1/2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
1/4 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 C. seafood stock
1 TB. tomato paste
1 C. canned tomato sauce
1 TB. thickener of your choice (cornstarch or flour)
1 tsp. sugar
1 C. cooked pearled barley (or rice, for authenticity)*
2 boca patties**
2 fried eggs
Bring the stock to a simmer in a skillet. Add in the tomato paste and stir to blend. Add in spices. Add in tomato sauce, sugar, and thickener, whisking after each addition. Pour sauce over the barley/rice, eggs, and patties.
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Now, I am aware that Loco Moco is not a traditional Italian dish. But neither is homemade toothpaste and you would not believe the number of hits that page has gotten. However, I recently moved, so I thought: new place, new food! I have been wanting to try making this for about a month after watching an episode of "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives". The recipe loosely imparted there involved making a homemade stock that cooks for 3 hours and has kombu and dried shrimp in it. Maybe if my place were not a wreck, I could find my spatula, and I didn't have to go to work I would have the time and energy to cook a sauce for 3 hours. But I don't, and I'm guessing you don't either, regardless of whether or not you just moved. This recipe does need some tweaking for taste and content. In future I will try some thai fish sauce in there, and/or Worcestershire sauce. Also, it could be thicker, although I liked it this way too.
*I just like barley, both for its texture and nutritional content. (It's high in fiber and has some good minerals in it too.) But rice is what you're supposed to put in and it would be delicious too as a sop for the Loco sauce.
**The original Loco Moco calls for hamburger patties made with diced onion. The Boca (vegetarian) patties were nasty. Should I find myself needing a patty in the future I will look up a recipe for a homemade one or reverse engineer one myself. The best parts of the Moco end of the dish were definitely the egg and the barley. In the meantime, put some onion in the sauce too-- about 1/4th of a regular-sized onion-- if you don't make your own hamburger patties or use the vegetarian option. Yes, I know I used vegetarian meat substitute patties in a dish that had fish stock as the main part of the sauce.
1/4 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 C. seafood stock
1 TB. tomato paste
1 C. canned tomato sauce
1 TB. thickener of your choice (cornstarch or flour)
1 tsp. sugar
1 C. cooked pearled barley (or rice, for authenticity)*
2 boca patties**
2 fried eggs
Bring the stock to a simmer in a skillet. Add in the tomato paste and stir to blend. Add in spices. Add in tomato sauce, sugar, and thickener, whisking after each addition. Pour sauce over the barley/rice, eggs, and patties.
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| Look, it's steaming hot! Yum... |
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Now, I am aware that Loco Moco is not a traditional Italian dish. But neither is homemade toothpaste and you would not believe the number of hits that page has gotten. However, I recently moved, so I thought: new place, new food! I have been wanting to try making this for about a month after watching an episode of "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives". The recipe loosely imparted there involved making a homemade stock that cooks for 3 hours and has kombu and dried shrimp in it. Maybe if my place were not a wreck, I could find my spatula, and I didn't have to go to work I would have the time and energy to cook a sauce for 3 hours. But I don't, and I'm guessing you don't either, regardless of whether or not you just moved. This recipe does need some tweaking for taste and content. In future I will try some thai fish sauce in there, and/or Worcestershire sauce. Also, it could be thicker, although I liked it this way too.
*I just like barley, both for its texture and nutritional content. (It's high in fiber and has some good minerals in it too.) But rice is what you're supposed to put in and it would be delicious too as a sop for the Loco sauce.
**The original Loco Moco calls for hamburger patties made with diced onion. The Boca (vegetarian) patties were nasty. Should I find myself needing a patty in the future I will look up a recipe for a homemade one or reverse engineer one myself. The best parts of the Moco end of the dish were definitely the egg and the barley. In the meantime, put some onion in the sauce too-- about 1/4th of a regular-sized onion-- if you don't make your own hamburger patties or use the vegetarian option. Yes, I know I used vegetarian meat substitute patties in a dish that had fish stock as the main part of the sauce.
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