
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).
Serves 6 (or 3 hungry Islanders!)
Question: What's is the best "healthy re-creation" of a unhealthy favorite dish you ever had?
Thanks for posting this; it looks so good. How many eggs? That was missing.
ReplyDeleteSome people like 1 egg per serving, others prefer none (like Cissy), still others like two or more (like me!). Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy. Can't wait to make it! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI made a tofu cheesecake one time and no one knew it was tofu.
ReplyDeletePhiPhi: 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!
ReplyDeleteI will def try your 'healthy loco moco'! can't do the butter sub, tho ;)
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