Panko bread crumbs - how to make

Dee Randall said:

I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so I
googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A little
rich for
my budget.

Do you live any where near a "China town" i get it there by the pound
(16 ounces) for 99 cents.

I occasionally make my own bread coating from freshly baked bread for
just caught fish but other wise use the packaged variety. Normally i
use an "Italian" flavoured bread crumb but the panko is getting more
popular around here with each use.
---
JL

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Here is how to make your own
http://maki.typepad.com/justhungry/2004/01/tonkatsu.html

Has anyone tried this technique?

"The thing that makes panko unique is that the flakes are bigger and
crunchier than the kind sold by non-Japanese food manufacturers.
You can buy panko ready-made at Japanese food stores, or make your
own. To
make your own, take off the crusts of day-old good white bread. Flake
the
white part of the bread by hand, not the food processor, which would
turn
the bread into powder. Spread out the bread crumbs on baking sheets
and dry
in the oven at a very low temperature until the crumbs are thoroughly
try -
not colored, just crunchy. You can store this in tightly sealed
plastic bags
or containers for quite a long time."

Thanks,
Dee Dee

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Dee Randall said:

I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so I
googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A little
rich for
my budget.

Do you live any where near a "China town" i get it there by the pound
(16 ounces) for 99 cents.

I occasionally make my own bread coating from freshly baked bread for
just caught fish but other wise use the packaged variety. Normally i
use an "Italian" flavoured bread crumb but the panko is getting more
popular around here with each use.
---
JL

Quoted message said:

Here is how to make your own
http://maki.typepad.com/justhungry/2004/01/tonkatsu.html

Has anyone tried this technique?

"The thing that makes panko unique is that the flakes are bigger and
crunchier than the kind sold by non-Japanese food manufacturers.
You can buy panko ready-made at Japanese food stores, or make your
own. To
make your own, take off the crusts of day-old good white bread. Flake
the
white part of the bread by hand, not the food processor, which would
turn
the bread into powder. Spread out the bread crumbs on baking sheets
and dry
in the oven at a very low temperature until the crumbs are thoroughly
try -
not colored, just crunchy. You can store this in tightly sealed
plastic bags
or containers for quite a long time."

Thanks,
Dee Dee

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Do you live any where near a "China town" i get it there by the pound
(16 ounces) for 99 cents.

Is it actually the brand "Panko" or should I be looking for a product named
otherwise?
thanks,
Dee Dee

Dee Randall said:

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Is it actually the brand "Panko" or should I be looking for a product named
otherwise?

I think Panko is originally the name of the bread, Japanese in origin,
from which the breadcrumbs were made. It's a decent white bread that
produces good crumbs because of its relatively dense (for a white
bread) texture.

We buy French bread which goes stale quickly, nearly always before
we've finished a loaf. The stale bread, some crust removed, goes into
the whizzer and becomes bread crumbs. They sit in a ziploc bag in the
freezer, to get seasoned to fit whatever the use is. Couldn't be
simpler or cheaper. -aem

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I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so I
googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A little rich
for my budget.

That's outrageous. We pay $1.79 for 7 oz. If you buy a large bag or Korean
rather than Japanese, it is even cheaper. No Asian groceries near you?

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Peter Aitken
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Jeez, we get 2 bags for $1 at our Asian store! Next time we go, I have some
set aside for Jill and Carol. Anyone else need some?

kili <---------who plans on in the near future making panko crusted fried
tofu.

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I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so I
googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A little rich
for my budget.

That's outrageous. We pay $1.79 for 7 oz. If you buy a large bag or Korean
rather than Japanese, it is even cheaper. No Asian groceries near you?

--
Peter Aitken

Ah ha, Peter, I see what you are speaking of
http://www.asiafoods.com/asi/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&User_ID=2408645&st=7155&st2=37198143&st3=89439238&Product_ID=281&CATID=7

Korean product, Minato, but Japanese style
Thanks - I get it now.
Dee Dee

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Dee Randall said:

Has anyone tried this technique?

"The thing that makes panko unique is that the flakes are bigger and
crunchier than the kind sold by non-Japanese food manufacturers.
You can buy panko ready-made at Japanese food stores, or make your own. To
make your own, take off the crusts of day-old good white bread. Flake the
white part of the bread by hand, not the food processor, which would turn
the bread into powder. Spread out the bread crumbs on baking sheets and dry
in the oven at a very low temperature until the crumbs are thoroughly try -
not colored, just crunchy. You can store this in tightly sealed plastic bags
or containers for quite a long time."

I think the home-made panko would also have to be
sifted to remove fine particles. Real panko has remarkably
uniform particle size (considering that it's breadcrumbs)
and a noticable absence of fines (other than those resulting
from attrition during shipment).

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Dee Randall said:

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"The thing that makes panko unique is that the flakes are bigger and

crunchier than the kind sold by non-Japanese food manufacturers.
You can buy panko ready-made at Japanese food stores, or make your own.

To

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make your own, take off the crusts of day-old good white bread. Flake

the

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white part of the bread by hand, not the food processor, which would

turn

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the bread into powder. Spread out the bread crumbs on baking sheets and

dry

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in the oven at a very low temperature until the crumbs are thoroughly

dry -

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not colored, just crunchy. You can store this in tightly sealed plastic

bags

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or containers for quite a long time."

I haven't made it, but that looks right to me. Panko is (white) large
grained and fluffy looking, when compared to regular bread crumbs.

http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/panko2.jpg
www.foodsubs.com/Crumbs.html

Okay, I'm reading off the label of what I have here at home:

Minato Bread Crumbs

With Honey, Butter PANKO soft finished flakes, net st. 6 oz. (171 g)

INGREDIENTS: What (I guess it should read wheat, but this is what it says)
Flour, Yeast, Salt, Honey, Butter, Sugar.

Oh and sorry, that's 2 bags for $1.99. It's distributed by Minato U.S.A.
Corp, Gardena, CA.

This is the kind I can get here (Cesspool Florida) and it's the kind sold in
Hawaii. It what I'm used to. I like it. It's good and it's crispy.
Directions clearly say to roll in tempura batter first (I never do, I use
flour) roll in eggs with a mixture of water and salt, roll in panko and fry.
Simple!

kili

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Dee Randall said:

I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so I
googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A little rich
for
my budget.

Here is how to make your own
http://maki.typepad.com/justhungry/2004/01/tonkatsu.html

Has anyone tried this technique?

"The thing that makes panko unique is that the flakes are bigger and
crunchier than the kind sold by non-Japanese food manufacturers.
You can buy panko ready-made at Japanese food stores, or make your own.
To
make your own, take off the crusts of day-old good white bread. Flake
the
white part of the bread by hand, not the food processor, which would
turn
the bread into powder. Spread out the bread crumbs on baking sheets and
dry
in the oven at a very low temperature until the crumbs are thoroughly
dry -
not colored, just crunchy. You can store this in tightly sealed plastic
bags
or containers for quite a long time."

I haven't made it, but that looks right to me. Panko is (white) large
grained and fluffy looking, when compared to regular bread crumbs.

http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/panko2.jpg
www.foodsubs.com/Crumbs.html

Thanks, everyone. I am armed with good information and I know I'm going to
find Panko crumbs my next trip to an Asian market.
Dee Dee

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I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so

I

Quoted message said:

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googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A little

rich

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for my budget.

That's outrageous. We pay $1.79 for 7 oz. If you buy a large bag or

Korean

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rather than Japanese, it is even cheaper. No Asian groceries near

you?

Yes, there are, but I've searched for them there. Since I've not seen
Panko
crumbs (by that name brand), and have nothing to compare them to in
Panko's
size and consistency, I'm wondering: are you buying the brand Panko
itself
or something else similar to Panko. I've bought only the Italian
breadcrumbs
which are seasoned and finely ground, so I know what they look like,
but I
don't know how the panko should look so as to judge what I should be
buying
if I substitute.
Thanks,
Dee Dee

The product might better be labelled or described as 'bread flakes'
rather than 'crumbs' unlike the Italian bread 'crumbs' the panko is a
more flattened, flake like particle of 'bread'. I just recently threw
away an empty package or i would check to see if it is a rice bread as
another contributor to this thread suggested it might be, which makes
sense to me. It adds a very subtle flavour but some brands have MSG
added.

To 'substitute' try making some small croutons of fresh bread, cut some
fresh bread into small cubes then dip a piece of meat into some milk or
beaten egg yolk and roll it in the bread cubes, some of the bread will
go flat, or "squishy" but some of the out side bread crumbs will retain
their form and be only damp and sauté up very nicely, browning and
crisping on the out side and yet light and fluffy on the inside. Season
the bread cubes 'to taste'.
---
Joseph Littleshoes

Joseph Littleshoes said:

Dee Randall said:

I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so I

Quoted message said:

googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A little
rich for
my budget.

Do you live any where near a "China town" i get it there by the pound
(16 ounces) for 99 cents.

Have i bragged here yet about the frozen tilapia at 89 cents a pound?
--
JL

kilikini said:

kili <---------who plans on in the near future making panko crusted fried
tofu.

Is that *firm* tofu and will you marinate it first?

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Dee Randall wrote:
> [snip]
> Is it actually the brand "Panko" or should I be looking for a
> product named
> otherwise?

I think Panko is originally the name of the bread, Japanese in
origin, from which the breadcrumbs were made. It's a decent white
bread that produces good crumbs because of its relatively dense
(for a white bread) texture.

I don't know where I heard this, but somewhere I got the idea that
panko is made from rice bread or something??? If I'm wrong, feel
free to say so. I'd look it up except I keep getting kicked off my
connection.

From the box:

Ingredients: bleached wheat flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, palm
oil, yeast, salt.

Debbie

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> I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy, so
> I googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A
> little rich for my budget.
>

That's outrageous. We pay $1.79 for 7 oz. If you buy a large bag or
Korean rather than Japanese, it is even cheaper. No Asian groceries
near you?

Yes, there are, but I've searched for them there. Since I've not
seen Panko crumbs (by that name brand), and have nothing to compare
them to in Panko's size and consistency, I'm wondering: are you
buying the brand Panko itself or something else similar to Panko.

Mine is a blue box and the brand is Dynasty in big letters. Underneath on
the next 3 lines, it is written, "Japanese Style, Bread Crumbs, Panko"

Under the ingredients listings it reads "Imported by/Importé par Japan Food
Canada" followed the address.

Debbie

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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:38:13 GMT, kilikini wrote:

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> kili <---------who plans on in the near future making panko crusted

fried

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> tofu.

Is that *firm* tofu and will you marinate it first?

yeah, it's firm tofu, but I don't think I want to marinate it. I just
want
the plain ole tofu. I like it. To me, it tastes like egg white.

kili

Can you post a recipe? Sounds good.

Slice the tofu relatively thinly, then dip into flour, egg, panko and fry.
It's simple! You *could* add other things to the mix, but I keep it simple.
For garnish you can add green onions if you want. Then I just dip into
shoyu (soy). Delicious!

kili

aem said:

Dee Randall said:

[snip]
Is it actually the brand "Panko" or should I be looking for a product named
otherwise?

I think Panko is originally the name of the bread, Japanese in origin,
from which the breadcrumbs were made. It's a decent white bread that
produces good crumbs because of its relatively dense (for a white
bread) texture.

Actually, panko means breadcrumbs (pan = bread, ko = powder) in
Japanese. It is not a brand name or a type of bread.

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aem said:

Dee Randall said:

[snip]
Is it actually the brand "Panko" or should I be looking for a product
named
otherwise?

I think Panko is originally the name of the bread, Japanese in origin,
from which the breadcrumbs were made. It's a decent white bread that
produces good crumbs because of its relatively dense (for a white
bread) texture.

Actually, panko means breadcrumbs (pan = bread, ko = powder) in
Japanese. It is not a brand name or a type of bread.

Mite
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Grocery lists in seconds by clicking on items or adding from recipes.

A great job of PR, I thought that there was only one brand and that it was
Japanese. You know, just like Kleenix had it sewed up for years.
Thanks,
Dee DEe

No it is not the same. The Panko manufacturing process is very
different from
bread. The "batter" is sprayed onto a hot rotating "cooking" drum and
the
batter both cooks and dries at the same time. The resulting flake has
a very
different shape size and texture from that of a breadcrumb. The person
who wrote
the article knows not of what she speaks.

Try an Asian store usually they are priced lower than the stupidmarket.

Dimitri

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Joseph Littleshoes said:

Dee Randall wrote:

> I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy,

so I

Quoted message said:

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> googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A

little

Quoted message said:

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> rich for
> my budget.

Do you live any where near a "China town" i get it there by the

pound

Quoted message said:

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(16 ounces) for 99 cents.

Have i bragged here yet about the frozen tilapia at 89 cents a

pound?

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--
JL

Now you're just being mean, Joseph! <g> I love tilapia and I love
it
breaded in Panko!

kili

Kili:

Sorry about that🙂 I was only aware of Tilapia becaue i would see it
mentioned so often in another food group, i had no knowledge of it till
it became a topic of dicussion there. Becaue of this i noticed a sign
in a local market i had seen and ignored many times and decided to try
the tilapia. Now it is a regular component of our diet, it is farm
raised and iirc is some sort of vegitarian fish, is fed only vegitable
based food. I am told that the 98 cent a pound for frozen is very good.

I take it from your e mail address you are in Florida? if you (or any
one else) were in the San Francisco bay area i would be happy to post
the address of the store in Oakland's China town where i purchasse it.
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Joseph Littleshoes

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Joseph Littleshoes wrote:

> Dee Randall wrote:
>
> > I've read about Panko bread crumbs and can't locate any to buy,

so I

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>
> > googled, Panko, and the first site came up $3.45 for 7oz. A

little

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> > rich for
> > my budget.
>
> Do you live any where near a "China town" i get it there by the

pound

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> (16 ounces) for 99 cents.
>

Have i bragged here yet about the frozen tilapia at 89 cents a

pound?

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--
JL

Now you're just being mean, Joseph! <g> I love tilapia and I love
it
breaded in Panko!

kili

Kili:

Sorry about that🙂 I was only aware of Tilapia becaue i would see it
mentioned so often in another food group, i had no knowledge of it till
it became a topic of dicussion there. Becaue of this i noticed a sign
in a local market i had seen and ignored many times and decided to try
the tilapia. Now it is a regular component of our diet, it is farm
raised and iirc is some sort of vegitarian fish, is fed only vegitable
based food. I am told that the 98 cent a pound for frozen is very good.

I take it from your e mail address you are in Florida? if you (or any
one else) were in the San Francisco bay area i would be happy to post
the address of the store in Oakland's China town where i purchasse it.
---
Joseph Littleshoes

Yep, I'm in Florida and tilapia is one of the few fish that I can find
inexpensively around here. It's good stuff and so versatile! I'm jealous
of your location; wish I was back on that coast again.

kili