Grill Interrupted

An ongoing series: I’m paying homage to some of my favourite bloggers by creating a custom sandwich in each of their honour.

First up was The @Avitable Dog. Today we follow it up with a great sandwich for another great writer.

I’ve met some really awesome bloggers over the years – many of them via my wife Ali. Generally when her blogging friends get together there’s a lot of talk about the online drama du jour, or some other topic that I feign interest in. However, when I first met Katie and found out she had worked at IBM (as I had) and was an uber-techno geek (she may deny it, but don’t buy it) who loves all things LOTR, Star Trek and all points in between – I knew we would hit it off.

Katie writes on her own personal site – but can also be found kicking ass and taking names over at the Bad Moms Club.

Katie’s daughter and my youngest Isabella are two peas from a pod. We recently got them together for a play date on a weekend where Ali and I were supposed to have been in New Orleans for a trip we had to cancel. For this reason I was really in the mood to whip together a NOLA classic.

This version of a Po’ Boy is super simple to make. I stuffed some sub rolls with pre-made coleslaw, sweet pickles, oven baked onion rings, creole sauce and grilled chicken. For the sauce I simply whipped together some mayonnaise, creole seasoning and a squeeze of fresh lime juice. I put a little of the creole spice on the chicken before grilling as well.

The crunch of the onion rings, coleslaw and pickles made the whole thing just pop. So, so, good.

Filed under: Recipe on May 7th, 2011