2While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the Japanese omelet by whipping eggs with a little soy sauce and mirin. You can also add dachi broth and a little sugar.
3Heat a pan with a little fat.
4Pour the omelet mixture into the pan and roll it on itself as soon as it starts to cook.
5Finely chop chives (or parsley) for the potato salad.
6Mix the cooked potatoes with mayonnaise, chives, salt, and pepper.
7Bread the pork (or chicken fillets) by coating them in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs, then egg again, and finally breadcrumbs.
8Fry the breaded pork (or chicken) in an oil bath at 170 degrees Celsius for 5 to 6 minutes.
9Immediately place the fried pork on paper towels.
10Assemble the bento with the rolled omelet, potato salad, and small tomatoes.
Ingredients
2 pork chops (loin or boneless)
flour
2 eggs
panko breadcrumbs
neutral vegetable oil (sunflower or grapeseed)
cherry tomatoes
4 potatoes
edamame or green beans or peas
2 tablespoons mayonnaise (homemade or Japanese)
1 bunch chives
salt
pepper
3 eggs
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon mirin or rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
dachi broth
sugar
Equipment
steamerpanpaper towels
Tips
If you don't eat pork, you can replace it with chicken fillets.
You can use parsley instead of chives for the potato salad.
For breading, the order is flour, egg, breadcrumbs, egg, breadcrumbs.
You can do two cookings for the breaded pork if you want.