Ekiben recipe - ingredients, nutrition and when to eat it
Ekiben is a Japanese boxed meal sold at train stations, featuring local specialties along with rice and side dishes.
Ekiben is a Japanese boxed meal sold at train stations, featuring local specialties along with rice and side dishes. Savory salmon, rolled omelet, and crisp vegetable sides come together nicely for a satisfying lunch on the go or a filling dinner.
Japanese · 50 minutes to cook
Nutrition (per 513g serving): 725 kcal · protein 30.1g · carbohydrate 95.5g · fat 23.3g · sodium 1759.6mg
Nutrition source: one serving calculated from an ingredient table verified against "National Integrated Food Nutrient Database (standard data)" (Korea MFDS, RDA and Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries via the Public Data Portal).
Tips: Let the side dishes cool completely before packing them to help keep the rice from becoming soggy.
Tips: If the salmon has skin, grill it skin-side down first to make the surface crisp.
Tips: Since this version does not use vinegar in the rice, let freshly cooked rice cool briefly before packing it.
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Ingredients (1 serving)
- Cooked rice — 210 g
- Salmon — 90 g
- Egg — 1 pc
- Lotus root — 30 g
- Carrot — 20 g
- Shiitake mushrooms — 20 g
- Burdock root — 20 g
- Pickled daikon — 20 g
- Dried seaweed — 1 sheet
- Green onion — 10 g
- Soy sauce — 1 Tbsp
- Mirin — 1 Tbsp
- Sugar — 1 tsp
- Cooking oil — 1 tsp
- Salt — 0.2 tsp
- Sesame seeds — 0.5 tsp