Isaac Toups, olive fanatic and owner of Toups Meatery, teaches us how he makes an iconic New Orleans sandwich– and it's not a po' boy.
Meet the muffuletta, a sandwich that needs sesame bread, olives, cheese, and Italian meats. It's perfect for breakfast, lunch, or a hangover.
Toups takes us through some of the sandwich's history and roots, his ideas on serving it up toasted, and how critical it is to get great components for this one.
He also asks a few of the more important life questions most of us most likely wonder, like, "Are there bars in hell?" and "What beer do they serve?"
Remember, this sandwich does not need to look pretty. It just requires to taste good. So make this sandwich, dominate your counter or garbage can, and sip some Lambrusco straight from the bottle while devouring.
Take a look at the dish here:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Brief history and prepping the olive salad topping
2:43 The bread
04:18 Constructing the sandwich
05:56 End product
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Always love Isaac on the show!
I love this Sandwich , I get it specially made at my Local Heb Central Market. I also add Roasted Red Pepper
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Toups videos are the best, love this dude
I’m gonna used prosciutto or mortadella. The fanciest bologna sandwich I’ll ever have. 🤣
So your getting pistachios in your mortadella?….heavy duty heavy duty
You Gotdang right! 👊✊
Geeeeez, I really love this guy. Ima rewatch his stuff again
“You could eat it at midnight hung over”. My man! Making food who start drinking when they wake up in the morning and go to sleep in the mid after noon, wake up hung over at midnight. This will be my sandwich next Saturday night. 😃
Isaac knows what’s up. Y’all try this sandwich, whether you get the original at Central Grocery or get it hot at Napoleon House, put it in your face.
Uuuuughhh and he went with the Lambrusco damn this man is beyond, respect
Always trust a Chef from NOLA, that is presenting a hangover recipe, while sober against his will (due to Munchies liability contractual terms), but confirming that will he eat this sandwich later after he is drunk (he is planning too🍷), with bread dunked in EVOO, drinking Lambrusco from the bottle, next to a trash can 🗑 Priceless👍
Except when they recommend the best, and use ham log. Those are the chefs to ignore, regardless of where they are geographically. Proper smokehouse ham isn’t a processed log.
Man I love Isaac Toups and what he brings to the table. Amazing guy
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I love this guy!! I have never heard of him before but would love to see more of him!
They have several videos with him already if you go searching
Castelvetrano and Kalamata are the 2 best olives. Fight me. You gotta love how Toups does not and will not apologize for his choices. “Taste it then argue with me”
This guy is awesome give him a show.
Love it when this guy is on Munchies. Love his energy and love how Cajun he is.
He has a great restaurant, and a great cookbook
I love the Munchies videos but when you bring in Mr. Toups its a whole different ballgame! Always a blast to watch!
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“Now we have a magnificent, marvellous muff for your mouth. It’s where I like my muff”. Best sentence ever in a cooking show.
Isaac Toups is now offically my spirit animal. one of my favorite sammiches and now possibly favorite chef/food personality. time to go south down the Mississippi to get some good food.
The delivery of “Well I want one too.” Had me giggling like an idiot, the sandwich sounds awesome!
I never realized how big muffulettas were until I tried to finish an entire sandwich myself. It wasn’t easy.
I can’t get enough Isaac Toups videos … he’s so entertaining and his recipes are amazing, I still do his Jambalaya every couple of weeks or so and it’s our favorite dish.
Isaac Toups needs his own show. This man is a national treasure.