Fried rice and sausage bento box

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We're sharing easy and budget-friendly homemade bento box recipes from Japan!

Today I took it easy and made a bento box with lots of frozen food.
Fried rice and sausage bento box
2026.03.31 ｜ cherry tomatoes
This time, I aimed for a simple, time-saving, 15-minute bento box using mostly frozen foods. I often include a cherry tomato because just one adds color and a fresh feel.

Ingredients and Instructions for Fried Rice (2 servings)

Fried Rice

Rice
1 cup

Sausage
2 pieces

Egg
1 piece

Green onion
5cm

MSG
3 shakes

Chicken stock
2 teaspoons (10g)

Salt and pepper
a pinch

Soy sauce
1 teaspoon (5g)
- Mix the rice with the egg, green onions, sliced sausage, and all seasonings except soy sauce.
- If it starts to burn, mix it, and repeat.
- Once it’s browned all over, drizzle with soy sauce and it’s done when the aroma is released.

Husband

This time, for the fried rice, I mixed in the egg first. I think the trick to fried rice is to fry it until it’s slightly burnt.

Wife

You’re really particular about the burnt parts, lol. If you fry it thoroughly until it’s slightly burnt, the moisture evaporates and it becomes fluffy.

Ingredients and Instructions for Frozen Food (1 Serving)

Beef Croquettes and Mixed Vegetable Spring Rolls

Beef Croquettes
1 piece

Mixed Vegetable Spring Rolls
1 piece
- Microwave one beef croquette and one mixed vegetable spring roll for about 50 seconds at 600W.
- Cut in half

Husband

We use both Nissui and Nichirei frozen foods

Wife

There are so many different kinds of frozen foods, it’s fun. Eating frozen foods is fun too.

Sausage

Sausage
3 pieces

Soy Sauce
A little bit (3g)
- Fry the sausage until browned, then add a little soy sauce at the end.

Ingredients and Instructions for Sweet and Spicy Lotus Root (2 servings)

Sweet and Spicy Lotus Root

Lotus Root
250g

Potato Starch
1 tablespoon (15g)

Soy Sauce, Mirin, Soy Sauce, Sake
1.5 tablespoons (25g)

Toasted Sesame Seeds
A Little
- Peel the lotus root and cut it into ginkgo leaf shapes about 1cm thick.
- 1Coat with potato starch.
- Once the lotus root is cooked, add the seasonings and stir-fry until thickened.
- Finally mix in sesame seeds and it’s done.