Simple Sesame Spinach Side Dish

2014-jan-07-bento-box-recipes

2014-jan-07-bento-box-recipes

So for today’s bento we have ginger, garlic minced chicken with egg over rice. The side dishes are store bought oden and sesame spinach. The sesame spinach side dish is quick and simple and the wife loves to add it to the bentos.

Spinach with White Sesame

Handful of Spinach
3 tbsp. of white sesame seeds
1 tbsp. of sugar
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. water

1. Grind sesame into a power.
2. Mix sugar, soy sauce and water with ground sesame until it’s a paste.
3. Boil water, Once water has reached boiling turn off fire and add spinach
4. Remove spinach from water once it has welted and mix with paste
5. Add to bento.