How to Make Parmesan-Oregano Bread Crumbs

Make your own flavored bread crumbs for breading chicken, pork chops or fish. It's a great way to use up excess bread.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1/2 loaf day old bread
• 1/4 c. graded parmesan
• 3 1/2 Tbsp. fresh oregano or 1 tsp. dried
• 1 Tbsp. coarse salt

1. 

   Remove the crust from day old bread. We use our homemade bread that we make in the bread machine. Since it doesn't have preservatives, it won't keep as long as store-bought bread. This recipe makes good use of it if you can't eat it fast enough.

2. Cut the bread in cubes. If it's soft, leave it out to dry a little while.

3. 

   Divide it into two batches. Put one batch at a time into a food processor. Pulse it until fine crumbs form. To do this manually, put the bread cubes in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin. You will have five cups of crumbs.

4. 

   Stir together the fine bread crumbs with 3 1/2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon of dried oregano, 3/4 cup of finely grated parmesan cheese and 1 tablespoon of coarse salt.

Tips & Warnings

• Extra crumbs can be frozen until needed.

[gailM]

on 1/28/2009 I forgot, don't feed it to the birds.