Making The Ultimate Bento Box At Home 

Can we get a “Let Me Cook” series where Joshie chooses something to make but is given random ingredients

YT Knows me. Not a single notification for Papa's Presence left out, never.

Here's a tip for short grain (Japanese) rice, soak it for at least 30 minutes to an hour. This way, the rice will be evenly cooked, and it'll be nice and fluffy. Another tip. For the teriyaki sauce, the traditional way of making it is, japanese soy sauce (i specifically said japanese because the chinese and thai taste significantly different, I'm not gonna go into details but yea, these are facts. Oh also, don't use tamari as well) sake, mirin and sugar. The ratio is 1(soy sauce):1(mirin):1(sake):0.5(sugar). A sample ratio will be 2tbsp of soy sauce, mirin and sake, 1tbsp of sugar. Combine all ingredients in a pot or pan, turn the heat to medium heat, wait until it boils. Then lower the heat to medium low, and then let it simmer until it thickens. The sugar will help the sauce thicken, so you don't need the starch. Remove it from the heat and let it cool, the sauce will remain thick. For those people who wants to make teriyaki sauce, try this trick. It's the traditional Japanese way. I'm not a chef but I've cooked Japanese food for almost my whole life since I learned how to cook.

I've always told my bf that I'd want my last meal on earth to be a bento!! tonkatsu, rice, pickles, a salad, sushi, and a side of miso soup. So I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Nice work!!

Truly an amazing set of meals in a bento box.

I watch a lot of cooking videos but nobody does it like Joshua, I get instantly hungry even when I'm full lol.

I genuinely love the amount you work to bring asian dishes into everyday meals for everyday people. Especially around MSG myths and after all the asian hate that was happening in america-- this sort of normalization can really help to introduce culture to others willing to learn. Also, on that note, I'm just a firm believer that good food can always bring people together :)

The Bento Box is the gift of variety we all need to experience! ❤️ 🍱

My Japanese friend taught me how to make Tamagoyaki in a normal pan if you want to keep it a rectangle. You make a little "rectangle box" with some origami skills out of parchment paper, you put it on the pan that is able to fit the "box" and you use it like a normal pan. It is a bit tricky on first attempts but it's nice if you don't wanna buy or don't have space for a special pan for it.

every day i watch josh on my lunch. thanks for brightening my day with these consistent videos

Joshua never disappoints. He keeps getting better every single time.

The food Josh makes never fails to make me hungry... Atleast gimme some cmon man!

I just love how he delivers his content.

Cooking tip, leave the skin on the fish for the first sear, it will help you avoid overcooking the fish (this also lets you know when to flip as the skin will easily pull away from the grill when its time) then take off the skin just before adding the glaze. Also broccoli stems are heavily underrated, they have a super nice flavour and can stand up to much more heat than the florets can. I usually chop them into bite size pieces and sear; once they have a bit of colour and don't resist when you pierce with a knife you can take them out and toss them in any sort of sauce you want.

I am more and more delighted with the quality of your videos. My favorite RU-vid channel without a doubt!

I feel like you saw into my soul and made a dish that helps me in ways I didn't know I needed.

This looks so delicious!!! 😋🍱 You make cooking so fun every time.

Looks really good Josh! Tip for the tamagoyaki that some restaurants use: Before hitting the pan, strain the eggs through a fine sieve. This removes some of the thicker egg white from it resulting in a much silkier, smoother tamagoyaki without the white lumps you see in yours when cut. The more passes you give it through the sieve the smoother it will be. I usually go for 2-3 depending how I want it. You do lose some volume doing this so I suggest adding extra separated egg yolk to compensate for this depending on how much you want out of it. Also don't forget to pop the parts that bubble from the heat (preferably with chopsticks) for a more even, tighter roll.

OMG this looks so good I could cry.

just want to say i love your content, ive been tuned since 2020 and im watching ever since

yes! bento is one of my favorite japanese items!

My friend, from Japan, also told me to let the rice sit and soak for about an hour before cooking. Omg! So good!!!!!

I haven’t had a good bento box is so long 🤤🤤🤤 everything looks so good!

Bento Boxes are my favorite out of all Japanese cuisine! Josh, you really made a bento box I so wanna dig into! So delicious!

Thank you for always having a nice content 🙌

Amazing I will definitely be trying this

Not gonna lie, Josh, I think this is my favorite thing you've made on here. Awesome job!

I think the people that get mad at josh for using "expensive fancy cooking tools" dont understand that josh is just demonstrating to the average home chef that its easier than you think to use fancy cooking technology. never has he forced anyone to buy fancy equipment & there are always modifications for the tools he uses. yes, sometimes the modification will alter the final product but hes also not forcing you to cook those dishes. For someone who has worked in restaurants for 10 years, is lower income, and enjoys home cooking, just watching his tutorials with the fancy gear are interesting and knowledgeable. I wish ppl would stop harassing josh for using fancy equipment like the man is an incredible chef and we are lucky that he's deciding to share his recipes and processes with us.

You should do pernil and arroz con gandules next. I can't even describe how good it is. It's a puerto rican dish and it is beautiful. My future mother-in-law makes it the best. One day, i will learn her ways. Just please, i want to see you create this and try it.

Love it!

Looks very tasty! It looks like a gorgeous bento box for guests invited to a celebration or something in Japan.

ARGH delicious 😢❤ combination of everything in this bento is spot on! Love it!

Great video, Josh and team!

That looks fantastic, nice work yet again Josh haha

You saved me 😂❤ I actually was thinking I need to make a bento box for work

Made your last bento recipes. Very good. Time to do these

i love my joshy... and i'm happy that i'm not the only person who over-orders at restaurants :D

I want it... The thumbnail looks so delicious!

Solid as always!

I can just imagine josh at my door as soon as I open the door and him saying you missed a spot

This looks *SO* good, ngl

Amazing!!!!

Love you Joshuaaaa!!!

I want to try this so badly 🙏

yup i officially want you as my best friend so when we hang out you just start to cook the craziest stuff and i can eat it xD love your videos, greetings from germany!

Love your channel

Loving these cupboard style intros, reminds me of why i originally became a fan of this channel.

Well done Sir, as always.

Looks good

Josh, I've been making those cucumbers every couple of days since this video came out. I cannot stop eating them!

Sounds good

Just watching this gave me a food-baby

Josh *are you the person that can never decide what to eat?* Me 😅😅 always 😂

I could watch you make bento boxes every single video.

your videos make what im eating taste better ty papa

I love watching your videos, every food you make looks so damn delicious that I wish to jump through the phone screen and steal it so I can just eat it all.

Relating to you on liking teriyaki on salmon better than chicken. My dad does a quick marinade of teriyaki sauce for salmon before grilling it and it has never been made any other way in our house. 😂

Amazing

Oh Joshua Weissman, your videos make me SO hungry! I am learning how to make some better food though. Thank you so much for your contribution to my culinary delights! Blessed Be!

Dude you never disappoint. Glad you bring a cultural experience to some who can’t afford to get it authentically

Excellent

I love bento boxes. I never have to make a decision and can have all my favorite foods. Sushi, salad and soup. Happy pooh bear dance at the table guaranteed. 😊

It's looks so yummy. I just had my gallbladder out so I can't eat anything fatty rn but this is on my list as soon as I can

That looks so fricking good! Why, why do you always make me hungry :D

That's one gym bro appetizing plateau !!! So much proteins ! Thanks Papa

so cool

I always love your recipes and ideas! As someone who eats the same thing every single day it's nice to look at your videos for inspiration for new meal ideas. However, because I am pescatarian I often have to substitute your meat options with either fish or tofu (and the consistency is very different). I was wondering if you could one day make a meal idea video but pescatarian/vegetarian/vegan edition?

we need to see more desserts!!

I can't wait to steal this idea to make for my husband

Bought the cookbook!!! 🎉 😁

Josh, I hope you know your voice plays in my head very time I try anything at work, thank you😂

Joshua videos are 🔥

Oooh, Josh doing a bento video? Sign me up. Delicious

I watched the other Bento Box video he made yesterday!! WHATTTT

Tastes good

Josh: uses a tamagoyaki pan, accordions his cucumbers, puts two kinds of miso in his mayo, has a yakitori grill Also Josh: low-key resents the possible substitution of yuzu juice, because that's where we draw the line 😂

Papa never disappoints us

Fun video! I would love to see Josh tackle a Vegan or vegetarian dishes sometime!

Awesome

I've had hundreds of bento in Japan over the years. This one is proper.

Thanks for the recipe, now I need to wake up at 3am to prepare these so I can bring my boxed bento lunch for work

~~~ Saving your recent videos to shop, and try- you are my crush right now- Love your humor and videos are so pro bro!~~~

Uhh, yummy! 😋

this looks perfect for someone who's bulking 🤤🤤🤤 Here I am, watching this whilst eating a bowl of oatmeal 🥲

When Josh said he’d show up at our front door it sent me 🤣

Josh, you should try "next level chef" next season. You would kick everyones ass! 😂

Naww this is gold

Ngl gonna try making the egg dish cause I never knew it was that simple 😅

Its cool how all of his videos are actually realistic

This is is PAPA PERFECTION!!

Meat, pike, oranges, candy, egg salad sandwhich, white rice onigiri, tea biscuits, burger, curry rice. the bento box of a crew that will change the world

I am so happy

Great video

How wonderful Bento🎉 It's like a Makunouchi-Bento. ごちそうさま😊

Love me a good bento box 🍱

Yummy 🤤❤

More like O-MA-GASHE! This looks fantastic!

Please show us your pantry. We got your cookbook and it is ingredient overload. What do you keep on hand? How do you store/organize/preserve it all?

Finally, enough food in one box. 👍

Im laying in bed after work hungry and now miserable watching this but ill keep watching it!