The Dish: Liberty Kitchen's viral Kale Caesar Cutlet sandwich

time now for the dish And there is a seemingly simple hogy at Liberty Kitchen that became an instant viral sandwich I mean it's everywhere It's their kale Caesar chicken cutlet hogy on a nice seated roll And while they hoped you know people would love this combination of popular flavors right they never expected it to become the social media superstar that has people coming from far and wide including us Sorry not Aliana but she's gonna get there to find out what the hype is all about [Music] So I'm here for the viral kale Caesar Yeah that thing was good It was huge The coverage were delicious And last weekend they sold more than a thousand of these sandwiches That's a great option You know how I know it's great it says it on the back of your shirt This sandwich changed my life Scan the socials and you'll see Liberty Kitchen's kale Caesar cutlets are Hogy influencers When you guys put the sandwich on the menu did you expect it to be the start you just caught momentum and it's caught steam and then the power of the internet Bonhart took us behind the scenes at Liberty Kitchen's Fishtown location where the Kale Caesars the KC's are coming out by the hundreds You actually made a star out of kale Yeah How does that feel well I didn't really really ever think I was going to be a kale politician but then it just happened to be that way Look at this baby You're so famous And it is all about the cutlet It's a nice thin cutlet Yeah we we like to we believe in thin cutlets here I subscribe to the school of thin cutlet as everyone should And then they sit in a mixture overnight that would consist of buttermilk flour and our herb John It's just essentially a multitude of herbs Fennel parsley dill garlic We also have a little bit of basil snuck in there Then it gets breaded again dipped in egg and dredged in Italian style breadcrumbs and panko Let it rest a second before showtime We free fry here All right honey See you on the other side We're going for golden brown There you go Do you do this in your in like your mom's kitchen or your grandma's house where you're like "Yeah that's like the piece that fell off." Making chicken cutlets was one of those first things or first responsibilities I was given at in the kitchen Now time for that cutlet to shine First shmear Caesar dressing onto your bread Our Caesar dressing consists of Duke's mayo Locatelli brand pecorino heavy anchovi a lot of black pepper a lot of fresh lemon juice How many cutlets per sandwich roughly three Three Yeah Okay Here comes the kale It's been marinating in that Caesar dressing And then from touching or like feeling the kale here that you can sense that like we massage the kale roughly enough that it breaks it down so that it becomes and or mimics a sauteed green I was going to say this kale has been to the spa Hit it with some grated cheese Sprinkle it around like glitter Boom Then finish with our fried shallots And she's ready You go outside on like a definitely a busy day You can just see the people like taking the videos of themselves eating the sandwich in their car And that's just like one of those like those instances of like oh wow this is gone like viral You're making me feel like I should I should take a selfie that this should eat first There's a star We do a good thing here [Music] So the tricks the kale has to be really soft right you got to massage it really well Got to really massage the kale And the way that it got dipped twice so it had a double dredge and that I think was the ticket Listen I want one right now So good There's three cutlets I mean the sandwich is like I mean yeah one of those and a nap Great It's It's a big sandwich so share it with someone you love