Loco Moco

Hawaii''s comfort food classic — rice, hamburger patty, fried egg, and brown gravy.

Ingredients

• 2 beef patties (1/3 lb each)
• 2 cups cooked white rice
• 2 fried eggs
• Brown gravy: 2 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp flour, 1.5 cups beef stock, 1 tbsp soy sauce, pepper
• Scallions

Method

1. Make gravy: melt butter, add flour (brown roux, 2 min). Whisk in stock and soy sauce. Simmer 5 min.

2. Season and cook beef patties 3-4 min per side.

3. Fry eggs sunny-side up.

4. Assemble: rice in bowl, patty on top, egg on patty, gravy over everything. Scallions.

What You're Practicing

• Loco moco is Hawaii''s answer to comfort food — carbs, protein, fat, and gravy.
• The brown gravy uses a roux — same technique from the Mother Sauces foundation.