Loco Moco
Weeknight-friendly Hawaiian cooking: Loco Moco comes together in 35 minutes with ground beef, white rice, and not much else. Each serving lands at 1255 calories with 86g of protein, so it eats like a much heavier meal. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.
✓ USDA-verified nutrition data
1255 calories
86g protein
109g carbs
52g fat
3g fiber
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground beef
- 3 cups White rice
- 4 Eggs
- 2 cups Beef broth
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Cornstarch
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 Green onions
Steps
- Season the beef simply with salt and pepper, form two fat patties, and sear hard 4 minutes per side.
- Build the gravy in the same pan: whisk broth, soy sauce, and cornstarch slurry into the drippings until glossy and thick.
- Fry the eggs sunny-side up with lacy, crisp edges.
- Assemble the holy trinity: rice, patty, gravy ladled over, egg on top.
- Finish with green onions; loco moco is Hawaii's answer to every bad day.
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