In-Flight Miso Chicken Bento
Miso Chicken for an in-flight bento? Yep.
This bento was packed for a traveling-solo family member who happened to stop at Seatac Airport for a connecting flight. During this transition we exchanged omiyage (gifts) including this bento box lunch.
While planning this brief visit I had asked this cross-country flier, “what do you want in your bento?”
“I don’t care, surprise me!”
I love it when they say that!
Here you go…
Sweet miso chicken, using this recipe sans roasting. I pan fried instead.
White-rice musubi with furikake, 2 ways.
Fried tofu with onions which I buy pre-cooked at the market. (they do it best)
The ubiquitous cherry tomatoes and cucumbers.
All layered on a bed of shredded cabbage and packed in a reused take-out container. (I ‘m so glad I started this habit of stashing these boxes)
In another box, for dessert (sorry no photo), I included…butter-mochi!
And along with the butter-mochi…another dessert that’s close to my heart…can you guess?
Nanaimo Bar! Okay, a little background—last year I went on a quest, a hunt of sorts, for my first Nanaimo Bar, which I found… in Nanaimo, Canada! I blogged briefly about it here.
Later, I received a “landed safely at home” text and this photo of the miso chicken bento!
Yummy! What a delicious and thoughtful sendoff. I’m gonna start connecting through SeaTac too, I think.
It does look tasty! Yummmmmm!
You are always so thoughtful! Who wouldn’t love this yummy bento.
Heehee, I’m with Sheri- I’ll be coming through SeaTac just to get one of your bentos!
Thank sherimiya, Lyndsey and Susan!
I think the person who received this bento will always remember the surprised in this box and how thoughtful you are (^.^)
hmmmm…this looks so yummy….^o^
Wow! Your friends nad relatives are so lucky!
+ I discovered I have everything on hand to try this miso chicken: I know what we’ll have for dinner! Thank you so much!
Thanks Pipaw! Let us know how you like the recipe.
Hi Debra! I liked it very much. It is so different from the way I usually marinate chicken. But it was too sweet for my man. I’ll keep the recipe for my bento and enjoy it alone!!!
Thanks Pipaw for sharing your experience! You can reduce the sweet ingredients for the recipe for your man.
Or keep it for yourself. More for you! Yum.
man, i need to make sure my next trip has a layover in seatac, so i can get one of these delicious “hapa to go” boxes!
the sweet miso looks delish… 1 million times better than airplane food!
and awww, nanaimo bars… brings me back to our first days of bento friendship! <3
Hi megan! I believe it was YOU that won our very first giveaway! Thanks for your comments and friendship.