Hawaiian Loco Moco Garbage Plates

Have you ever tried a Hawaiian loco moco garbage plates? These were my favorite thing to eat on my trip to Maui so you know I had to create them when I got home too!

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Different cities across the continental U.S. also have their own version of a garbage plate. Rochester, New York is probably the most popular.

Here you choose from a number of different items including home fries, macaroni salad, baked beans, hot dogs, grilled cheese, hamburgers, chicken tenders and top it all off with meat sauce, onions and mustard.

It may seem like an odd combination but this dish was probably my favorite thing that I ate when we were in Maui.

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This is a popular comfort food dish that originated in Hilo, Hawaii. You will find it on many lunch menus throughout the islands with many different variations.

Although it is best when using both rice and potato macaroni salad, feel free to use just rice if you would like.

What You Will Need

ground beef

cooked white rice

Hawaiian potato & macaroni salad (click here for my recipe)

onion

butter

flour

beef bouillon

eggs

scallions

How to Make

Form the ground beef into four patties. Season both sides with salt and pepper. I prefer to use a more lean ground beef for this recipe to prevent the patties from shrinking too much while cooking.

Cook the patties in a cast iron pan over medium high heat, flipping half way through. Cook until they reach your desired doneness. Remove from pan and set aside. You can cover them to keep them warm or put them back in the gravy before serving to warm.

In the same pan, add butter and onion. Cook over medium low heat for five minutes or until onions are transparent. Stir in flour.

Add bouillon cube and water to onion mixture. Stir until smooth. Bring to a slow boil and cook for about ten minutes or until thickened.

While sauce is thickening, cook eggs in a nonstick skillet. Traditionally they are served sunny side up or over easy but you could scramble them if you prefer.

On each plate, place a large serving of white rice next to a large serving of Hawaiian Potato Macaroni Salad. Top with one of the hamburger patties and one of the cooked eggs. Pour some of the pan sauce over the dish and top with scallions.

Click here for my Hawaiian Potato Macaroni Salad recipe.

This dish is a comfort food classic!

If you would like to add mushrooms to the gravy, slice them and add them to the pan when you are cooking the onions.

This is a great way to use up leftover hamburgers from a BBQ!

Some of the variations that I have seen include using fried rice instead of white rice, adding Kalua pork, adding crispy fried onions on top or even taking all of the ingredients and piling them on to a hamburger bun!

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Hawaiian Loco Moco Garbage Plate

Course Main Course

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 4 cups cooked white rice
• Hawaiian Potato Macaroni Salad (see recipe)
• 1 medium onion, halved & sliced
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 2 tbsp. flour
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 2 cups water
• 4 eggs
• 2 scallions, sliced

Instructions

• Form ground beef into four patties. Season with salt and pepper.
• Warm cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add beef patties, flipping halfway through. Cook until desired doneness has been reached. Remove from pan, cover with foil to keep warm and set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium low. In same skillet, add butter and onions. Cook for five minutes or until onions are transparent. Add flour and combine.
• Add water and bouillon to the skillet with onions, stir and bring to a simmer. Cook over medium low heat until you have reached your desired consistency.
• In a nonstick skillet, cook eggs either sunny side up or over easy.
• On each plate, place one large serving of rice and one large serving of Hawaiian Potato Macaroni Salad. Top with hamburger patty then egg. Pour pan sauce over the top and garnish with scallions.
• Enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed my take on Hawaiian loco moco garbage plates! Comment below and let me know how yours turned out!