Do you have bread crumbs in your pantry and you have no idea what to do with them? I’ve been guilty of keeping bread crumbs in my freezer FOR MONTHS without ever using them. (I know, I know.)
I got the chance to try out Progresso Bread Crumbs at Publix this week and I’ve found that there are lots of ways to use bread crumbs in my cooking. Today I’m sharing 10 simple recipes with bread crumbs, including a super healthy lunch that is great for busy moms!
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Super Easy Healthy Breaded Fish Recipe
Bread crumbs don’t have to be boring! Recently I got to try two of Progresso’s bread crumb varieties:
Progresso Italian Style Bread Crumbs— The savory herb flavor, lightly toasted taste and finely ground texture are perfect for your favorite family recipes.
Progresso Panko Bread Crumbs— Panko is a Japanese style bread crumb with larger flaky crumbs that create a light and crunchy coating that is perfect for breading fish, poultry, pork, seafood and vegetables. It can be used to add a delicious crispy topping on baked dishes such as macaroni, casseroles, and even works well on many desserts.
For my breaded fish, I used the Italian Style bread crumbs. I love that they’re already seasoned, so I can skip the extra salt!
Ingredients:
1 flounder fillet
1/4 cup Progresso Italian Style Bread Crumbs
1/2 cup almond milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
I poured about 1/4 cup of bread crumbs into a pie plate. Then I poured about 1/2 cup of almond milk into a cake pan. You use what you have, right? 🙂
Then I dipped my flounder fillet into the almond milk, making sure to coat both sides.
Next, I added the breading by dredging the fish in the bread crumbs on both sides.
I added enough oil to a skillet to coat the bottom and heated it until the pan was good and hot.
Then I just added the fish and cooked it for about 5 minutes on each side. Done!
To fill out my meal, I paired the fish with spinach and tomato tossed with balsamic vinegar and some cantaloupe chunks.
Just look at that breading. Oh my.
10 Simple Recipes with Bread Crumbs
Need some bread crumb recipe ideas? Try these 10 suggestions!
- Make meatloaf. Bread crumbs are a great stabilizer for holding your meatloaf together. Mix a pound of ground beef with egg and bread crumbs and bake.
- Make meatballs. Use bread crumbs to shape meatballs and then cook with them with spaghetti! A kids’ favorite!
- Make fish sticks. Dredge the fish in milk and the bread crumbs and bake them to skip the extra fat of frying. Progresso Panko Bread Crumbs are great for this, because the crumbs are fine and they brown quickly.
- Make chicken tenders. Dip chicken tenders in milk, egg, then bread crumbs to make them extra crunchy!
- Make pasta sauce. Toasted bread crumbs and butter make a fabulous, simple pasta sauce. (Using preseasoned bread crumbs such as Progresso’s Italian Style Bread Crumbs saves time on this one.)
- Make zucchini fries. Dip zucchini strips in milk, egg, then bread crumbs, and bake them.
- Make cheese sticks. You can roll mozzarella cheese sticks in egg, then bread crumbs, and fry them for an indulgent treat.
- Make “fried” shrimp. Shrimp tastes great breaded. Use bread crumbs instead of cornmeal and bake your shrimp instead of actually frying them.
- Make vegetable casserole. Saute some fresh vegetables, such as yellow squash, onion, and broccoli. Mix them with heavy cream and cheddar cheese, then top with bread crumbs and bake for about 30 minutes. Delicious!
- Make crabcakes. Use jumbo lump crab meat, egg, and bread crumbs to shape crabcakes. Bake them for about 10 minutes.
And now it’s time for the goodies! 🙂
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Love cooking with Panko and bread crumbs! Will have to try the fish one… still trying to get my boys to eat more fish!!!
Jennifer @ The Jenny Evolution
I’m not sure that bread crumbs ever last that long around my house, but it’s always interesting to see new ways to use them. I’ve always used rolled oats in my meatballs and meatloaf, but I’ll have to try crumbs next time.
Lots of great tips for bread crumbs! I love how crispy panko makes everything.
We always put bread crumbs on our haddock and cod before baking! It takes sooooo good and adds a crispyness.
I will use Progresso bread crumbs in breaded chicken recipe.
I use them in meatballs the most, also in meatloaf and roll fish in.
I use them on my pork chops.
I use breadcrumbs with baked chicken.
I use breadcrumbs on chicken
I use breadcrumbs to make meatballs!
I would use bread crumbs to make a delicious crab cake with real crab meat!
While creating my meal plans for the month I noticed that I have a box of bread crumbs but no recipes. Now I have recipes! These look great and I can’t wait to try them.
I would use the bread crumbs to coat the chicken in my Swiss Mushroom Chicken recipe.
Everytime I make porkchops I always cover them in breadcrumbs, fry them on the stove, & then finish cooking them in the oven 🙂
I like to use breadcrumbs when making homemade dressing
I use breadcrumbs on sliced eggplant. I lightly rinse the slices and dry them gently. I dip the slices in an egg wash and dip them in breadcrumbs. I bake the coated slices in a 350 degree oven until lightly brown and crisp. My children love them especially with fresh homemade pasta sauce.
I would use it on chicken, meatloaf and fish.
I use them on fish
I like to use it on chicken wings
to bake oven fried chicken
I like to use breadcrumbs when I make meatloaf
I use it for baked mac and cheese
I also like to use bread crumbs when I make rice balls.
to make chicken meatballs
I use them to make chicken cutlets
I love making salmon patties, which I usually add bread crumbs to.
I would make fish sticks
I would make chicken cutlets.
Oh I love to use them in meatloaf or our spaghetti meatballs! I also put on top of Macaroni and cheese and our tuna noodle casserole!
I use them when I make chicken. I add some spices too.
I would love to try to use them for a fish breading!
I like to use them on shrimp too!
I use breadcrumbs in meatballs and for a topping on my baked mac and cheese casserole, thanks!
I use bread crumbs to coat my meat, in vegetable recipes, to top my macaroni and cheese as well as to coat vegetables before frying.
I use them to make chicken cutlets.