If there is someone in Hawaii (or who used to live there)
who could tell me two things about Loco Moco's, I would
greatly appreciate it! First, what kind of gravy is it
that they use? Is it just a regular brown gravy or some
special seasoning added? And is the hamburger part just
a plain hamburger, or some seasonings added there, too??
(For the curious, a Loco Moco is a 'fast food' type item
in Hawaii. It consists of a pile of rice, a hamburger <?>
on top of the rice, with brown gravy <?> poured over it,
and a medium fried egg thrown on top of it. Yeah, it sounds
kind of 'iffy', but boy, is it good!!)
Tracey
I've never actually lived in Hawaii, but the book Pupus to the Max
defines loco-moco as "Complete meal in one convenient package. Rice,
hamburger, and egg piled one on top of the other, with brown gravy on
top." It also includes the following recipe:
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LOCO-MOCO
1 lb. HAMBURGER
2 cups RICE, cooked
1 pkg. HAMBURGER GRAVY MIX
12 EGGS
DESIRED SEASONING: shoyu, ketchup, etc.
1. Make 4-6 hamburger patties and fry or broil.
2. Make gravy according to instructions on package.
3. Fry eggs sunnyside up or over easy.
4. Serve 2 scoops of rice on platter; place hamburger patty on rice
and 2 eggs over hamburger.
5. Pour gravy over everything and add desired seasoning.
6. Serve with desired side dish, e.g. kim chee.
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I don't know what "hamburger gravy mix" is, but I've tried this recipe
with regular brown gravy mix and it turned out plenty "ono." Hope this
helps.
Tom Sakaishi
hi there. youd never guess it, but i tried my first locomoco
at a dennys! yesh, they serve it at the sf japantown dennys
on geary blvd. weird, huh? they have this "local kine"
breakfast menu which features saimin, portuguese sausage
(apparently a hawaii fave), kimchi on the side, good old
sticky rice (short grain) and loco moco.
i swear, i have never seen any other dennys serve hawaiian
anything. and i really dont think i will ever see another
dennys which serves up kimchi. as a breakfast item at that.
so since then ive tried it at other places and you know, about
your question with the gravy, its just regular brown gravy
that you make from a package. you can get very fancy and
make it from beef stock (yes, yes, try it with demi-glace,
hehehehe :), but i know that the dennys one makes it from
package, because it tasted just as salty as the locomoco
gravy when i made it at home, which was schilling mushroom
beef gravy. :) hehe...
> (For the curious, a Loco Moco is a 'fast food' type item
> in Hawaii. It consists of a pile of rice, a hamburger <?>
> on top of the rice, with brown gravy <?> poured over it,
> and a medium fried egg thrown on top of it. Yeah, it sounds
> kind of 'iffy', but boy, is it good!!)
hmmmm. whats with the question marks? ill add comments, then.
yes, any hamburger patty will do. cook it up on a fry pan or
grill it for better taste. you can make your own hamburger
patty like this other restaurant i went to did. it was really,
really good there. i think they also must have made their gravy
from scratch, but i think thats crazy (muy loco!). seems to me
that locomoco is fast food (like you say). but hell, i adore
gourmet burgers, so whats so bad about gourmet locomoco, yeah?
brown gravy is just that, any kine brown gravy you make is good.
mushroom, onion, water down demi-glace, shilling seasonings, etc...
an with that egg, its gotta be sunny side up, sos you can poke
that yolk and have it kind of run over your rice!
hope this helps.
onolicious!
hoy, any kine loco moco now days, yeah? (*nods to naytan*)
hahna
Well, since I wasn't sure it was a regular hamburger
patty and brown gravy, I kind of 'spoilered' it. Sounds
easy enough to make and I WILL be making it soon.
BTW, I do kind of miss going into a restaurant and being
able to order spam and eggs, spam saimin, etc. And being
able to get saimin from the McDonald's drive-thru always
made me giggle!!!
Mahalo!!
Tracey
ah god you make me plenty homesick, bra! :-)
Nancy
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wow. i had no idea thats what moco meant. you really can learn something
everyday.
anyhow, carolina, i think you ought to try this simple dish. heck,
everybody out to try it once!
:)
and you can christen a new name for spanish speakers, if you want. i
would love to hear it. perhaps "moco" (ive seen it spelled "moko") is a
hawaiian word...
hahna
So, you just *had* to share that with us, didn't
you Carolina. Thanks a bunch. I was looking forward
to try Loco Moco, but now I'm not so sure I would
be able to eat it.
Kate
Tracey