[Recipe + Video] How to Make Homemade Breadcrumbs and Panko

Panko and bread crumbs are available in most grocery stores, and we use them in several of our recipes. But making breadcrumbs at home with just a few ingredients is the real deal. Here’s how to do it.

Course Essentials

Cuisine Basic

Keyword how to make breadcrumbs, panko breadcrumbs ingredients, toasted breadcrumbs in oven, toasting panko bread crumbs in oven

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 63kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

Plain breadcrumbs or panko

4 cups diced white bread [115 g], without crust to make panko

Seasoned panko

1½ teaspoon salt
3 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground) substitute other dry herbs or spices for pepper if you wish, see notes above.
4 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

To make plain breadcrumbs: Grind the bread in the food processor. Sift with a sieve with large holes, and discard (or grind again) the big chunks.
Put in an airtight container and use or refrigerate.
To make plain panko: Grind the crustless bread in the food processor.
Spread on a baking sheet and toast in the oven or toaster oven until light golden (5 minutes at mid-temperature in my toaster oven, your settings will depend on the oven or toaster you have).
Sift with a sieve with large holes, and discard (or grind again) the big chunks. Put in an airtight container and use or refrigerate.
To make seasoned panko: Combine the crustless bread, salt, garlic powder, pepper, and olive oil in the food processor vase, and grind.
Spread on a baking sheet and toast in the oven or toaster oven until light golden (5 minutes at mid-temperature in my toaster oven, your settings will depend on the oven or toaster you have).
Sift with a sieve with large holes, and discard (or grind again) the big chunks. Put in an airtight container and use or refrigerate.

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