Loco Moco

Happy National Hawaii Day! Today I’m taking you to a virtual trip to one of the most popular destinations for a vacation, Hawaii!

 

We as Japanese people love Hawaii. It’s been a super popular destination for honeymoon for such a long time, and it’s ranked into people’s bucket list destination. I’m originally from Japan and it’s been over 15 years living in the US, but surprisingly I’ve never been to Hawaii. It was one of my lists to celebrate my 10 years anniversary to be in the US, but my dinner-buddy-back-in-that-time-just-my-boyfriend-and-now-my-husband picked NY over Hawaii, so I missed the opportunity. 

 

But Hawaii is still on my list, so let’s just enjoy a virtual trip through my homemade food made in my kitchen. There are so many popular local Hawaiian foods like Lau Lau, Malasada, or saimin, but for today I chose Loco Moco! 

 

Ready to check the recipe? Let’s cook!

 

<Toady’s Recipe>

Loco Moco

<Ingredients>

*For 1 person

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• 1 egg
• 1 bowl cooked brown rice (I cooked rice but you can use convenient version like this)
• 1 patty (I used Fry Family’s plant based patty)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Sauce

• 100ml water
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon workshire sauce
• 1 tablespoon cooking wine
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• A sprinkle of garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon all purpose flour & 2 tablespoon water mixture

Optional for decoration

• Some lettuce
• Some tomato
• Some carrot

 

<Directions>

1. Make sauce. Combine all ingredients together in a saucepan and bring it to medium high heat. When it got thick, remove from heat and set aside.
2. Pan fry a patty. Pour olive oil in a pan and bring it to medium high heat. Place patty and cook for about 3 min. Flip it over and cook another side.
3. Make a sunny side up.
4. Place rice on the center of a plate and place patty and sunny side up. Decorate it around with lettuce, tomato and carrot. Pour sauce over the patty and enjoy!

 

<Cooking Tips>

• The classic patty may be made with beef patty, but this time I chose plant based patty from Fry Family. It tasted great so if you’re interested in expanding your plant based diet, try it! My other recommendation is Impossible burger patty, and beyond meat!
• If you want to make a tofu patty from scratch, check this recipe!

Have you been to Hawaii? If so, what did you do? A lot of people enjoyed relaxing on the emerald green beach and shopping in Alamo Square, but are there any activities you enjoyed or do you dream of doing? 

 

I hope you enjoyed virtual trip to Hawaii. Now let’s eat Loco Moco and feel vivid Hawaii vibes!

 

<Other Virtual Trip Ideas through Food>

Come to my neighbor in San Francisco! Hot Cream Soup in a Bread Bowl

To Mexico! Enchiladas in Red Sauce

Or to Korea! Korean Leek Pancake

Enjoy home cooking and your own creation of homemade food:)