Loco Moco

Before You Start

Build the gravy in the patty pan. That fond is the flavour.

Runny yolks, always. They finish the dish at the table.

Dimple the patties so they stay flat under the egg.

How to Make Loco Moco

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1. Mix the mince with the grated onion, soy, Worcestershire, salt and pepper, and shape into 4 patties slightly wider than you want them — they shrink.

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2. Press a dimple into the centre of each so they cook flat.

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3. Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan and cook the patties 3 to 4 minutes a side until well browned. Set aside on a warm plate.

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4. In the same pan, melt the butter and cook the onion and mushrooms for 8 minutes, scraping up the fond from the patties.

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5. Stir in the flour and cook 2 minutes.

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6. Add the stock gradually, whisking, then the soy, Worcestershire and pepper.

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7. Simmer 6 to 8 minutes until the gravy coats a spoon. Return the patties and any resting juices for 2 minutes.

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8. In a separate pan, fry the eggs in hot oil until the whites are crisp at the edges and the yolks still liquid.

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9. Spoon a mound of hot rice into each bowl, sit a patty on top, ladle gravy generously over both, and slide the fried egg on last.

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10. Scatter with spring onions and serve immediately.

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Related guide: Choosing rice.

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What's Going On Here

The gravy is built in the pan the patties cooked in, so all the browned fond ends up in it — made separately it tastes like packet gravy on a burger. The egg has to be fried in hot fat with a runny yolk, because the yolk running into the gravy and rice is the point of the assembly.

After You've Cooked It

The gravy and patties keep 3 days refrigerated. Cook rice and eggs fresh.

Common Substitutions & Variations

• Out of spring onions? A small regular onion, finely sliced, or a few chives stirred in at the end both cover the job.

Good With

• Macaroni salad
• A cold lager
• Hot sauce

What's in a Serving

No nutrition figures are given for this recipe: they cannot be worked out reliably from its ingredient list (some ingredient lines cannot be read). Why some recipes have none.

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