Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Dean's Healthy Loco Moco


Jaimie requested this recipe for "Dean's Healthy LocoMoco"!

The LocoMoco is Hawaiian food in it's purest form...hearty, tasty, inexpensive and (unfortunately) unhealthy. My version is a healthy re-creation of the island favorite!

1 lb. Ground Whitemeat Turkey
1 medium Onion sliced
4 Tablespoons healthy butter substitute
4 Tablespoons flour
4 Cups Chicken broth
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Eggs
Steamed Brown Rice

Marinade Ingredients:
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Sake or Sherry
1/4 Cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
2 cloves crushed Garlic
1 teaspoon grated fresh Ginger
1 piece of (stale) bread in small pieces
1 egg
  • For the marinade, mix everything together in a small bowl.
  • Put the turkey in a larger bowl and pour the marinade over the turkey and mix (with your hands) well. Let the mixture stand while you prepare the other ingredients.
  • In a small saucepan, melt the butter on low heat and slowly stir in the flour to make a golden brown roux. Set aside.
  • Form the turkey mixture into hamburger sized patties and fry to a golden brown on both sides in a "Pam" coated non-stick frying pan. Remove the patties to a plate.
  • Pour the Olive Oil in the same frying pan and saute the sliced onions for 3-4 minutes.
  • Remove the onions to the same plate as the turkey patties.
  • Pour the chicken broth into the same pan and heat to boiling. Reduce the heat to medium and add the roux to thicken the gravy. Use a whisk to stir in the roux.
  • After the gravy thickens, add the turkey patties and onions and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes.
  • In another pan, fry eggs (scrambled, easy over or sunny-side up).
Assemble Dean's Healthy LocoMoco: a bed of steamed rice, turkey patty, egg, onions and gravy. Enjoy!

Serves 6 (or 3 hungry Islanders!)

Question: What's is the best "healthy re-creation" of a unhealthy favorite dish you ever had?

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting this; it looks so good. How many eggs? That was missing.

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  2. Some people like 1 egg per serving, others prefer none (like Cissy), still others like two or more (like me!). Enjoy!

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  3. Looks yummy. Can't wait to make it! Thanks.

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  4. I made a tofu cheesecake one time and no one knew it was tofu.

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  5. PhiPhi: Please email me the recipe. We'll make it for a snack at Growth Group. BTW: Growth Groups start the week of January 21st! I can't wait!

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  6. I will def try your 'healthy loco moco'! can't do the butter sub, tho ;)

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