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Today is my bento day and I want to share with you my Japanese style hamburger or hambagu bento!
I started off with some mini hamburgers which I seared on all sides then fried to near done-ness then went to add in some gravy and low and behold there was none to be found!
I know I should have looked before hand but in my household gravy granules are a staple, I still can’t believe there wasn’t any, I’m convinced they’re still hiding!
In the end I made a makeshift gravy and cooked the burgers for the remaining time until the gravy was thick and glossy.
It turned out better than if I’d used usual gravy granules!
I then placed the burgers in a bento box over plain Japanese white rice.
This is the first time I tried the gravy and rice combination and I have to say it was fabulous!
Makeshift Gravy
Ingredients
3 Beef, Chicken, Lamb etc.. OXO cubes
Boiling water
Cold water
Cornflour
Method
Add boiling water to a frying pan about 2 cm up and crush in the OXO cubes over a medium high heat.
Stir until the OXO cubes have dissolved.
Add a tablespoon of cornstarch to a tablespoon of cold water and stir until a smooth paste and add in.
Whisk until a smooth and glossy, thick gravy!
It’s even better if you can cook the meat in with the gravy for extra taste!
Pepper Bento 
YUM !
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It really was!
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Ok just read this while sitting in the office…. damn now I’m hungry. It looks great!
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Thank you! It tasted as good as it looks!
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….and I’m hungry again lol!
Actually it really set me craving for my fave Korean (ironic i know) store… had Beef and Saba fish. Can’t get enough of that 🙂
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Haha =).
I’ve actually never tried any Korean food before!
I can’t imagine how beef and fish would taste together but I’m intrigued!
-Pepper
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That looks delicious! Should stop by Hong Kong if you’re into asian food. Keep up the awesome writing, and thanks for dropping by my blog earlier!
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Thank you!
It would be great to eat some authentic Asian food sometime though I do try to do my best making an authentic meal with the resources here in England!
-Pepper
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Mushroom gravy on fake-meat loaf is deelish too! I remember loving the combo of meat and gravy when I still ate it… British food at its best 🙂
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Mmmm, yes. Meat and gravy is one of our best offerings here =).
Can’t say I’m a fan of fake meat though.
I’ve never understood why anyone morally against meat would eat a facsimile of it.
-Pepper
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I like lentils or black beans in fake meat loaf. I too am torn on why I go for facsimile meat. Habit, I guess.
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That sounds delicious!!
I’ve just throw together a random soup with soba noodles and due to having no stock I ended up using gravy granules lol. This bento looks amazing, is it in a large picnic box?
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It really is and it’s so easy too =).
Gravy granules and OXO are pretty interchangeable, pretty much the same thing really so both are really useful.
It is in a biggggg picnic bento box, about 1300ml for this one.
It’s this one http://casabento.com/shop/en/1246-hatsuzakura-pink-picnic-bento.html
Lovely to share between a couple or if you use both boxes a little picnic gathering!
-Pepper
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Yeah true. My grandmother makes a wicked drink using OXO haha.
That is quite large!! I would love to invest in one, last picnic I had meant I had to take 4 two-tiered boxes and 1 one-tiered which was a bit of a hassle to carry!
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I have to say, I love meaty tastes but I don’t think I could drink them.
I’ve tried Bovril, which I thought I would love but no cigar.
It’s holding about 2 cups of rice in the hamburger pictures but that’s about all it will fit if you want to put the lid on.
Sounds like you might have needed 2 of these for your feast!
Still, even if you don’t use it often for a picnic, it looks fabulous as a food container at the dinner table =).
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I’ve never tried bovril but even the name sounds a bit gross haha
That’s still a fair but of rice haha I can only manage about half a cup when cooked lol
Yeah they are pretty awesome looking! I think I’d want one just to say I had one too haha
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