Flying Saucers, Kaua'i Style?
A Sloppy Joe-style filling for sealed pressed Hawaiian sandwiches called Flying Saucers
Equipment
- 1 Toas-Tite sandwich iron or just make them like a regular grilled sandwich
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs ground beef
- 1 onion diced fine
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- water just a splash
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef in a pan. Remove the beef and drain most of the fat
- Sautee diced onion and minced garlic in the beef fat over medium low heat, using the liquid expressed from the onions to deglaze the pan.
- Once the onions are soft, translucent, and lightly browned (10 minutes), return beef to pan along with sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce. Add a splash of water, just enough for the ingredients to mix together easily
- Simmer until liquid is reduced enough that if you run a silicon spatula along the bottom of the pan, it stays dry, without liquid immediately seeping back in (see photo). Taste and season
- Serve 2-3 tablespoons full with a slice of American cheese between 2 slices of buttered white bread, pressed in a flying saucer-shaped sandwich iron.
