INGREDIENTS
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If you're going to do stuffed pistolets look for rolls in your grocery that are not well browned. If you can find a dinner roll that is a "brown and serve" about 4 to 6 inches long you've got the best candidate. If all you can find are browned rolls
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You'll most often find pistolets stuffed with crawfish and shrimp down here. There's really no limit to what you can stuff them with... just depends on what you like! Sausage, veggies... whatever. Be imaginative by using two main ingredients that com
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In general, one pound of meat will stuff 10 to 12 rolls depending on the size of the roll and how much mixture you stuff them with.
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The mixture should have a richness to it since it's going to be surrounded by bread. For instance, you could use my stuffed crab recipe using 1/4 the bread. You can also use the stuffed crab recipe substituting the crab with shrimp or crawfish.
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Another popular method is using cheese and condensed soup (undiluted) to thicken the mixture.