Loco Moco with Spam

Skillet-seared hamburger and spam plated over a bed of rice

Ingredients

  • 3 beef patties, sprinkled with a dash of salt
  • 1 can of spam, cut into thick slices
  • 3 eggs
For the gravy:
  • 1 cup of Shao Xing cooking wine
  • 1/2 cup beef broth or water
  • 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • 1/4 onion, diced

Directions

  1. Using a skillet, cook patties until desired temp. Set aside.
  2. In the same skillet, saute 1/4 cup of diced onion until translucent and pour 1 cup of cooking wine. Followed by 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp of sugar. Let simmer on medium low.
  3. In another pan, pan fry spam slices until golden brown.
  4. Fry 3 eggs sunny side up.
  5. Finish the sauce with 2 tbsp of heavy cream and a cornstarch slurry to thicken.
  6. To assemble, lay a bed of rice, followed by a beef patty, two thick slices of spam, sunny side up egg, and top everything with the gravy.