is there a place where I can buy the meat for a real roast beef po boy (new orleans style with the gravy)?

Question

I want to buy it online and have it shipped I live in PA. Thanks!

Answer 1

Here is a place you can order online
http://www.nuawlins.com/sandwich.htm

Or if you would like to try to make your own here is a good recipe

Roast Beef Po’ Boy with Debris Gravy Recipe

For the Roast:
1 Beef Chuck Roast (this one was 2 ½ pounds)
2 Garlic Cloves thinly sliced
Kosher Salt & Black Pepper
Cayenne
3 Tbsp Lard or Vegetable Oil
1 Small Onion, Diced
1 Small Carrot, Diced
1 Cup Beef Stock
1 Cup Chicken Stock
Water if necessary
2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tbsp Hot Sauce
2 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
1 Fresh Bay Leaf
Kosher Salt and Black Pepper to taste

Cut small slits into the roast, about every 3 inches, try not to pierce all the way to the bottom. Stuff the sliced garlic into the slits.
Season the Roast very liberally on all sides with the Salt & Black Pepper, season with Cayenne to your taste, I don’t use much.
Heat the fat in a heavy bottomed Dutch Oven over high heat, when the oil starts to smoke, wait a few more seconds, then carefully add the Roast cut side down. Brown very well on all sides, without burning it. Remove to a plate.
Drain off all but 1 Tbsp of the fat in the pan, add the onions and carrots, cook until the onions just start to brown, place the roast back in the pan, then add the stocks. Finish, if necessary, with enough water to bring the cooking liquid 3/4 of the way up the roast. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then back down to a simmer. Simmer covered for 3-4 hours or until the meat falls apart by staring at it.

For the Debris Gravy:
Carve the meat into very thin slices, it will be hard to do and will fall apart, that is good. All of the bits and pieces, that fall off are your Debris (pronounced DAY-bree.) Add all of the bits and chunks to you cooking liquid after skimming off the fat from the surface, keep the carved meat with a little liquid on a warm plate, covered tightly with plastic wrap. Bring the gravy to a full boil and reduce until it coats the back of a spoon. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

For the Po’ Boy:
New Orleans Style French Bread (Po’ Boys are generally about 9-10 inches long per sandwich. As you can see I made mine a bit smaller, shame on me.) Cut the bread 3/4 of the way through leaving a hinge (as seen in the background of the pic.) I find the hinge makes for slightly, easier eating.
Shredded Lettuce (or Cabbage a la Mothers)
Mayonnaise
Roast Beef (see above)
Debris Gravy

Slather the bread with a very generous portion of Mayonnaise on the inside of the upper and lower halves. Place about a cup of Shredded Lettuce on the bottom half. Cover the lettuce with a generous portion of the “sliced” Beef. Drown the beef with Debris Gravy.

Grab a stack of napkins, a cold beer and enjoy!

Answer 2

The meat is beef. It's not a special cut or anything, it can be a rump roast, bottom round, sirloin tip... You can buy any of these cuts at your local grocery.

Now, if you are asking if there is a place where you can buy the meat & gravy already prepared, I don't think there is such a place. Your best bet would be to buy some sort of gravy mix and prepare it with some steak-ums or maybe even roast beef from the deli.

But making a roast is not that hard, and making the gravy is just as easy -- even if you want to just use a mix.

Answer 3

Roast Beef!

Answer 4

It's not the meat but the bread, must be po-boy bread, Leidenheimer's French bread, with lots of mayo, lettuce and gravy and hot
http://www.leidenheimer.com/

Answer 5

Most authentic po boy places in Louisiana mage their own roast beef. As someone from Louisiana, the closest in store roast beef you can buy is Hormel Deli Cajun roast beef. Nothis is ever as good as the original. GEAUX CAJUNS!!!

Answer 6

You can't ship a beef Po' Boy and expect it to be any good the next day. Go there and go to Mothers at 401 Poydras Street and try it fresh. Their "debris " sandwich is a NOLA legend. The don't have a website and they shouldn't.

Answer 7

It's not pre packaged, it's cooked to order. It's probably just rump roast, cooked and smothered with gravy.

Answer 8

Go to Rouses Supermarket. They have everything... And more...