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Breadcrumbs

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    Panko and Breadcrumbs

    Breadcrumbs are used as coating for deep fried food such as, fried chicken, croquettes, schnitzel. The cooking process turns the coating into a crispy golden layer, most of the time keeping the inside moist if cooked at a proper tempreture. You have regular breadcrumbs which are made of dehydrated breadcrusts, then you have Japanese Panko. It is light and flaky that gives a light golden crust. Panko is of two types Panko flakes or tan panko and white Panko with smaller flakes like a coarse powder. The word ‘Panko’ is made of two words ‘Pan’, Japanese for