Extra tender, crispy shrimp piled on french bread with mayo, tomato, and lettuce – it doesn’t get any better than this! Shrimp po’ boys may seem like a lot of work, well because of fried shrimp, but there’s really only a few ingredients to making these amazing sandwiches. The ingredients are simple and the shrimp shines through in this Louisiana classic comfort food!
Shrimp: I like to use wild caught Gulf shrimp or wild caught Argentine red shrimp works great too
Mustard: Coating the shrimp in mustard helps the seafood fry mix adhere to the shrimp! If you don’t like yellow mustard, no worries – you will not taste the mustard after it’s fried
Seafood Fry Mix: I prefer a Louisiana style fish fry mix, but any one that you like will work well
French Bread: Personally I have used all different types of bread for this sandwich and after years of searching for the best po’ boy bread, I find that buying day old Jimmy Johns bread is the best! After a friend suggested I use JJ’s bread, he was absolutely right. I had already been thinking about it, but his suggestion confirmed what it needed to be. It’s still is super soft and completes the sandwich. Some breads are too hard, too crispy, too heavy, etc. but the Jimmy John’s day old bread is cheap and absolutely perfect. Just go into any Jimmy Johns and ask to buy day old bread
Tomato Slices / Shredded Lettuce / Mayo: The simplicity of these toppings is what makes the shrimp shine through! You can totally add other toppings to your liking
Shrimp Po’ Boys
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 10 ounce package seafood fry mix
- French bread
- Tomato, sliced
- Lettuce, shredded
- Mayonnaise
- Neutral flavored oil for frying
Instructions
- Place shrimp in a large bowl and using a paper towel pat shrimp until dry, add mustard. Stir until shrimp is completely coated with mustard. Add 1/2 a bag of seafood fry mix and toss until coated
- Add oil to a cast iron. Once the oil temperature reaches 360 degrees, gently place shrimp in the oil. Fry for about 3-5 minutes, flipping shrimp half way through. Once golden brown and cooked through, remove shrimp from oil onto a paper towel lined plate
- Slice french bread in half, spread mayo on bread, add shrimp, place tomatoes on one side and top with shredded lettuce
Shrimp Po’ Boy
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 10 ounce package seafood fry mix
- French bread
- Tomato, sliced
- Lettuce, shredded
- Mayonnaise
- Neutral flavored oil for frying
Method
- Place shrimp in a large bowl and using a paper towel pat shrimp until dry, add mustard. Stir until shrimp is completely coated with mustard. Add 1/2 a bag of seafood fry mix and toss until coated
- Add oil to a cast iron. Once the oil temperature reaches 360 degrees, gently place shrimp in the oil. Fry for about 3-5 minutes, flipping shrimp half way through. Once golden brown and cooked through, remove shrimp from oil onto a paper towel lined plate
- Slice french bread in half, spread mayo on bread, add shrimp, place tomatoes on one side and top with shredded lettuce
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