Loco Moco Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
25 mins
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Servings
5
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Calories
838 kcal
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Course
Main Course
Loco Moco Recipe
Description
This Loco Moco starts by mixing ground beef with diced onion, garlic, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce, shaped into patties and browned in oil. The cooked patties are then simmered in a thickened gravy made from sautéed cremini mushrooms, all-purpose flour, beef stock, and soy sauce. The gravy is smooth and deeply savory, absorbing the pan flavors left from frying the beef.
The dish is served over jasmine rice that is intentionally cooked with slightly less water than standard to remain fluffy and not soggy. Fried eggs with runny yolks are placed atop the meat and gravy, their richness complementing the savory sauce.
Loco Moco works well as a filling lunch or dinner, pairing well with green vegetables or a simple salad for balance. The combination of textures—crisp browned edges of meat patties, silky gravy, soft rice, and creamy egg—makes it a comforting dish with layers of taste.
Advance preparation is possible by cooking patties and gravy up to two hours ahead and reheating gently. Separate storage of meat and gravy from rice preserves quality. Thickness of gravy can be adjusted by adding cornstarch slurry if needed. Eggs should be cooked to your liking, though runny yolks are traditional.
Ingredients
- 1/2 sweet onion peeled, small diced
- 2 garlic finely minced cloves
- 2 pounds ground beef 80/20
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- 8 ounces cremini mushrooms sliced
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups beef stock
- 5 egg
- 5 cups jasmine rice cooked
- ¼ cups green onion sliced
- salt coarse and freshly cracked, to taste
- black pepper coarse and freshly cracked, to taste
Instructions
- Add the onion, garlic, beef, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce to a large bowl and mix until completely combined. Form the mixture into 5 patties, season on both sides with salt and pepper, and set on a plate.
- Add the oil to a very large frying pan over medium heat. Once it begins to smoke lightly add the hamburger patties in and cook for 3-4 minutes per side or until well browned on each side.
- Set the hamburger aside. Drain off ½ of the oil used to cook the ground beef into a small frying pan and set the small pan aside.
- In the same large frying pan over medium heat, add the mushrooms and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Add in the flour and stir it in until it is completely combined,
- Pour in the beef stock and the remaining 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and cook for 3-4 more minutes over medium heat until it becomes thick like gravy.
- Add back in the cooked meat patties and simmer over low heat.
- Fry the eggs 1 at a time in the small frying pan in the rendered meat fat over medium heat for 30 seconds for a sunny-side-up egg.
- Serve the beef patties and mushroom sauce over top of the cooked jasmine rice and top off with the fried egg and garnish with sliced green onions.
Notes
- The recipe can be prepared up to two hours in advance; keep patties in gravy warmed over low heat and rice warm separately.
- Store leftover meat and gravy separate from rice in the refrigerator for up to five days or freezer for two months.
- Reheat meat and gravy gently on low heat; thicken gravy with cornstarch slurry if too thin.
- Drain excess oil from the pan used for browning meat before making the gravy.
- Cook fried eggs individually to preferred doneness; runny yolks are traditional.
- Use a reduced water ratio when cooking jasmine rice (1 1/4 parts water to 1 part rice) for fluffy texture.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 5Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 838 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 838kcal | 42% |
| Carbohydrates | 55g | 18% |
| Protein | 46g | 92% |
| Fat | 47g | 72% |
| Saturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Cholesterol | 293mg | 98% |
| Sodium | 808mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 1074mg | 23% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 287IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 104mg | 10% |
| Iron | 6mg | 33% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5
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