Right: Leftover BBQ chicken drumsticks
Left: Leftover creamy turkey & sweetcorn

Post-Easter Bento lunch consists of leftovers from the Easter holidays. Visited home for Easter Dinner came back with tonnes of leftovers (roast turkey).  Went to the Zoo on Monday had leftover picnic food (chicken drumsticks).

BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Get as many chicken pieces as you want (wings, drumsticks, 1/4's), cover the chicken pieces with a generous dose of BBQ marinade and leave in the fridge overnight- I used Paul Newman's BBQ sauce as I was too lazy to make any myself.
Take chicken pieces out of the fridge and allow to warm to room temperature, in the meantime pre-heat an oven to 190 C (takes about 30 mins). Once oven has reached 190 C, place the chicken pieces into a roasting tin (I usually cover my tin with foil as it saves on soaking the tin) and roast for 20 to 45 mins depending on size of chicken pieces. Too test if the pieces are done get a sharp knife and stick into the meatiest part of the chicken piece if the juices run clear ie no blood then the chicken is done.

Creamy Turkey & Sweetcorn
Any leftover roast meats (chicken, turkey, ham, pork)
Condense can of Campbell's Chicken soup (I used Chicken with white wine)
Milk
Sweetcorn
Onion
Pepper

Dice the onion and peppers (or any vegetables you fancy) into equal bite size pieces. 
Into a pan pour oil (just enough to coat the bottom of pan) add on crushed garlic clove (if you like garlic) allow to fry for a few minutes (until the garlic turn golden brown) 
Add onion and peppers and fry for about 3 minutes (until the onions are translucent)
Add can of condense soup and mix the vegetables well into the sauce
Slowly add milk to thin the sauce down, continue adding the milk until the thickness of the sauce suits you
Add diced leftover roast meat(s)
Bring everything to the boil and simmer for 20 mins. If you like herbs in your sauce add the herbs before you start simmering.
Serve with rice, cous cous, potatoes or pasta.

I dragged hubbie to Oriental City to see if I could buy onigiri moulds and maybe a new Bento box. Oriental City in Colindale, London, is a little shabby around the edges and the MSG flows a little to freely for my liking but the supermarket and stores are brilliant. I didnt manage to buy the onigiri moulds but I did manage to get a japanese tea pot with a tea leave cage inside, 2 bento boxes and a pair of mini chops sticks with holder. So to christen my 2nd bento box I made the following:



Top: Japanese rice with wasabi furikake seasoning
Bottom: Herby roast chicken, choi sum with oyster sauce

Right: Udon noodles fried with onions and beansprouts with furikake seasoning served with Ching Chow styled chili sauce (not shown)
Left: Chinese drunken poach chicken served with oyster sauce for dipping. Cashewnuts and dried fruit salad

I havent work out how to download pictures yet, so there wont be a picture of my first bento lunch. I called it a Faux Bento Lunch because I havent got a real Bento box yet. I put a bid on eBay for one, fingers crossed that I will be successful on my bid (will find out in 3 days time).

Anyway, here is what I made for my Faux Bento today:
Udon noodles (Amoy's ready-to-cook)fried with white mushrooms, baby onions and mange touts and sliced griddled chicken breast with Chinatown-styled sesame salad dressing for dipping. Finished with Petit Filous with raspberries and blueberries.

Happy Bento!