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Edamame rice cup

Warm brown rice cup with edamame, carrot, cucumber and sesame.

Edamame rice cup with carrot and cucumber matchsticks.
460 kcal per servingPrep time: 25 minServings: 1Quick mealRice cupEdamame

Ingredients

  • 120 g cooked brown rice
  • 100 g shelled edamame
  • ½ carrot, cut into matchsticks
  • ¼ cucumber, cut into matchsticks
  • 1 tsp soy sauce and 1 tsp sesame seeds

Method

  1. Microwave or steam the edamame for 3 minutes.
  2. Warm the rice and spoon it into a serving cup.
  3. Add edamame, carrot and cucumber and finish with soy sauce and sesame.

Calories in context

At 460 kcal per serving, this dish is about 23% of a 2000 kcal daily reference intake — the standard reference amount used on nutrition labels, not a personal target.

Eaten as a fast meal — lunch on the go, a light dinner, or a snack-sized plate, it is one part of a day whose real total depends on your own body, activity level and goals, not on any single recipe. For a calorie range that reflects those, rather than a generic reference figure, the tools below can help.

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