Big Island Style Loco Moco Food

LOCO MOCO - HAWAIIAN COMFORT FOOD

Steps:

• Rinse the rice under cool water. Place the rinsed rice and 2 cups water in a rice cooker and cook.
• Shape the ground beef into four patties. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the patties. Sear for 4 minutes. Flip. Cook for 4 more minutes. Remove the patties and set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Add the flour to the skillet. Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring continuously.
• Add 1/2 cup beef broth to the skillet, and stir to combine.
• Add the remaining beef broth and soy sauce. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Whisk in butter. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• In another skillet, heat 2 teaspoons olive oil over medium-high high. Crack the eggs into the pan and fry for 3-4 minutes, until the whites are cooked through. The yolks should remain loose.
• Place a large circle cookie cutter on a plate. Fill with a spoonful of rice. Remove the cookie cutter.
• Place a cooked patty on top of the rice. Spoon on a ladle of gravy. Top with a cooked egg, and garnish with green onions.

LOCO MOCO

Steps:

• Mix together the ground beef, Worcestershire sauce, seasoning salt, garlic powder, and black pepper in a large bowl.
• Start forming it into patties by grabbing a handful of meat and rolling it into a ball. Then press down to flatten it out. Smooth the edges so there isn't any cracks or jagged edges. Patties should come out to at least one inch thick. Try to keep the patties large since it will shrink when fried.
• Heat a pan over medium heat. Fry each side of the patties for about 3-5 minutes or until well done.
• Set each finished patty on a plate lined with paper towel to catch any extra grease.
• Mix together the beef stock, shoyu, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, and cornstarch. Whisk it until the cornstarch has come off of the bottom.
• Using the same pan, melt one tablespoon of the butter to caramelize the onions for about a minute then fry the mushrooms for another minute or two. (It is optional to add the mushrooms and onions. If not, just skip to the next step.)
• Melt the rest of the butter and add in the gravy mix to the pan. Keep stirring the gravy until it begins to thicken and simmer.
• Melt a slice of butter and crack an egg on a frying pan.
• Cook a sunny side up egg. (You can switch it up to your preference) Set aside
• Scoop a generous serving of hot white rice on a plate. Layer it with one hamburger patty then drizzle on the gravy. Top it with the egg and garnish with green onions.
• Serve it hot and enjoy!

BIG ISLAND STYLE LOCO MOCO

Steps:

• Burgers:.
• 1. Gently mix the hamburger,onions and salt/pepper. Form either 2 big patties or 4 smaller size patties.
• 2. Heat frying pan until very hot.
• 3. Place hamburger patties on the pan/grill and let sear just until juices start appearing on the top. Flip over and cook for a couple more minutes. You will want the burger slightly charred but still tender on the inside.
• 4. Place burgers on the side.
• Gravy:.
• 1. Pour a little broth into the same pan and incorporate the yumyums, then pour in the rest of the broth.
• 2. Bring to a boil and let reduce for about 3-5 minutes or so, depending on taste, for a more potent gravy.
• 3. Turn down heat to a simmer.
• 4. Add couple dashes of worcestershire sauce.
• 5. In a seperate bowl, mix flour with some water.
• 6. Using a whisk, slowly whisk in the flour/water mixture until gravy is nicely thick & smooth.
• 7. Turn off heat and mix in the butter until well blended.
• Eggs:.
• Traditionally, the eggs should be sunny-side up. The secret to a good fried egg is to fry the egg slowly on low heat until it's cooked... just don't overcook it! It also helps to have the eggs thawed to room temperature before cooking them.
• Rice:.
• Use regular medium grain white rice... stir fry with other ingredients.
• Assembly (bottom -> top):.
• Rice -> Burger -> Egg -> Gravy all over.
• Optional condiments:.
• Shoyu, ketchup, tabasco.

HAWAIIAN LOCO MOCO

Steps:

• Prepare a large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat.
• Divide ground chuck into 4 equal portions; form into patties.
• Fry patties in skillet until beginning to firm and are hot and slightly pink in the center, about 6 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 140 degrees F (60 degrees C). Remove patties to a plate, retaining drippings in the skillet.
• Stir onion and water into the reserved drippings. Reduce heat to low and cook until the onions are slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Stir mushrooms into the onion mixture; cook until mushrooms are cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour gravy over the onion and mushroom mixture; stir. Cook until the gravy is hot, about 5 minutes. Gently lie patties into the gravy; simmer until reheated through.
• While the patties simmer in gravy, prepare a separate skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Fry eggs in the hot skillet until the white is opaque but the yolk remains runny, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Divide rice between 4 plates. Top each rice portion with a beef patty and top the patties each with an egg. Pour gravy equally over each portion.

VEGETARIAN LOCO MOCO

Steps:

• Put flour, milk,and soy sauce in a pot and bring to a boil.
• Stir well and heat until thickened adding more flour to your disered thickness.
• Place the 2 scoops of rice on the plate.
• Top with the 2 cooked Boca hamburgers.
• Top that with the 2 fried eggs.
• Cover with as much of the gravy you made as you like.