{"id":2584,"slug":"po-boy","title":"Po' Boy","description":"A 'po' boy' (from the name \"poor boy,\" as the sandwiches were traditionally given to the poor street boys by the nuns in New Orleans) is a New Orleans sandwich similar to a \"sub\" sandwich. They can be made with anything, but are typically made with a type of meat and \"dressing\" (lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and sauce). Mother's Restaurant in New Orleans is well-known for their debris po' boy, made with the \"debris\" from a roast that falls into gravy when a roast is cut.","ingredients_raw":["French bread","Thinly sliced meat (ham, turkey, roast beef, etc.), fried seafood (shrimp, oysters, fish, etc.), etc.","Lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, etc.","Sliced cheese","Mayonnaise, mustard, gravy, etc."],"ingredients_norm":["french bread","meat fried seafood etc","lettuce tomatoes pickles etc","cheese","mayonnaise mustard gravy etc"],"steps":["Slice the bread along one side so that it folds open like a book.","Open the bread and add the cheese, shredded lettuce, and meat.","Add condiments to your liking.","Close the bread (as you would a book) and mash it down."],"categories":["Sandwich recipes","Recipes for sandwiches","Southern U.S. recipes","Louisiana recipes","Recipes using cheese","Recipes using bread"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":5,"servings":"1 or more","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Po'_Boy","source_ref":"4523469","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Po'_Boy&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"bfc1169f96c11ea4ce0ac971a0ec05ca3eff7a16899a1a1e58f3e4a31a0e5613","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:14Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/po-boy"}