From the Mom's Love Bento series on YouTube
Mom's Love Bento #3 — Fried Chicken, Sardines, Salad & Cantaloupe
Mom's Love Bento — a little bit of everything, each in its own square. Crispy fried chicken with a boiled egg, sardines with lemon, cherry tomatoes over crisp lettuce, cool cucumber and tomato wedges, and sweet cantaloupe — white rice and sparkling water on the side. Simple, homemade, and made with love.
Watch the video: Mom's Love Bento 🍱 | Fried Chicken, Sardines, Salad & Cantaloupe
Ingredients
- A chicken drumstick, for frying
- An egg, boiled
- Sardines
- Lemon
- A round slice of cheese
- Cherry tomatoes
- Lettuce
- Cucumber
- Tomato
- Cantaloupe
- White rice
- Sparkling water, on the side
How the box comes together
- Fry the chicken until crispy, and boil the egg.
- Arrange the sardines with a slice of lemon, and give the cheese its own square.
- Lay the cherry tomatoes over crisp lettuce, with cool cucumber slices and tomato wedges.
- Cut the cantaloupe into chunks.
- Pack each part in its own square, with a bowl of white rice and sparkling water on the side.
An honest note: this series shows Mom's finished box, not a step-by-step cooking class. The steps below are simply how the box is put together, in the order you see it in the video — home-style amounts, nothing fussy.
Cooking ideas, not nutrition or medical advice. Check allergens and cook meat and eggs to safe temperatures.