Confused about what to prepare for your little one for school? Come on, check out this practical lunch idea!
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Quite a few mothers often experience confusion about preparing their children's lunch menu for school. Especially amid busy schedules, mothers have to move fast, aka fast, and race against time. To make preparing lunch easier, more practical, and less rushed, it is best to prepare the ingredients the day before. Let it be set the next morning when you want to prepare it for your beloved little one. Here are 5 practical lunch ideas for children to go to school.
1. Fried Rice
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This food is the easiest to make. You only need white rice, basic spices such as chopped shallots and garlic, sliced green onions, and eggs, you can also add slices of sausage, meatballs or chicken, and vegetables according to taste. And of course don't forget other complementary seasonings such as salt, seasonings, sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, etc. The way to heat the oil. Then saute the sliced red and white onions, and spring onions until fragrant. Next, add eggs, sausages, meatballs, or other animal protein, as well as chopped vegetables. Don't forget to add spices such as salt, sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, etc. according to taste. Stir, adjust the seasoning, and you're done. Fried Rice just needs to be prepared. Don't forget to add cucumber slices, tomatoes, or pickles, as well as crackers as a complement.
2. Chicken Katsu
So, you can make this food yourself or stock it. If you want to stock up and be more practical, this ready-to-eat chicken katsu can be purchased online. But if you want to make it yourself, you can make it from boneless chicken breast or boneless breast meat. Then marinate the chicken by sprinkling the chicken with salt on both sides and also rubbing the crushed garlic on both sides. Leave it overnight and store it in the refrigerator in a closed container. Then, after that, prepare the well-beaten eggs, all-purpose flour, and bread flour. The next step, dip the marinated chicken in flour, then dip it in beaten egg, and dip the chicken in breadcrumbs. After that, fry the chicken until crispy in oil that has been heated in a frying pan. Once fried, remove from heat, and slice the chicken lengthwise like in a restaurant. Serve with rice, sliced cabbage, carrots, and cucumber, and don't forget to prepare the special chicken katsu sauce which can be bought at supermarkets or online shops.
3. Beef Teriyaki
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This practical and fast menu can also be a family menu as well as provisions for children. How to make it, prepare 250 grams of beef. You can use beef that you like to use for cooking shabu-shabu or teppanyaki-style cuts of meat too. The next step, prepare the teriyaki marinade. The ingredients for the marinade consist of 3 cloves of crushed garlic (crushed or blended), 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon sugar, ½ tsp salt, and 1 tsp tomato sauce. Then, add all the meat to the marinade, stir, put it in a closed container, and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator so that it soaks into the meat. Also, prepare sliced onions and sesame oil. How to make: Heat oil in a frying pan then saute the onions until fragrant. Then add the meat that has been marinated overnight, stir, and add just a little sesame oil while continuing to stir. Cook until cooked and serve with rice, sprinkled with sesame seeds, cucumber, and tomato slices.
4. Roti Sandwich
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Sandwiches can be a healthy menu that children can take to school. The filling can vary, from grilled chicken, and tuna, to smoked beef. You can also add sliced lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and onion (optional), and also put mayonnaise and tomato sauce on the bread. Add French fries sprinkled with parsley leaves as an accompaniment to the sandwich. That's it. Food is ready to be served.
5. Fried Noodle
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To make fried noodles, the filling and method of making it are the same as for fried rice. Everything is cooked to taste. The only difference is that the noodles have to be boiled ½ cooked first before being cooked again together with other food ingredients and spices. In general, children like fried noodles. The fried noodle menu can be used as a lunch menu for your child at school. Good luck!