A Man's Bento #26

Teriyaki chicken with shitaki mushroom rice, stir-fry mixed vegetables and roma tomato salad.

The rice is first rinsed, then soaked with dry shitaki mushrooms. The soaking water is used to cook the rice (along with the mushrooms). I usually toss the mushrooms, as they are very chewy and not that flavorful, but the rice is now infused with the mushroom flavor, which is a bit bitter, the perfect foil for the sweet teriyaki chicken.