Mandiche’s Po’ Boy

Name: Mandiche’s Po’ Boy
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup olive oil; 1 head of garlic, peeled and finely chopped; 3 scallions, including some of the green, chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon freshly milled pepper; 1½ teaspoons cold water; 2 tablespoons dry sherry; ½ loaf of French bread, halved lengthwise; 3 tablespoons unsalted melted butter; 1 quart vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 1 dozen oysters, shucked; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Glorious American Food

By Christopher Idone

Published 1985

About

The po’ boy was known as the peacemaker. After a night of hooch and jazz, the typical wayward husband brought home this toasted loaf of French bread filled with succulent fried oysters as an early Sunday morning peace offering to his wife.

Ingredients

Sauce

1 cup olive oil
1 head of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
3

Americas
United States
Sandwich
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

The sauce

Combine all of the ingredients except the sherry in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat and simmer until the garlic is soft.

Remove from heat and stir in the sherry. Set aside.

The sandwich

Preheat the oven to