A pistolette is either of two bread-based dishes in Louisiana cuisine. One is a fried bread roll, that can also be stuffed, in the

Cajun The Cajuns (; French: ''les Cadjins'' or ''les Cadiens'' ), also known as Louisiana ''Acadians'' (French: ''les Acadiens''), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and surrounding Gulf Coast states. Whi ...

areas around Lafayette and Lake Charles. The other is a type of submarine shaped bread about half the size of a baguette that is popular in

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for Vietnamese bánh mì and other sandwiches. In

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and

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, the word ''pistolet'' refers to a round roll.

Stuffed and fried bread rolls

The Cajun stuffed and fried bread rolls often contain

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such as crawfish or meat. The roll is split and filled or stuffed with seafood or meat, as well as other items sometimes including cheese or

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Small baguette

The French influence on Vietnam is credited for the Vietnamese style bread also referred to as pistolettes that is more like a baguette than the softer white bread used for po'boys. In New Orleans, Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery (a

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bakery) supplies pistolettes for the area's banh mi.

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Stuffed and fried bread rolls

Small baguette

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