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It's been a while since we've made an anime recipe! But now that Mugen Train is available on Funimation, I knew I had to whip up Rengoku's bento box.
Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) is one of my favorite anime. Yes, it's newer, but it has some absolutely beautiful animation. I've already made a very simple version of Tanjiro's udon from the anime's first season. But now we're going to set our heart ablaze with this dish from the flame hashira Rengoku!
This recipe is probably not exactly what Rengoku had. This is definitely a tad Americanized, and I wanted to make it vegetarian-friendly since I don't eat beef. However, aesthetically it's similar and the flavor is pretty close to what he would have had in Mugen Train! It's also very easy to whip together.
The recipe and ingredients list were put together based off of what I could see in the screenshot from the film; I'm not sure if an official recipe exists out there somewhere. Either way, this is a protein-packed meal that is fit for a demon-fighting hashira. You can use real beef if you are not concerned about making this dish vegetarian. Ingredients (Serves 2):
How to make Rengoku's bento:
How did it taste?
Despite being super easy due to being made largely with premade ingredients, this tasted amazing! There was a great balance of light sweetness (from the sweet onion and the mirin) and savory (from the beef). I can definitely understand why Rengoku was chanting, "umai!" when eating this on the train.
Since it was incredibly simple and delicious, I'm ranking this a 10/10 for both ease of replication and taste. Have a food from an anime that you want me to try to recreate? Let me know in the comments below! Plus, follow me on TikTok to see the behind the scenes of how this was made.
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This anime recipe is equal parts protein-packed and comforting! Demon Slayer (aka Kimetsu no Yaiba in Japanese) is one of my favorite anime. Even though it is newer on the scene, it has quickly captured my heart with the lovable characters and absolutely stunning animation.
In honor of the movie making its way to the United States, I whipped up Tanjiro's udon dish that he orders in the first season of the anime. This udon looked delicious and it absolutely was. The flavor combination here was so wonderful. I took some creative liberty with the broth and focused more on the toppings and plating for screen accuracy.
The key to getting your sunny side up egg to cover nearly the entire bowl without the extra yolks? All you have to do is add extra egg whites when you're making it. The toppings rest on top of the soft egg with the help of the thick noodles in the broth beneath it.
Udon noodles, if you've never had them, are the ultimate comfort noodle. They're thick, a little chewy, and absolutely wonderful in a hot soup. They're also great stir-fried for a yakiudon style dish! This dish would also be great with soba noodles, but the thickness of the noodle does help support the egg when plating. ingredients (serves 4)
Broth:
Toppings:
Instructions
the verdict
This dish was so tasty and the flavor profiles all really complemented each other. It was super filling and definitely had a good deal of protein thanks to the egg and chicken combo. I rate it a 10/10 for flavor.
I'd definitely make this again! It was super simple to make, too. If you don't want to roast your own chicken, you can buy Perdue chicken pre-made in your grocery store. They're in the refrigerated section, usually near bacon and deli meats. This gets a 10/10 for ease of recreation, too! Have a food from an anime that you want me to try to recreate? Let me know in the comments below! Plus, follow me on TikTok to see the behind the scenes of how this was made. There are affiliate links throughout this blog post for your convenience, where I can earn a small commission. I never support a product or brand I don't personally use and enjoy, but if you'd like to learn more, you can head to this page! We're making a Naruto recipe today that has me a bit nervous, but also excited... the Curry of Life! The Curry of Life makes its appearance in Episode 153. Rock Lee loves the Curry of Life, and this curry is even known to revive people from unconsciousness or heal them from the brink of death due to its extreme spiciness. I am a weak baby when it comes to spicy foods, so I'll be using standard sriracha. We'll be calling it the Neji Version, since Neji doesn't have a high spicy food tolerance either. Look for that if you're not a fan of super spicy, either! However, Anthony has a higher tolerance - and willingness - to try extremely spicy foods, so he'll be trying the true Curry of Life. We'll call this the Rock Lee version. If you want something more in the middle of the road, look for the Naruto version. A few years ago, Anthony's coworkers had a contest to see who could make it the furthest. One of his coworkers is a hot sauce connoisseur that brought in a bunch for people to try with wings, and Anthony actually made it to the very end... despite some dripping on his chin and making his face go numb as a result. Mad Dog 357 Gold Edition. Buy it on Amazon. The hot sauce he got for this recipe is even hotter than the hottest one his coworker brought in to work that day. He'll be using the Mad Dog 357 Gold Edition, which clocks in at 1 million Scoville units. It includes the world's three hottest peppers: the Carolina Reaper Pepper, Scorpion Pepper, and Ghost Pepper. The bottle even includes a legal disclaimer saying that you're not inebriated, you understand the risks, and you'll tread with caution... and you won't sue the company if you don't. It includes a little bullet-shaped keychain that holds a serving spoon, and it is tiny. What we'll be doing is adding our spicy element after we've already made our curry, so that way we can have some not-spicy-curry available in case it's too much. Then, you get to customize your heat levels each time. ingredients
how to make curry of life
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If you've been following along for a little while now, you've probably seen some of my anime recipes on here. One of my favorite shows is Osomatsu-san, and one of the characters runs his own oden stand. My friend Liz introduced me to the show and challenged me to make some oden that Chibita, the oden vendor, would be proud of.
Oden is a Japanese seafood stew. It's a hot pot style dish that is pretty customizable at oden stalls and was super delicious. We ended up making a run to our local Asian market to grab some of these ingredients, but I'll share some things you can also find on Amazon in case your local Asian market doesn't have those or if you need to make it yourself. I've also made imoni that was featured in Osomatsu-san, so if you want a non-seafood stew, check that out! What's in oden
Oden typically contains the following ingredients:
Make your own aburaage
If you can't find the tofu pouches anywhere, then you can do the following to make your own aburaage:
My favorite oden recipes
To help me make the oden with the ingredients I did have, I turned to multiple YouTube videos from cooking bloggers to make sure I was doing this right. Even though I couldn't get my hands on konnyaku anywhere, this was still delicious without it thanks to their help and guidance!
But here are some great videos you can watch for inspiration as you build your own oden dish. These are from Just One Cookbook, Kimono Mom, and ochikeron.
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The Verdict
For ease of replication, definitely a 10/10. Agar agar is super easy to work with, even more so than standard gelatin in my opinion.
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Tsuyu's favorite food is jelly, which is really fitting since her Quirk (aka superpower for those of you unfamiliar with the show) is that she's part-frog!
Since Tsuyu is Japanese, we'll be making a Japanese fruit jelly, which is a bit different than your standard Jell-O. But since her costume and character design is heavily centered around the color green, we'll be giving this a little bit of a twist that breaks away from the traditional way of making the dessert. Don't worry, it's super easy and won't impact the taste.
If you're trying to eat in a calorie deficit like me or if you're concerned about your sugar intake for dietary reasons, I'll include some easy swaps you can make to keep the sugar content low.
Also, this dish is accidentally vegetarian! If you get a plant-based food coloring (you can get this at Whole Foods) then this will even be vegan-friendly.
Ingredients
- Optional (for the Froppy twist!): Green food coloring
- Fruit of choice (I recommend strawberry slices, kiwi slices, or berries!)
- Agar agar aka kanten powder (this is different from Jell-O because its clear, flavorless, and it doesn't melt at room temp like Jell-O can!)
- To taste: sugar or Stevia
- Water
- Optional: flavored syrup or fruit juice for flavor
See instructions for ratio of water and agar agar.
Instructions
- Dissolve agar agar into water. If using 1 cup of water, start with 1 tsp agar agar.
- Bring water to boil after dissolving agar agar to prevent clumping. Once your water is at a rolling boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add sweetener and one or two drops of food coloring. Stir until well-blended.
- Take off heat and pour half of the agar agar mixture into a mold
- If you don't have a square mold for Jell-O, you can use a brownie pan
- If you have ice cube trays or specific Jell-O molds, that works too!
- Let cool in the fridge or at room temp for a few minutes while you cut your fruit into slices. Mine only took about 3 minutes in the fridge to reach the next stage.
- Once your jelly has just begun to set (it shouldn't be completely set yet), add fruit slices, then top with the remaining half.
- If it's completely set, then the top layer won't be able to bind with the bottom. Make sure your jelly is still really soft, but has started to form.
- Let set in the fridge until the jelly has completely set. Use a knife to cut around the fruit and then serve.
The Verdict
Tips:
- Make thicker squares by using 2 cups of water and 2 tsp of agar agar
- Make sure all of your fruit is sliced evenly. If your fruit slices are thick, I recommend making a thicker jelly.
- Since agar agar is flavorless, if you'd prefer a flavored jelly, you can try this with Jell-O.
- In that case, you wouldn't need to use sweetener or food coloring.
- If you're trying to keep the sugar low, you can use a sugar-free Jell-O.
- If you still want to use the agar agar but also want to add flavoring, I recommend using a flavor syrup or fruit juice.
- If you're trying to keep this low sugar, I recommend Jordan's Skinny Syrups. Most of their products are for coffee, but their cocktail mixes would work great here to add some flavor.
- Another low sugar option is finding a sugar free fruit juice of your choice at your grocery store.
Nutritional info (if using Stevia)
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This is featured in My Hero Academia with Fat Gum’s introduction, since takoyaki is a classic Osaka street food and that’s where he lives. It’s also where Amajiki got his tentacles from when he converted his food for his Quirk, Manifest.
Everything you need, you can get on Amazon. You can order a takoyaki maker if you want to make more at a time, but I wanted to give this a try before I committed to a larger kitchen appliance (especially since we don't have much room in our small galley kitchen). So, I ordered this small cake pop maker that the reviews said work great for takoyaki as well. Plus, with the cake pop maker, I don't have to turn the takoyaki over since it functions similarly to a waffle iron.
Ingredients
- 4 oz. Otafuku takoyaki kit (this comes with the takoyaki sauce and takoyaki flour)
- 1 Green onion
- 4 oz. octopus, grilled and chopped
- 12 oz. Water
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Pickled ginger
- Bonito flakes to taste
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2 tbsp mayonnaise (preferably Japanese kewpie mayo, but you can use regular mayo)
- If you're following Weight Watchers or are on a calorie deficit, you can use a light mayo instead
Instructions
- Grill and chop octopus tentacles and set aside.
- In a bowl, mix the takoyaki flour, water, and two eggs.
- Fill your takoyaki maker with batter about halfway. Evenly distribute fillings (except bonito flakes) in each hole, then fill to the brim with more batter.
- If you are using a traditional takoyaki maker (not the cake pop maker I bought), once the takoyaki is cooked halfway, flip them halfway with a toothpick.
- Once your takoyaki is golden brown, top with the takoyaki sauce, mayo, and bonito flakes and enjoy!
The verdict
The taste, though? Excellent! The fillings I selected were based off of what I’ve had at two separate Japanese restaurants here in Orlando, and these tasted really similar to the ones we had there. 10/10 on taste!
Nutritional information
- 40 calories
- 1 g fat
- 15.7 mg cholesterol
- 140 mg sodium
- 5 g carbs
- 0.1 g fiber
- 5 g sugar
- 2 g protein
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We've already made Itadori Yuji's ginger chicken meatball recipe from the show, but today we're making a forbidden food from the show...
That's right! We're making Sukuna's fingers. Spoiler alert if you haven't sarted the show yet, but Itadori ate Sukuna's finger to save his friends despite the odds of it hurting him being high. So today, we're going to craft our own with hot dogs, honey glazed almonds, and bacon. This is fun to make for when you watch the show on Friday nights or to save for Halloween to creep out your friends.
ingredients
- Honey glazed almonds
- Pack of hot dogs
- If you're following Weight Watchers, you can use a turkey hot dog to lower the SmartPoints value
- Bacon
- If you're following Weight Watchers, you can use a turkey bacon to lower the SmartPoints value
instructions
- Fully cook your hot dogs and set aside.
- Cook your bacon, but remove from heat before it crisps.
- Wrap your bacon around the hot dog and add back to heat. Let bacon finish cooking so it can get a similar appearance as the finger.
- Cut a slight notch in the top to add in your almond as the nail.
the verdict
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A weird thing I never questioned as a kid was why they called the rice balls in Pokémon “donuts” and “sandwiches.” They weren’t sandwiches or donuts - they were onigiri! This was an attempt to localize the subtitles for American audiences, but understandably was meme'd since it doesn't make much sense.
I’m making two kinds of onigiri today: some stuffed with tuna, and some with umeboshi (aka Japanese pickled plum). You can also use salmon as a filling, if you like!
Ingredients (serves four)
- 2 cans tuna
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4 tbsp mayonnaise (preferably Japanese kewpie mayo, but you can use regular mayo)
- If you're following Weight Watchers or are on a calorie deficit, you can use a light mayo instead
- 1 tbsp sriracha
-
2 cups uncooked sushi rice
- If you're following myWW Purple, you can use brown sushi rice
- 6 pieces umeboshi
- 12 pieces of snack-sized Nori
Instructions
- Before you begin, check if your umeboshi have pits! Remove them if so.
- Once your rice is cooked and has cooled, wet your hands or use a paper towel to scoop rice into your hands. I used a 1/3 measuring cup to scoop it out so the rice was evenly distributed.
- With your thumb, create a slight indent in the middle.
- Add either umeboshi or tuna to the indent.
- Use your hands to wrap the filling with rice and form into a triangular shape.
- Add nori to the rice ball and serve. You should have enough to make about 12-14 rice balls.
Need help assembling your rice balls? Check out this video from Tokyo Kitchen!
The Verdict
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It's the final day of My Hero Academia week! I've had so much fun creating recipes for these characters and we're wrapping it up with something more simple: a burger for Denki Kaminari.
According to the information cards on each student featured in the episodes, Denki's favorite food is a hamburger. But everyone knows how to make those and that seemed a little boring... but I saw this pre-seasoned ground chicken at Publix that happened to be BOGO and I knew it would be perfect for a burger in honor of Denki. It's a Thai-style ground chicken, meaning it's got garlic, shallots, ginger, and soy sauce worked in... and get this: the brand name is Mighty Spark. It was destined for our Denki-inspired dish, given he's got an electricity Quirk!
To lean in to these flavors, I'll be topping this burger with some Japanese mayonnaise and some okonomiyaki sauce (I'll show you how I make mine below, or you can buy your own on Amazon) instead of your standard ketchup or mustard.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Mighty Spark Thai-style ground chicken
- If your store doesn't carry Mighty Spark, you can season ground chicken yourself with garlic, shallots, soy sauce, and ginger.
- Shredded cabbage
- 1/2 cup green onion, thinly sliced
- 4 tsp pickled ginger
- 4 tsp (or more to taste) okonomiyaki sauce
- To make your own, mix together 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 2 tbsp ketchup, 1 tsp oyster sauce, and 1 tsp sugar or honey (you can use Stevia if you prefer that for sugar-related dietary needs).
- 2 tbsp (or more to taste) mayonnaise, preferably Japanese mayonnaise
- 4 burger buns
Instructions
- Form four patties out of the ground chicken and thoroughly cook.
- While burgers are cooking, toast your buns in a toaster or air fryer. To each bun, add at least 0.5 tbsp of okonomiyaki sauce and 1 tsp Japanese mayonnaise
- Once chicken burgers are thoroughly cooked, add to bun.
- Top with evenly distributed green onion, cabbage, and pickled ginger
- Optional: serve with fries (regular or sweet potato are both a good pairing) and extra okonomi sauce & mayo for dipping the fries in (trust me - it's delicious on fries).
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