Homemade Panko Bread Crumbs Recipes

EASY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix eggs, Italian seasoning, basil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder together in a large bowl. Add beef and panko bread crumbs and mix thoroughly.
• Shape mixture into about forty 1 1/2-inch balls, a little smaller than golf balls, using a teaspoon. Place on ungreased, rimmed baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the centers, turning halfway through cooking time, 10 to 15 minutes total.

HOMEMADE PANKO BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (150°C).
• Remove crust from bread.
• Grate bread by hand or pulse 1 to 2 times in a food processor.
• Place bread onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Bake for 5 to 7 minutes. Be extra careful not to let the panko brown.
• Remove Panko bread crumbs from the oven. Let cool and store in glass jars.

HOMEMADE PANKO (JAPANESE BREAD CRUMBS)

Steps:

• Carefully trim only the brown crust from fresh white bread.
• Lay out on the counter (or somewhere safe) for 1-2 hours. Some people have had to leave their bread out to dry for much longer, even up to 12 hours, depending on the type of bread used.
• When it is dried out, crumble gently using your fingers.
• Use as desired.

HOMEMADE PANKO BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• Push chunks of white bread through the shredding disk of a food processor to make coarse crumbs.
• Spread the crumbs on a baking sheet and bake at 300 F degrees until the crumbs are dry but not toasted, about 6 to 8 minutes. Shake the sheet twice during baking. Be careful not to let the crumbs brown!
• Immediately remove bread crumbs from oven and allow them to cool.
• Once cooled, crumbs may be stored in the freezer, in a resealable plastic bag for as long as several months.

HOW TO MAKE PANKO BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 °F (121 °C) and get out a rimmed baking sheet. Set 1 to 2 rimmed baking sheets on your work surface. It's important to use a rimmed sheet so the breadcrumbs won't slide off of the sheet when you put them in and take them out of the oven.
• Cut a crustless loaf of bread into 3 to 4 strips. If you don't have crustless bread, use a sharp serrated knife to trim off and discard the crusts. Place your crustless bread on a cutting board, cut it into slices, and cut each slice into 3 to 4 strips. You can cut them lengthwise or horizontally. While white panko is traditionally made with crustless bread, you can leave the crust on to create tan panko.
• Shred the bread in a food processor to make large flakes. Put the shredding disc on your food processor and turn the machine on. Slowly put the strips of crustless bread into the machine. This should make big flakes of breadcrumbs. If you don't have a food processor, grate the bread against the coarse side of a box grater or pulse it 1 to 2 times in a blender.
• Spread the breadcrumbs on the rimmed baking sheet. If it looks as though the breadcrumbs will be more than 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) thick on 1 sheet, divide them between 2 sheets. Keeping the breadcrumbs in an even layer will ensure that the panko becomes crispy as it bakes.
• Bake the panko breadcrumbs for 20 to 30 minutes. Put the rimmed baking sheet in the preheated oven and cook it until the panko becomes crispy. Use a spoon or spatula to stir the breadcrumbs every 5 minutes as they bake. Stirring the panko frequently will prevent it from browning. The panko should become crunchy, but remain pale in color.
• Cool the panko breadcrumbs. Remove the rimmed baking sheet from the oven and set it on a wire rack. Let the panko cool completely before you use it or store it. If you store the panko before it's finished cooling, the moisture in the breadcrumbs will cause them to spoil faster. It will probably take at least 1 hour for the breadcrumbs to cool. They'll continue to dry as they cool.

SEASONED BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor; cover and process until fine crumbs form. Transfer to a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 8-12 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Cool. Store in an airtight container.

FRESH PANKO

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Push torn pieces of bread through the shredding disk of a food processor to make coarse crumbs. Spread the crumbs on a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until crumbs are dry but not toasted, 6 to 8 minutes. Shake the sheet twice during baking in order to evenly dry crumbs. Remove from the oven and cool completely.