If you're tired of buying small packs of panko flour, learn how to make your own. To get the crunchy texture of panko flour, start with skinless bread. Tear the bread into small pieces and sprinkle the crumbs on the rimmed baking sheet. Bake the panko flour until it is dry and crispy. Then, use panko flour to fry, coat, or fill your favorite recipe.
Ingredients
300 g skinless white bread
Makes 4 cups (200 g) panko flour
Step
Method 1 of 2: Processing and Baking Panko Flour
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 121°C and remove the rimmed baking sheet
Place 1 or 2 framed baking sheets on your workbench. It's important to use a rimmed baking sheet so that the panko flour doesn't spill out of the pan when you put it in and out of the oven.
Step 2. Slice the crustless bread into 3 or 4 pieces
If you don't have crustless bread, use a sharp serrated knife to remove and cut the crust. Place the crustless bread on a cutting board, slice the bread into several pieces, and slice each slice back into 3 or 4 pieces. Bread can be sliced vertically or horizontally.
Although white panko flour is traditionally made from crustless bread, you can leave the crust to make brown panko flour
Step 3. Shred the bread using a food processor to produce large flakes
Place the tearing disc in the food processor and start the machine. Slowly insert the slices of skinless bread into the appliance. This step will produce panko flour with large flakes.
If you don't have a food processor, grate the bread using the coarse side of a grater or spin it in a blender 1 or 2 times
Step 4. Spread the breadcrumbs on a rimmed baking sheet
If the thickness appears to be more than 1.5 cm in 1 pan, divide the breadcrumbs into 2 pans.
Keeping the breadcrumbs in an even layer will ensure that the panko flour is crispy during baking
Step 5. Bake the panko flour for 20 to 30 minutes
Place the rimmed baking sheet in the preheated oven and cook until the flour is crispy. Use a spoon or spatula to stir the crumbs every 5 minutes during the baking process.
Stirring the panko flour periodically will prevent it from burning. The texture of the panko flour should be crispy, but still pale in color
Step 6. Cool the panko flour
Remove the framed baking sheet from the oven and place it on a wire rack. Allow the panko flour to cool completely before using or storing. If you store panko flour before the cooling process is complete, the moisture in it will cause the flour to rot more quickly.
The panko flour cooling process will take at least 1 hour. Panko flour will continue to dry out when cooled
Method 2 of 2: Storing and Using Panko Flour
Step 1. Store the panko flour in a container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks
Place the cooled panko flour in a storage container with a lid. Keep the container in the kitchen and use the flour within 2 weeks.
If desired, freeze the pangko flour for a shelf life of up to 2 months. Panko flour does not need to be melted before using it
Step 2. Make a sprinkle of crispy panko flour for the casserole
Sprinkle panko flour over your favorite casserole or gratin before baking. Try sprinkling panko flour on clam potatoes, tuna noodle casserole, or cauliflower gratin.
To reduce the fat taste of the casserole, replace the parmesan cheese sprinkle with the pangko flour
Step 3. Make an extra crispy flour coating for vegetables or meat
Use panko flour in place of regular breadcrumbs in any recipe that requires grease before frying, baking, or sautéing. For example, make fried fish, pork chop. chicken cutlets, or onion rings with panko flour.
You can also use panko flour in any recipe that calls for breadcrumbs as a filling. For example, stuffed mushrooms with a panko flour mixture that has been seasoned before baking
Step 4. Substitute regular breadcrumbs on the meatloaf or veggie burger.
Next time you're making meatballs, meatloaf, or veggie burgers, leave out the regular breadcrumbs. Use an equal amount of panko flour as a binder. Panko flour won't change the taste of food, but it will bind the dough well.
Use panko flour in any recipe that calls for breadcrumbs to bind the ingredients together. For example, mix panko flour into crab cakes before shaping them into bread
Step 5. Fry crispy appetizers in panko flour
Instead of dipping your favorite appetizer in beaten egg and coating it with regular breadcrumbs, use panko flour for a crunchier exterior. Also, panko flour will stay crunchy for a longer time than regular breadcrumbs. For example, layer and fry the following appetizers:
- Scotch eggs (scotch eggs)
- mozzarella sticks
- Chicken strips
- Macaroni and cheese balls
