- My next guest has served as a personal chef
to some of the biggest names in sports and music.
Diddy, Demi Lovato, Wiz Khalifa, Justin Bieber
just to name a few.
Not too shabby.
Today she's joining us to share one of her hottest recipes.
Let's welcome, Chef KK.
What's up Chef KK?
- Hello!
- How are you doing?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm so good!
So what are you showing us today?
So they were doing crab cake sliders.
- I love crab cakes.
- I know, right?
It's the perfect savory bite of just a sandwich.
- My mouth just watered.
- Exactly, it's not a burger
and it's just not like a fish sandwich,
but it's just that crab cake that everybody loves.
Light, airy, and just on a pretzel bun, toasted, so good.
- Oh my god. (laughs)
I love a pretzel bun as well.
(laughing)
Oh my god I got excited, okay, so what do we do?
- Okay, so, first we add all of our wet ingredients.
We have some mayonnaise, we have Dijon mustard,
I actually have fallen in love with this Old Bay hot sauce.
That is like, oh my God, God's gift to earth.
So I have this Old Bay hot sauce in there,
a little bit of Worcestershire sauce,
a little lime zest, a little bit of lemon juice,
I have my all-purpose seasoning in there.
- Yeah, I was gonna say, you have your own line,
right, of spices, right?
- Yes, yes, that I've been working on
and it's just coming out very, very, very soon, so--
- So that's in it.
- Yes, that's in it.
And some fresh cracked black pepper.
So then after that, we're gonna mix this all up.
- Okay.
Oh my gosh, my mouth, every time we do these food things,
my mouth is so water--
I can't, I can't swallow enough, my mouth is watering.
- So now we add right here we have some fresh cilantro,
chopped, and parsley.
Then we also have a little bit of breadcrumbs.
So that's that, and then we have the egg
and we're just gonna blend that all up.
- Well, I know this sounds crazy,
but I just so happen to have one of your crab cakes here.
(laughing)
They dropped it off for me and I've been staring at it
and I'm really excited, KK.
(laughing)
- I'm just going to add some crab.
- Oh my gosh. (laughs)
- So after you mix it all up, the crab, the wet ingredients,
everything, you just form a ball into it.
And nine times out of 10, it's going to be a little loose.
And I like to just add it directly into the pan
so that it stays light and airy.
And you don't have to feel like
you need to add more breadcrumbs or anything like that.
It just forms its form.
You know what I'm saying? - Yeah, it congeals.
Dude, this is so awesome,
it's like the perfect amount of different--
All the flavors are there, oh my God,
they're paired so nicely.
- So you just sear these on both sides for two minutes each,
and then because it's TV I actually have
some pre-made ones right here.
- Girl, me too, I'm already finishing mine.
(laughing)
- With the toasted pretzel buns.
- Mm!
Oh I didn't get that part. - And before we get started
on that, we're gonna make my secret sauce.
That's not that much of a secret anymore.
- It is so good, your sauce.
- Thank you!
- Oh my gosh, this is so good.
- It's so simple, I love to just keep flavors simple.
You know, I'm big on flavor and texture
and balance of ingredients that I'm not so futuristic
to where it's not relatable
or you can't do it yourself at home.
So we have some lemon juice.
Or lime juice, whichever you prefer.
Some old day, some fresh chives.
A pinch of salt.
And black pepper.
Just give it a quick stir.
- Oh my gosh, this is so good.
I'm now getting into the next one.
- Then put a little bit of sauce on each bun.
You add a bit of arugula.
And then we're just going to add each crab cake.
- What a great party-like vibe, what a great thing
that everybody would probably love, you know?
- Exactly.
- I'm literally like finishing this plate, right here on TV.
(laughs)
And I can't complain about it. - I am so glad you love it!
- It's so good! - Got these cute little--
- I don't think I've ever finished anything on TV before,
but well, we're here.
(laughing)
- That's so exciting!
- It's really good.
- Just gonna plate this up.
- Oh my gosh!
What a great idea!
- And these are the crab cake sliders.
- Oh my gosh, I bet that people have these
all the time everywhere you go.
Thank you so much, Chef KK!
This is awesome!
Everybody keep your eye out for her new spice line!