{"id":14,"date":"2025-06-21T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T17:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/?p=14"},"modified":"2025-06-21T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T17:13:01","slug":"loco-moco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Loco Moco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m always missing Hawaii, and I make loco moco to ease the the urge to go there constantly. To me, it\u2019s just a great way to have a burger without having to make sure you have bread and tomatoes and lettuce and that stuff at home. But I guess it does still mean you need to have all of the ingredients for a loco moco at home, which I am more likely to have than not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Loco-Moco-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15\" style=\"width:377px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Loco-Moco-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Loco-Moco-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Loco-Moco-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Loco-Moco-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Loco-Moco-scaled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients (makes 4 patties)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 lb of ground beef (wagyu ground beef makes all the difference)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon of salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon of black pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon of soy sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/3 small yellow onion, minced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 cloves of garlic, minced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 cup of panko breadcrumbs (optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tablespoons of heavy cream (optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup of beef broth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 cup of water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tablespoon of butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tablespoon of flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon of worcestershire sauce or steak sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon of ketchup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salt and sugar to taste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>white or brown rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 eggs (or 4 eggs if you\u2019re making 4 bowls with 1 patty each; each bowl should have an egg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vegetable oil as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marinate the patties at least 1 hour ahead of time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can add onions and mushrooms to the gravy if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In a large bowl, combine ground beef, salt, pepper, soy sauce, yellow onion, garlic, 1 egg, panko breadcrumbs and heavy cream.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mix well with your hands (it\u2019s just the easiest way to mix)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Form the mixture into 4 patties and set aside for at least 1 hour. The patties should be about 3\/4 inch thick.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coat a cast iron with a thin layer of vegetable oil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place the patties into the cast iron and fry each side for 4-6 minutes each side, longer if your patties are thicker. Leave them in your cast iron once done until you\u2019re ready to serve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meanwhile, in a sauce pan, melt the butter and add the flour. Stir until fully combined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the beef broth and water and bring to a light boil\/simmer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the worcestershire sauce, ketchup, and soy sauce. Cook for about 2 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give the gravy a taste and adjust the taste to your liking with salt and sugar. Leave the gravy in your sauce pan until you\u2019re ready to serve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In another non-stick pan, heat up some vegetable oil and fry your eggs. I like to have them over-easy or over-medium but you can certainly do sunny-side up too.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once your patties, gravy and eggs are done, you can begin plating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place 1 cup of rice in each bowl.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place the patty on top of the rice and the egg on top of the patty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top the bowl with gravy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ready to serve!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m always missing Hawaii, and I make loco moco to ease the the urge to go there constantly. To me, it\u2019s just a great way to have a burger without having to make sure you have bread and tomatoes and lettuce and that stuff at home. But I guess it does still mean you need &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/?p=14\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Loco Moco&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefcelia.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}