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:

• For the burgers: Mix the ground beef, onions, panko, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and egg. Form into 4 patties. Pan fry or broil the patties to desired doneness. Remove any excess oil from the pan and set aside for the gravy.
• For the gravy: Combine the butter and excess burger oil and heat in a saucepan. Add the flour and whisk out any lumps to create a smooth roux. Slowly add the beef broth, stirring constantly until smooth. Add the Worcestershire and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until thickened and the flour taste is gone.
• For the plate: Serve the burger patties on a bed of hot steamed rice, with a fried egg over each and gravy drizzled on top.

CHEF JOHN'S LOCO MOCO

Steps:

• Season patties with salt, pepper, and cayenne.
• Whisk beef stock, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sesame oil, ketchup, sugar, and cornstarch together in a bowl.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook patty in the hot skillet until a browned crust forms on the bottom, about 5 minutes. Flip; toss in green onions and cook the other side until both beef and onions are browned, 4 to 5 minutes more. Remove patty and most of the green onions to a plate.
• Pour beef stock mixture into the skillet. Stir, scraping up browned bits from the bottom, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and reserve gravy until needed.
• Melt remaining butter in another skillet over medium heat. Add eggs to the skillet and fry side-by-side until whites are set and yolks are still runny.
• Divide rice between 2 serving bowls. Place patties over the rice, spoon gravy on top, and add the fried eggs.

HAWAIIAN LOCO MOCO (HEARTY BREAKFAST)

Steps:

• Mix ground beef, 1 egg and onion in a bowl. Grill or cook in a frying pan, until cooked through.
• Place rice in a bowl. Top with hamburger patty. Place egg on top of patty and pour gravy over everything.
• Optional - serve with suggested toppings.

LOCO MOCO

Steps:

• Burgers:.
• 1. Gently mix the hamburger, grated 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... like 3 scoops worth per plate.

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.

LOCO MOCO

Steps:

• Season steaks with salt and pepper.
• Reserve 1/4 cup of flour.
• Dredge each steak in flour, egg and cracker crumbs.
• In a large cast iron skillet over medium high, heat corn oil.
• Add steaks and cook until golden brown and crisp.
• Transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Pour off all but 4 tablespoons of the remaining oil and set over low heat.
• Slowly Whisk in the remaining 1/4 cup of flour into the oil and bring to simmer.
• Gradually whisk in milk and bring to a simmer.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide the rice on to four places.
• place the steaks on top of the rice, then one fried egg on the steak.
• Cover with gravy.