How do you po'boy sandwich?

I go with shrimp, chicken and catfish. I'll add gator if it's available.

So what do you put on your po'boys?

When I'm in NOLA, I alternate between shrimp (dressed) and roast beef (debris).

When I'm in Michigan, I take what I can get if I can get the right bread.

Technically it's not a po' boy, but the McDonalds Ebi Filet-O hits the spot. It's probably good that they don't offer them stateside.

Hamburger. I'm lame like that.

buffalo shrimp, catfish. On the rare occasions gator is available, I add it to jumbalaya instead. Although, leftover jumbalaya makes a great sandwich

Fried oyster, from some place my wife's family swears is the best on earth... they live in Metairie, LA so... ought to be more knowledgeable than I. I don't see what all the hype is. It's more of a "grin and bear it" for the sake of the host's dignity kind of eating experience for me.

Shrimp.

Shrimp and oysters

Never heard of a po'boy

Bahn mi or mufaletta. I've never really been a po'boy fan.

I go to Popeye's. (ducks)

I always skip the po'boy. There are much better ways to eat seafood. Just give me the makings and leave the bread and crap in the kitchen.

Po'Boys...Got to be from Guy's on Magazine street. I miss doing my monthly trip to NOLA. I would do the fried shrimp or roast beef depending on the amount of seafood I already had on that the trip.

Toyman01 wrote: I always skip the po'boy. There are much better ways to eat seafood. Just give me the makings and leave the bread and crap in the kitchen.

Agree 100%

I use gulf shrimp or wild caught US cod, make my own bread.I cook/toast the inside of the bread on the cast iron flat top in olive oil usually. Make batter without eggs, sometimes also dipped with panko sometimes with a mix of whatever is around, like saltines, graham crackers, bread flour, black pepper... Sometimes I make them with coleslaw, which is usually onion, vinegar, olive oil, dill, cabbage, carrots, capers, sugar and whatever else looks good. Then usually a modified store bought hot sauce which might be too complicated. Or sometime just with lettuce tomato

What the devil is a po'boy?

Not a fan of fish...So mine is called a Reuban.

NickD wrote: What the devil is a po'boy?

Here is what Wikipedia currently says:

A po' boy (also po-boy, po boy, or poor boy) is a traditional seafood offering from Louisiana. It almost always consists of meat, which is usually sloppy roast beef, fried seafood which includes shrimp, crawfish, oysters and crab. The meat is served on baguette-like New Orleans French bread or in a basket that is known for its crisp crust and fluffy center.[1]

Origin of the term

In the late 1800s fried oyster sandwiches on French loaves were known in New Orleans and San Francisco as "oyster loaves", a term still in use. A sandwich containing both fried shrimp and fried oysters is often called a "peacemaker" or "La Mediatrice".[4]

There are countless stories as to the origin of the term "po' boy". A popular local theory claims that "po' boy", as specifically referring to a type of sandwich, was coined in a New Orleans restaurant owned by Benny and Clovis Martin (originally from Raceland, Louisiana), former streetcar conductors.[5] In 1929, during a four-month strike against the streetcar company, the Martin brothers served their former colleagues free sandwiches.[5] The Martins' restaurant workers jokingly referred to the strikers as "poor boys", and soon the sandwiches themselves took on the name.[5] In Louisiana dialect, this is naturally shortened to "po' boy."[5]

Not a big seafood person, but a po'boy with gator and chicken sounds pretty good.

TucoRamirez wrote: Bahn mi or mufaletta. I've never really been a po'boy fan.

Both solid, but the Cuban sandwich is the best sandwich.

Mitchell wrote:

TucoRamirez wrote: Bahn mi or mufaletta. I've never really been a po'boy fan.

Both solid, but the Cuban sandwich is the best sandwich.

Nope--the Italian Beef. I recommend Portillo's because they are the biggest and easiest to find, but there are a lot of good options.

Like this.

Crawfish and shrimp.

TucoRamirez wrote: Bahn mi or mufaletta. I've never really been a po'boy fan.

I was going to do a mufaletta thread next week

Oh man. French fry. A good dressed French fry po'boy from Check In Check Out is a thing to behold.

I used to prefer them not dressed, but in my teens I learned the truth.