Learn how to make Homemade Breadcrumbs from scratch in a matter of minutes. Use them to coat chicken or fish, adding your favourite seasoning, herbs and spices.
I wanted to make some breadcrumbs from bread to make this Oven Baked Chicken With Parmesan recipe. It's a great way of using up leftover slices of bread.
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Ingredients and Substitutions
This is just an overview of the ingredients I used to make dried bread crumbs with possible alternatives and why I may have used them.
- Bread - Whether you make your own bread or not, never let it go to waste. Use white, brown, seeded, wholemeal, or whatever you have left. All varieties are acceptable.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of ingredients and quantities.
How To Make Dried Bread Crumbs
To make these homemade Bread crumbs, preheat the oven to 200c degrees assisted and have a large baking tray ready.
Step 1: Slice the bread into cubes and place on a large baking tray.
Step 2: Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes or until the bread is dry and golden. TIP: If needed, you may need to turn the cubes over to allow them to bake evenly.
Step 3: Allow the cubes of bread to cool a little, then place them in a food processor such as a Thermomix,
Step 4: Blitz until you have fine breadcrumbs. TIP: Finer crumbs are more likely to stick to whatever it is you are coating.
Use straight away. Try mixing in some seasoning and herbs as I did in this Oven Baked Chicken With Parmesan.
Storing Homemade Bread Crumbs
Allow the freshly baked dried bread crumbs to cool completely before placing them in a suitable freezer bag or container. Take out what you need, they thaw pretty quickly.
Cook's Tips
- If needed, you may need to turn the bread cubes over to allow them to bake evenly.
- Finer crumbs are more likely to stick to whatever it is you are coating.
Recipe Faqs
Yes, defrost first before cutting it into cubes, bake it in the oven and blitz it in a food processor.
You do not need to remove the crusts to make breadcrumbs unless they are very hard and dry. If the crusts are very thick, you may need to slice the crusts into smaller cubes before baking.
Any kind of bread can be made into breadcrumbs. Sourdough, gluten-free, White or brown, wholemeal and seeded. Any variety will do.
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Recipe
Homemade Breadcrumbs
Equipment
- Baking Tray
Ingredients
- 6 slices of bread
- Seasoning optional
Instructions
- To make these home made Bread crumbs, preheat the oven to 200c deg fan-assisted oven and have ready a large baking tray.
- Step 1: Slice the bread into cubes and place on a large baking tray. Add seasoing if using.6 slices of bread, Seasoning optional
- Step 2: Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 mins or until the bread is dry and golden. TIP: If needed you may need to turn the bread cubes over to allow them to bake evenly.
- Step 3: Allow the cubes of bread to cool a little then place them in a food processor such as a Thermomix,
- Step 4: Blitz until you have fine breadcrumbs. TIP: Finer crumbs are more likely to stick to whatever it is you are coating.
- Use straight away. Mix in some seasoning and herbs to coat chicken pieces before baking them.
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Notes
Finer crumbs are more likely to stick to whatever it is you are coating.
Nutrition
Note: Recipes are tested using Metric only. The provided nutrition information is an estimate for the entire recipe, the calorie accuracy nutritional facts, unit and portion conversion are calculated by a third party app. and are not guaranteed.
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