Thursday, August 25, 2011

Mochiko Chicken Bento

A lovely visit to the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market yesterday means I can now fill my bento lunches with local veggies and fruits. This bento has items from a few different local farmers.

In this bento: lime mochiko chicken, a hard boiled quail egg, slices of armenian cucumber from Redwood Empire Farm, orange cherry tomatoes from Ridgeview Farms, padron peppers and a mini Pink Pearl apple from Triple T Ranch and Farms, and a yakionigiri rice ball from Trader Joe's.

I was super excited to try these gorgeous apples from Triple T Ranch and Farms. The interior has a bright blush of pink extending from the skin towards a white interior. Larry of Triple T helped me pick out a few small apples perfect for bento. Some of the apples in this photo have apple scab, which is just an outer flaw on the apple, it doesn't extend into the rest of the fruit. These are tart, juicy little apples. I just love them!

13 comments:

  1. That apple is awesome! I've never seen anything like it! Love your bento, you're making me crave mochiko chicken!

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  2. It's a really beautiful fruit, but packs a tart bite. :) I loved your husband and wife bentos, Heather! My hubs won't let me make him cute bento.

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  3. Those apples are beautiful! Love the blush. And mochiko chicken sounds delicious!

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  4. Mini pink pearl apple instantly caught my attention. Lovely! Not only that ... your bento always looks very healthy and yummy (^.^)

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  5. Thanks sheri! When I researched pink pearl apples I saw some photos of pink hued apple sauce. So cool! I added lime to the marinade for the mochiko chicken, it turned out well.

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  6. Thanks so much Lia! I had to grab a few of the mini pink pearl apples, so perfect for bento. Thank you for your kind comments.

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  7. I've never seen that cute colored apples before. I'm jealous you have so many good places to get fresh veggie and fruits around you. Yakionigiri and chicken... mmm perfect!

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  8. Wow, everything looks delish and those apples are gorgeous! Wish we had those here.

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  9. Those apples are certainly unique...have you posted a recipe previously for that mochiko chicken? It looks so tasty!

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  10. Thanks so much babykins! I am really lucky to have access to so much great food.

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  11. Thanks Susan! These little apples are kind of tart.

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  12. Hi Krysta! Try Happy Little Bento website for a mochiko recipe. This was very tasty.

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  13. It's a really beautiful fruit, but packs a tart bite. :) I loved your husband and wife bentos, Heather! My hubs won't let me make him cute bento.
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