box on the rice.
  • Boil water in a small pot. Put in a handful of frozen edamame and cook according to package instructions.
  • Once cooked, pop the edamame beans out of the pod. Arrange them on the rice to fill up a little less than one quarter of the bento box, under the shishamo.
  • Sprinkle the sakura denbu on the rice next to the edamame.
  • Enjoy whenever it's lunch time! Put a lid on it and pack it away to take with you.