誕生日のお弁当。HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENTO BOX

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山田英秀(andrecipe)HIDESUE YAMADA(andrecipe)
4月27日(水)April 27th

今年の誕生日に、ふだんはなかなか言えない産んでくれたお礼とともに大好きだった母の作る三色弁当を頼むことにしました。相変わらず、ほっとするやさしい母の味。あの頃と違うのは、今の僕には小さなお弁当でお腹がいっぱいにならないことと、お弁当箱の蓋を開けた時、中身が偏っていなかったことぐらいだった。きっとあの頃は、母の言うことを聞かず、お弁当の入った袋を持って、走りまわりながら幼稚園に通っていたのだろう。
レシピ:山田幸代 写真:森本菜穂子

On my birthday this year, I requested for a Three Colored Bento made by my dear mother to thank her for giving birth to me – the word usually left unspoken and unaddressed. As always it tasted like my mom’s cooking, feeling relaxed and warm. The only difference between now and before was that this small Bento Box didn’t make me feel overly fully anymore, and that the box didn’t lean towards one side when the lid on the box was opened. Obviously, in the past, I was not listening to my mom. I was running on the way to kindergarten, while holding my bag inside containing the Bento Box.
Photographer / Nahoko Morimoto

母の手書きレシピMOTHER'S RECIPE

三色鶏そぼろ弁当

Three Colored Chicken Soboro Bento

For Chicken Soboro
Ingredients200g ground chicken (thighs)
[A]
  • 2 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp. mirin (Japanese sweet sake)
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tbsp. sake
  • 1 tbsp. dashi (Japanese broth)
Directions1.Put the ingredients [A] on a frying pan and whisk to combine. Add the ground chicken, and leave them about 10 minutes.
2.Use a pestle to break up the ground chicken and mix them over medium heat. Boil down them until the liquid is evaporated, about 8-10 minutes.
For Scrambled eggs (Iri Tamago)
Ingredients3 eggs
3 tbsp. milk
1 tbsp. sugarDirections1.Beat the eggs, milk and sugar together in a bowl.
2.Add egg mixture to the pan, and whip it with a whisk until cooked through but not too hard.
For green beans
Ingredients5-6 green beans
A pinch of saltDirections1.Add a pinch of salt to boiling water. Boil string beans and plunge them into ice cold water.
2.Dry green beans and slice thinly.
ポテトサラダ

For potato salad

Ingredients 2 medium potatoes
1/2 cucumber
1/3 carrot
1/8 onion
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper consomme seasoning
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
1 tsp. ground mustard
1 tsp. olive oil
A little extra vinegar, salt and pepper
Directions 1.Boil potatoes and a peeled carrot with water, and place them with the bamboo sticks in a bowl from the heated one. Peel potatoes while still fairly hot.
2.Thinly slice cucumber and carrot, and place them in two different bowls, adding a pinch of salt.
3.Add consomme and vinegar to the peeled potatoes. Mix well.
4.When [3] is cool enough to handle, add carrots (cut in quarters) and squeezed cucumber and onion. Season to taste with mayonnaise, ground mustard and pepper.
Garnish with cherry tomatoes and parsley.
山田英秀幸代さん
HIDESUE YAMADAMOTHER
幸代さん山田英秀
MOTHERHIDESUE YAMADA

2016.06