Dinner For Two: Shrimp Po’ Boys
I have a prediction for you. For the foreseeable future, all of my Dinner For Two recipes will be inspired by the meals we had on our honeymoon.
On our honeymoon, we visited: New Orleans, Birmingham, Alabama, Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. The food of New Orleans sticks out in my mind the most. This is probably because after one heck of a wedding day on Saturday and then an 8-hour drive to New Orleans on Sunday, you work up quite an appetite. New Orleans was where we first relaxed and ‘let it all go.’ We dropped our suitcases, and promptly headed downstairs to the Carousel bar. (We stayed at the Monteleone on Royal). We fueled up on Sazeracs, and headed out to the streets hungry.
I didn’t plan too many of our New Orleans meals ahead of time, because I knew that almost everything would be delicious. It turns out, we didn’t have a bad po’ boy in that town. We also learned that not all po’ boys are fried. Our favorites contained seafood sauteed in a garlic butter sauce. Some also contain nothing but gravy and french fries, but holy waist line, you’ve got to stay away from those.
These buttery shrimp sandwiches are the perfect weekend lunch. The spicy Creole mayonnaise is addictive.
For the recipe for my Shrimp Po’ Boys, head over to Food Fanatic today.
Bring on the soul food girl! What an amazing trip. Can’t wait to see what you recreate at home. (and holy cow NOLA food is amazing. Hope you got your fill of beignets too!)
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So fun! We love po’ boys, especially with shrimp. Can’t wait to see what else you share from you honeymoon!
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These are so fun and make me crave summer!!!
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The south is a place I’d live to visit, the food just seems right up my alley! Glad you guys had fun..
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That sounds like a fantastic honeymoon, how fun! Those po’ boys look heavenly.
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If all of your recipes from now on are inspired by your honeymoon, I have NO complaints.
This po’ boy looks AMAZING.
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I am so drooling right now – although I’ve never had a shrimp po boy that wasn’t fried shrimp! This looks amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!
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LOVE that this isn’t fried! I’ve never seen a po’ boy that wasn’t fried, but… duh, who says they have to be! I’m going to NO in a couple of months and CANT wait to eat everything in sight. I NEED to hit up some of those gravy and french fry po boys. In the meantime, totally loving this idea.
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Looks delicious! I love the food in New Orleans, all I did was eat when we went there on vacation, as evidenced by my NOLA photos… http://www.theluckypennyblog.com/2012/04/new-orleans-vacation-round-up.html
Glad you had an amazing honeymoon!!
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Loooooohoooooove ze po’ boys! I mean boyzzzz.
Sorry.
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Traveling is the best inspiration for new food ideas. Excited to see the future dinners for two!
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The best meals are those inspired by such a special time. Food memories are some of my favorite memories:-)
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A couple summers ago, my friend and I took a road trip all over the U.S. for two months and on part of the trip, we did the exact circuit you two love birds did for your honeymoon! I love that part of the country…and yes, the waistline grew and grew as we went through po’ boys, fried green tomatoes, gumbo, fried alligator and on and on and on! Your po’ boys are bringing me fond memories and they look amazing!
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Lord almighty if New Orleans isn’t amazing. I have actually wanted to go there for my own honeymoon…I mean, what’s more romantic than beignets at cafe du monde? Truly, nothing.
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Your honeymoon sounds EPIC. I didn’t know that not all Po’Boys are fried…this looks lovely and I’m heading over to get the recipe now!
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You can never go wrong with a delicious shrimp po’ boy! In fact, I may have to whip this bad boy up for dinner tonight!
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Love po’ boys! This shrimp variation sounds incredible! Can’t wait to see more of your honeymoon inspired recipes!
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Oh man, these are drool-tastic! I cant wait to see what else you had on your honeymoon. For now, I am going to go make these!
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Heading over to check it out! I can’t wait to see all the other good southern food you have in store for us! PS I love Sazerac’s too!!! Yum!
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What a great idea! I love po boys, but I’ve never made them at home. This must change…and soon! Thank you so much for sharing. I have had a long day…and I needed something delicious to cheer me up. I hope you are well. Enjoy the rest of your week. Happy Spring!
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heck yeah, love po’ boys! I’m excited to see what else you ate on your honeymoon!
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I love dishes inspired by travel. These look yummy!
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I like your prediction and I like your po’boy! Sounds like you had a marvelous time (and food) — thanks for sharing both here!
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I’m so excited to go to New Orleans on Friday!!! The pics of those po boys are only adding to the excitement.
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You just made dinner-for-two a lot easier! I LOVE po’ boys, but never make them… changing this
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