Sweet and Thick Tempura Rice Bowl Sauce for Bento

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   Reduce the mirin first.

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   Put the mirin in a small saucepan or frying pan and heat until it starts to bubble gently.

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   The mirin will start to bubble vigorously.

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   Add the soy sauce and sugar.

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   Keep the heat down to low-medium.

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   The mixture should bubbles vigorously again now.

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   Check if the sauce is thickened enough.

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   It should slide slowly when you tilt the pan.

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   Reducing the sauce will give you about three tablespoons.

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    Drizzle 1 tablespoon of sauce over cooked rice.

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    Place the tempura on top and drizzle another tablespoon of the sauce over it.

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    Save the rest for another occasion.

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    To use this in a lunch box, drizzle on a little less of the sauce over rice.

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    (I added some torn nori seaweed to fill the gap around the edges).

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    Lay the tempura on top!

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    Do not drizzle the sauce over it or dip it in the sauce beforehand.

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    Put the sauce in a small container and take it with your lunch box (the sweetness of the sauce will be overpowering if you pour the sauce beforehand).

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    I packed some of the sauce in a small container and fitted that in the lunchbox too.

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    Here's a recipe for Kimchi and Oyako Don, using tinned yakitori chicken: https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/156069-kimchi-and-egg-rice-bowl-and-oyako-don-with-tinned-yakitori-chicken

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    For a sauce-rich ginger pork don: https://cookpad.com/en/recipes/151167-sweet-savory-pork-rice-bowl

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.