Easy Sourdough Breadcrumb Recipe

This is an easy sourdough breadcrumb recipe that taste amazing. Learn how to turn your loaf or stale bread into delicious breadcrumbs to add to your meals!

You can’t compare storebought breadcrumbs to homemade. The depth of flavour you get from sourdough, the crunch and the smell will enhance any dish you are making.

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Why Make Your Own Breadcrumbs?

1. It’s a great way to waste less: Any old, left over or stale pieces of bread you can put aside and then turn into breadcrumbs!
2. Simple to make: Homemade breadcrumbs have to be one of the easiest things you can make from scratch at home! All you need is bread, an oven and something to grind them into smaller pieces.
3. Cheap to make: Technically if you are using leftover pieces or stale pieces of bread you are making these for free! Saving something you normally would have tossed.
4. Flavour: Sourdough breadcrumbs have so much flavour and taste amazing. Best thing is it’s easy to customise the flavour if you want to add spices to your crumbs you can!

Sourdough Breadcrumb Tips

1. Preferable use older bread, they will dry out faster and have more crunch!
2. You can use any type of bread you like! As long as it’s bread you can turn it into breadcrumbs. Think focaccia, sandwich bread, bagels or even garlic bread!
3. After toasting if the bread stills doesn’t feel completely dry you can pulse it and then return it to the oven for a little longer.

What You Need

Ingredients

• Bread: You can use as little or as much bread as you like!
• Seasonings: (optional) You can add salt, garlic powder, Italian herbs, or whatever you prefer!

Supplies

• Knife: A sharp knife for slicing your bread.
• Baking tray: To place your bread on while toasting
• Silicone mat or parchment paper: I put this in my baking tray so the bread doesn’t stick. I prefer silicone mats as they are reusable and really easy to clean.
• Food Processor: To turn your bread chunks into breadcrumbs.

How to Make Sourdough Breadcrumbs (Step by Step)

1. Preheat your oven to 400f/200c.

2. Cut your sourdough bread into about one inch pieces and place them on your prepared baking tray.

3. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. You don’t want them to burn but you do want them to be dry.

4. Add your bread once slightly cooled to a food processor and pulse until they are the consistency you like.

5. You can now add any seasoning you like at this point.

6. Store your breadcrumbs in a jar with a lid.

How to Store Breadcrumbs

Once breadcrumbs are cooled you can store them in a jar with a lid away from direct sunlight for about 3 months.

You can also store them in an airtight container in the fridge if you think they might not be completely dry and they will last a couple months in the fridge.

Breadcrumbs can also be stored in a freezer ziploc bag in the freezer for up to 6 months!

What Bread Can You Use

You can virtually use any bread you have on hand to make breadcrumbs. Any type of bread like bagels, sandwich bread, focaccia, garlic bread ect.

Preferably use older bread as it’s already drying out. You can save pieces of left over bread in the freezer until you have enough to turn into breadcrumbs as well.

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How to Use Breadcrumbs

You can use breadcrumbs to crumb your chicken like chicken parmigiana or chicken tenders.

You can use them in Rissoles, burger patties, meatballs, meatloaf, and casseroles! So many delicious ways to use homemade breadcrumbs.