Seasoning For Bread Croutons Or Breadcrumbs Food

EASY CRUNCHY GARLIC CROUTONS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small sauce pan, combine: 2 Tbsp butter, 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 pressed garlic cloves, 1 Tbsp chopped parsley, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Heat over medium heat until butter is melted. Stir to combine then set aside and let the flavors infuse into the oil while you chop your bread.
• Cut your bread into 3/4" cubes. For goodness sake, don't remove the crust! It adds variety and great crunch to these croutons. Transfer to large mixing bowl.
• Drizzle the seasoned olive oil over your chopped bread and toss until bread crumbs have an even coating of oil.
• Spread the bread in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake at 375˚F for
• -20 minutes until they are golden brown and crunchy. (mine took 20 min)
• Serve these up with your favorite green salad.

SEASONED BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• Pulse the bread in a food processor until they are crumbs.
• Add in the spices and either mix by hand or give another pulse in the processor.
• Notes: We use a hand processor and stop when we get to coarse crumbs.
• We add the spices straight to the processor and get the crumbs down to a slightly less coarse grind. We still don't go down to a fine grind though.
• We have found that when coating chicken or pork chops that the coarser grind makes for a really neat crunch.

SEASONED CROUTONS

Steps:

• In an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan, combine the butter, oil and seasonings. Heat in a 300° oven until butter is melted. Remove from the oven; stir to combine. , Add bread cubes and toss to coat. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring frequently. Cool. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

SEASONING FOR BREAD, CROUTONS OR BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• If making for a dip you are done. Serve with a pasta dish and warm breadsticks.
• If making croutons heat oven to 350°F.
• Cut up bread into bite size pieces. Place bread and oil mixture in a sealable bag toss to coat.
• Arrange on baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cool and store in an airtight container.
• If making bread crumbs complete steps for croutons and then place croutons in food processor and blend.
• If you feel the crumbs are too wet place on baking sheet and bake for another 5 minutes watching very closely. These will burn in the blink of an eye.
• Store in airtight container.
• I usually freeze in a storage bag until ready to use.

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.

E-Z SEASONED BREAD CRUMBS

Steps:

• Take 12 slices of stale bread and let air dry (or place crumbs on pan and dry in oven at 225 F).
• Crumble and grate until into crumbs.
• Let dry again.
• Add rest of the ingredients.