- I'm back with Jim Gaffigan.
Joining us is Esther Choi of Mokbar in New York City.
She's going to show us how to make her now famous
rice burger, which recently went viral.
Hello, how're you doing?
- Hi!
- So, tell us about this burger.
I understand it's not even on the Mokbar menu,
which is awesome.
- It's not on the menu.
It's literally something that I was just, like,
trying out for fun,
and then I posted it on Instagram and it sort of like
went viral and then that's how you guys found out about it.
- Okay. Well, Jim and I both love burgers.
- I love burgers.
- Jim might even be a burger connoisseur.
So, Jim, what's your key to a good burger?
Is it bacon? 'Cause I like bacon.
- I love bacon, but I think I'm kind of a beef guy,
so I'm very interested to see what this...
I have an open mind, and I have a zucchini,
but I don't know.
- This burger is actually,
it is a beef burger and it's kind of like
our classic inside,
but the bun is made with rice.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- So it's actually completely gluten free.
- All right.
- Just think of really fun, but sort of, I guess,
substitution for, like, a burger bun.
- Yeah.
- That's great! I'm trying not to eat bread.
- Oh, perfect. So this would be perfect.
- It's a blast.
It's so fun.
- So, okay, Esther,
will you show us how to make the rice burger?
- Of course.
So, I have some cooked rice here.
And you can make sure that it's warm,
but you can use leftover rice for this.
This is a great way to kind of use up your leftover rice.
I'm just going to use a little water to wet my hand,
and basically I'm just forming the patty.
And if you just squeeze it really tight into a ball
and then flatten it,
so you get it like a patty.
And then what we're going to do here is
put it on a plate
and then you quickly cool this in your fridge.
So what will happen is you'll get a nice, like, dry film
on top, and then when you toast it,
it will get nice and crispy.
- So, you, okay, so you -
- My wife makes me get brown rice.
Brown rice is brutal.
- White rice is the best, to be honest.
- Right?
- These won't work with brown rice
because brown rice is kind of, like, crumbly.
- Yeah, I was going to say, it'll fall apart,
- Right.
I have a tablespoon of butter straight on a nonstick pan.
And basically the rice patty is,
when it comes out of the fridge, it's like that.
- [Kelly] Okay, awesome.
- It'll completely, like, congeal.
And then what we're going to do is just toast it.
- Okay.
So wait, Jim, have your kids ever made dinner
for you and your wife?
You have a lot of kids, any one of them -
- They don't do anything.
They're horrible.
No, no, you know, they don't.
You know, like, occasionally we'll wake up late,
and you know, we'll see some kid with chocolate
on their face and I'll be like...
I remember my six year old, when she was, like, four,
she walked in a room and her face was covered in chocolate.
And I was like, what is that?
And she said, I've made breakfast.
And I was like, why is there chocolate on your face?
She goes, I had breakfast dessert.
So -
- Breakfast dessert, well.
- Toasting.
I'm gonna make a quick sauce.
And this sauce is,
this is where that kind of Asian inspired comes in.
I'm making sort of like a kimchi animal sauce.
So, I'm Korean,
so this is where my Korean background comes in.
- I'm also Korean.
So this is great.
- Really?
- Obviously.
- What kind of Korean?
- I'm northern Korean.
Up, way up North.
A lot of blondes way up north
- [Kelly] A lot of blondes, yeah.
- So I just have ketchup, mayo, some chopped kimchi,
chopped scallions, little bit of sweet relish
for that sweetness and mustard.
And that's basically our sauce for this.
This is gonna be our -
- Can I...
I don't know if this is inappropriate.
Can I move in?
Can I?
- I want someone that can work that up in the kitchen.
- Right?
It's just like, that just looks great.
- It really does. It does.
- Okay, so that's in.
- Okay, so what's the last thing?
- So, the last thing is
we're just going to assemble a burger.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- So, here I have already toasted rice buns.
So, when you toast it for like, few minutes,
it gets, like, crispy on the outside,
and now it's like -
- I'm into it. I love crispy.
- Yeah.
- Oh, I actually have a burger here.
I just saw my assistant has one of the burgers.
I had one delivered, so boom.
- Oh, yeah.
- I have a zucchini.
- Oh my gosh, okay, okay.
- That's an eggplant, by the way.
- Mine have just watered.
- This is too big, right?
This is...
Someone says this is too big.
It's lost, like, flavor.
- It'll look big, but -
- Oh my God.
- [Esther] I'm doing -
- Oh my God, I feel rude.
I wish I could send this through Zoom.
It's so good!
- That's all right.
I'm just... I'll just sit here.
- You can just drool over it.
- Oh my God. I'm having another bite.
It's so good.
- And so it's gluten free. So, like, you don't...
So if you're not eating bread, you could eat it.
So like, is it Kedo?
Is it Keto? What's that?
- Keto?
- Maybe not Keto, just because of, like,
the massive mayo in there.
And, by Keto you mean -
- Oh my gosh.
That is amazing.
- So here's the burger.
It's rice patty, double burger with that sauce.
- It's really good.
- Are you trying to paint that up
and send it to me? - It's really different.
- Yes.
- I'm sending this to you right now.
- [Jim] Okay.
- She's wrapping it up, and then you cut it.
- And then you cut it.
- And then you cut it in half, just like that.
- [Kelly] Oh my gosh.
- And then -
- [Kelly] My mouth is still watering.
That was so good.
- [Jim] Oh my gosh.
All right, this is inappropriate.
This is not fair.
You're a cruel woman.
- All right, and, Jim, I know you love eating, too.
- Yeah, that's, you know.
I'm just -
- Hey, I wanted to add something to -
- Would it be all right if I just started crying right now?
I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, don't worry about it.
- Just a solitary tear.
Hey, Esther, one of the things I love about
your restaurant, Mokbar,
I found that, is it completely run by women?
- It is completely run by women.
All of our management staff is women.
- [Kelly] Wow.
- My partners, my sister, you know,
it's all female staff.
- That's so cool.
Thank you so much, Esther.
I love this burger.
It's amazing. It is so good.
I can see why it went viral.
Thank you so much, Jim, for sticking around and I'm sorry
we didn't get you a burger.
You're gonna have to come back to the shoe,
and I will have one of these burgers
waiting for you, my man.
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