Butter-Grilled Mackerel Bento recipe - ingredients, nutrition and when to eat it
Butter-Grilled Mackerel Bento is a Japanese-style lunch box with mackerel cooked in butter and soy sauce, served with rice and pickled sides.
Butter-Grilled Mackerel Bento is a Japanese-style lunch box with mackerel cooked in butter and soy sauce, served with rice and pickled sides. The savory fish takes on a salty, umami-rich flavor, making it a great choice for lunch or a satisfying dinner.
Japanese · 25 minutes to cook
Nutrition (per 409.7g serving): 631.5 kcal · protein 35.4g · carbohydrate 72.9g · fat 20g · sodium 731.3mg
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: Pat the mackerel skin dry so it sticks less to the pan and turns golden as it cooks.
Tips: If packing it for lunch, let the fish and rice cool completely before adding them to the lunch box so steam doesn’t build up.
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Ingredients (1 serving)
- Mackerel — 120 g
- Rice — 1 bowl
- Butter — 1 Tbsp
- Soy sauce — 1 tsp
- Mirin — 1 tsp
- Salt — 0.5 g
- Ground black pepper — 0.2 g
- Takuan (pickled daikon) — 3 piece
- Broccoli — 30 g