Shrimp Po' Boys with Spicy Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe on Food52 (2024)

Author Notes

Crazily crunchy, wham-bam spiced, fried shrimp, tucked into a crusty-outside-soft-inside French roll with shredded iceberg, heat-jolted slices of fresh tomato and a generous slathering of homemade tartar sauce with a devil of a fever. Oh baby!
—TheLastWonton

Test Kitchen Notes

This is a taste of New Orleans! After purchasing some wild American shrimp and stumbling upon this recipe, I knew I had to try it. Everything about this sandwich was delicious and the Tabasco-kissed tomatoes put it over the top. The spicy tartar sauce made a great foil for the crunchy shrimp. Thanks to TheLastWonton for submitting this gem! One tester note: this is sandwich is messy, in the best of ways. Feel free to experiment with soft rolls instead of crusty French ones. —jstew52

What You'll Need

Ingredients

• Spicy Homemade Tartar Sauce
• 1 cupmayonnaise
  
• 5 tablespoonsdill pickles. finely chopped
  
• 3 green onions, finely chopped
  
• 3 tablespoonsfresh squeezed lemon juice
  
• 2 tablespoonswhole grain mustard
  
• 1 teaspoonfresh dill, chopped or 1/3 teaspoon dried dill
  
• 1 teaspoonfresh tarragon, chopped or 1/3 teaspoon dried tarragon
  
• 1 teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
  
• 1 teaspoonSriracha or Tabasco (or 1/2 teaspoon for less spice)
  
• ¹/₂ teaspooneach sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  

• Po' Boys
• 1 ¹/₂ poundslarge shrimp (16/20 count), peeled and deveined
  
• 1 ¹/₄ cupsflour
  
• 1 cupyellow cornmeal
  
• 1 tablespoongranulated garlic powder
  
• 1 tablespoongranulated onion powder
  
• 1 teaspoonsea, Kosher or other salt
  
• 1 teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper
  
• ³/₄ teaspooncayenne
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 4 tablespoonsmilk
  
• Peanut or vegetable oil for frying
  
• 4 crusty French or Italian rolls
  
• Butter
  
• 3 cupsfinely shredded iceberg lettuce
  
• 2 firm, red, ripe tomatoes, sliced and splashed with a bit of Tabasco and a sprinkling of sea salt