TGIF! It has been a long week, but barbeque season is beginning! With Memorial day coming up I thought i'd touch on a few things related, as it can be difficult at times to find something safe at an outdoor gathering.
This week I want to discuss breading. It is the most frustrating thing in the entire world going to the store and picking up a miniscule can of gluten free breadcrumbs for about five to eight dollars, and then the taste is still just so-so. Coming from a large Italian/Irish family, we use a decent amount of breadcrumbs and the store bought just wasn't cutting it. In order to save our wallets and tastebuds my mother set to crafting her own! We've tweaked and added a few things over the years, but we've pretty much got it down to a science now, and it's super easy!
Essentially all we do is go into our snack cabinet and gather up whatever bags of chips are in there and are pretty empty, and then pull out the food processor! We generally end up with a mix of tortilla chips, potato chips, and sometimes we'll even throw in some nut crackers. In the interest of trying to keep it a bot healthy, we usually have a much larger ratio of torilla chips, choosing baked chip types over fried. After finely grinding the chips, they will look like breadcrumbs, we put them into a big tupperwear container and add in a generous sprinkling of Italian Seasonings. If you want a breading that is a bit thicker, it can help to add in a bit of Rice Flour as well, just to make the coating more solid. When we pull the bread crumbs out to use them we usually sprinkle in some parmesean cheese as well, but do this right before using.
We use this often to make homemade chicken nuggets, chicken parmesean, and many other things, hope you guys enjoy!
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