Halloween Dinner & Bento | Cooking in Japan

A Halloween feast from Japan! 🎃🍽️

In this video, I made a fun Halloween dinner and a spooky homemade bento, using hamburger steaks in both meals! 👻🍱

I still have a few videos from our time in Canada to share, but since it’s Halloween, I decided to share this video filmed in Japan first. 🧡

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🥘 *JAPANESE HAMBURGER STEAKS*

*Ingredients*

*Hamburger Steaks*
570 g ground beef and pork
190 g onion (finely chopped, with some sliced for the sauce)
2 eggs
5½ tbsp breadcrumbs
4 tbsp milk
¾ tsp salt
¾ tsp black pepper
8 shakes of nutmeg

*Sauce*
380 ml water
9½ tbsp Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce
3 tbsp ketchup
2 tsp consommé powder
2 tbsp sanontō sugar
4 pinches instant coffee
20 g butter

1 pack shimeji mushrooms

*Instructions*

1. Finely chop the onion. Combine the ground beef and pork with the chopped onion and all the other hamburger steak ingredients. Mix well using a rubber spatula or similar utensil.
2. Shape the mixture into oval patties, removing any air pockets as you shape them.
3. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and brown both sides of the patties.
4. Wipe away excess oil, then add the shimeji mushrooms and sliced onion.
5. Add all the sauce ingredients except the butter. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes.
6. Remove the lid, flip the hamburger steaks, and simmer over high heat for about 2–3 minutes, until the sauce thickens.
7. Add the butter at the end for extra richness.

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🎃 *PUMPKIN & CREAM CHEESE SALAD*

*Ingredients*
300 g pumpkin
30 g cream cheese
50 g bacon
2 tbsp mayonnaise
2 pinches salt
Black pepper, to taste

*Instructions*

1. Cut the pumpkin into bite-sized pieces and cook until tender.
2. Cook the bacon until crispy.
3. Mix the pumpkin with the cream cheese, crispy bacon, mayonnaise, salt, and black pepper.

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Some of the recipes and decoration ideas in this video were inspired by posts I came across on social media. Thank you to everyone who shares such wonderful ideas! 🎃🤍

Thanks for being here and watching! 🤍

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