Oyster Po' Boy

[culpepersmoke]

I used to travel to New Orleans for business but haven’t been back for a few years. I’ve been jonesing for the food. Tonight I thought I’d try my hand at a oyster po’boy. Turned out pretty good, the oysters and remoulade sauce was good but hoagie roll (store bought)was way off. Still stuffed myself all the same.

 

[normanaj]

Man I love oysters in any form.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Looks delicious, been looking at those French rolls as a recipe myself.

 

[culpepersmoke]

Looks delicious, been looking at those French rolls as a recipe myself.

Let me know if you find one.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Let me know if you find one.

Oh I have one, I’m just not a baker, more of a meat man, but this recipe is the one I intend to go with first.

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/nola-style-french-bread-rolls-recipe

 

[ceeaton]

Oh I have one, I’m just not a baker, more of a meat man, but this recipe is the one I intend to go with first.

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/nola-style-french-bread-rolls-recipe

That recipe works well, have made it several times. I've made it with the first rise in the fridge overnight, pull out, let warm to room temp for an hour, then proceed with the rest of the recipe.

 

[SmokinEdge]

That recipe works well, have made it several times. I've made it with the first rise in the fridge overnight, pull out, let warm to room temp for an hour, then proceed with the rest of the recipe.

Never been, so is it close to New Orleans bread?

 

[ceeaton]

Never been, so is it close to New Orleans bread?

Me neither, but my younger and older brothers have been many times and always give me the thumbs up, so I'm guessing so...all I can tell you from personal experience is that it tastes really good!

 

[indaswamp]

Nice. I love a good oyster po-boy! It is passable with a hogie bun, but Leidenheimers bread is the bomb real deal for me....

https://leidenheimer.com/

 

[SmokinEdge]

Nice. I love a good oyster po-boy! It is passable with a hogie bun, but Leidenheimers bread is the bomb real deal for me....

https://leidenheimer.com/

Thank you Keith.

 

[ceeaton]

Just for giggles: https://cooked.wiki/new?url=https://easykitchenguide.com/leidenheimer-french-bread-recipe/

 

[jcam222]

Looks great! I used to head there on business a couple times a year with a customer in nearby Bay St Louis. The food is phenomenal.

 

[ceeaton]

@SmokinEdge , tried the King Arthur recipe again that you posted today. Worked pretty well, did notice that they call for 2 TBS of active or instant dried yeast. That's about x2 from what I'd normally use, so I used 9g (about 1 TBS) and it rose just fine. After looking around a bit, I'd like to try the recipe using vege shortening in place of the olive oil, as I remember that will keep the final product a bit softer overall. Smells like I remembered it! Will make some meatball subs with them tomorrow (making pizzas tonight) and will let you know how they tasted, if I remember.

 

[JLeonard]

may not be NOLA authentic, But I'd tear it up. Looks mighty good.

Jim

 

[SmokinEdge]

@SmokinEdge , tried the King Arthur recipe again that you posted today. Worked pretty well, did notice that they call for 2 TBS of active or instant dried yeast. That's about x2 from what I'd normally use, so I used 9g (about 1 TBS) and it rose just fine. After looking around a bit, I'd like to try the recipe using vege shortening in place of the olive oil, as I remember that will keep the final product a bit softer overall. Smells like I remembered it! Will make some meatball subs with them tomorrow (making pizzas tonight) and will let you know how they tasted, if I remember.

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Now that looks great. How thick are they? Will you dig some of the bread out of the center like a canoe before building tha sammich?

 

[ceeaton]

Now that looks great. How thick are they? Will you dig some of the bread out of the center like a canoe before building tha sammich?

They are just under 3" thick, my baguette/hoagie roll final shaping needs some work, I'm used to making bread, lol. For the meatballs I'll "canoe" them for sure to keep them from rolling off and letting the dog get them, she's on a special diet and can't handle most other foods (she eats anything, just never know what will happen the next day).

 

[SmokinEdge]

They are just under 3" thick, my baguette/hoagie roll final shaping needs some work, I'm used to making bread, lol. For the meatballs I'll "canoe" them for sure to keep them from rolling off and letting the dog get them, she's on a special diet and can't handle most other foods (she eats anything, just never know what will happen the next day).

I like my sammich bread thin and a bit crusty on the outside. Yours looks like a heck of a start.
Gotta get off my ars and make this, maybe tomorrow.

 

[ceeaton]

I like my sammich bread thin and a bit crusty on the outside. Yours looks like a heck of a start.
Gotta get off my ars and make this, maybe tomorrow.

Definitely a nice crust on the outside, seems "pillowy" on the inside (I had to check the internal temp to make sure it was done, was worried it wasn't done in the middle...tested at 208*F so it was done). It's definitely a moist dough. And if I had scored the tops like I normally do, they wouldn't have spread quite so much.

Edit: I also put a pan w/a couple of ice cubes in the oven to elevate the humidity. I think that helped them from getting too crispy on the outside (sorta like keeping the humidity just below the internal moisture content of a sausage you are drying so the outside won't harden up too quickly).

 

[SmokinEdge]

Definitely a nice crust on the outside, seems "pillowy" on the inside (I had to check the internal temp to make sure it was done, was worried it wasn't done in the middle...tested at 208*F so it was done). It's definitely a moist dough. And if I had scored the tops like I normally do, they wouldn't have spread quite so much.

Alrighty then. I’m on a mission tomorrow.

 

[culpepersmoke]

Just for giggles: https://cooked.wiki/new?url=https://easykitchenguide.com/leidenheimer-french-bread-recipe/

I’ve never made bread before but I may have to give this a shot. Thanks