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Bread crumbs

Also called breadcrumbs

Bread crumbs are made from crushed bread and have a grainy texture when dried. Cooks use them to garnish, stuff, and thicken dishes.

  • May contain egg
  • May contain dairy

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Made from
Bread
Texture
Grainy
Cooked most in
Europe, Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Bread crumbs, whole

Photo: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use bread crumbs

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish
  • Stuff
  • Thicken

Preparing it

For dry crumbs, bake or toast dry bread to remove moisture. Use a food processor to make coarse or fine crumbs.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture, dried

  • Grainy

Around the world

Where bread crumbs is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use bread crumbs. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list bread crumbs among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with bread crumbs

4 of the 5 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Kotlet schabowy

    Poland

  • Roti gambang

    Indonesia

  • Milanesa

  • Austrian Meatloaf

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include bread crumbs.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: bread crumbs in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Animal origin
Sometimes egg (only when the optional ingredient is used)Sometimes dairy (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Family

Related forms

Made from
bread (crushed)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What bread crumbs is called

Names in 48 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    pan rallado · pan molido

  • French

    chapelure

  • Italian

    pangrattato

  • Portuguese

    pão ralado · Pão ralado

  • German

    Paniermehl · Semmelmehl · Weckmehl · Mutschelmehl

  • Dutch

    paneermeel · chapelure · broodkruim

  • Greek

    ψίχουλα ψωμιού

  • Turkish

    Galeta unu

  • Russian

    панировочные сухари · панировочная мука · панировка

  • Polish

    bułka tarta

  • Arabic

    بقسماط · بشماط · قرشلة · فتات الخبز

  • Persian

    آرد سوخاری · ارد سوخاری · پودر سوخاری

Show all 48 languages

  • Armenian

    Հացի փշրանքներ

  • Azerbaijani

    Qızardılmış çörək qırıntısı

  • Basque

    ogi birrindu

  • Belarusian

    паніровачныя сухары

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    farinha de rosca

  • Bulgarian

    Галета

  • Cantonese

    麪包糠

  • Catalan

    farina de galeta · Galeta picada · Pa ratllat

  • Chinese

    麵包屑

  • Czech

    strouhanka

  • Danish

    rasp

  • Egyptian Arabic

    بقسماط

  • eml

    Pan radû

  • Esperanto

    paneroj

  • Finnish

    korppujauho

  • Galician

    pan relado

  • Hebrew

    פירורי לחם · פרורי לחם

  • Hungarian

    kenyérmorzsa · prézli · panír

  • Ido

    Raspo-pano

  • Indonesian

    Tepung roti · Panir · Tepung panir

  • Japanese

    パン粉 · クラム

  • Javanese

    Panir

  • Korean

    빵가루

  • Latvian

    rīvmaize

  • Lithuanian

    malti džiūvėsiai

  • Malay

    Serbuk roti

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    strøkavring · paneringsmel · griljermel · panko

  • Pontic

    ψωμοθρύμμ

  • Romanian

    pesmeți · pesmet

  • Serbian

    Презла

  • Slovak

    Strúhanka · Prézle

  • Slovenian

    krušne drobtine

  • Swedish

    ströbröd · skorpmjöl

  • Thai

    เกล็ดขนมปัง

  • Traditional Chinese

    麵包屑

  • Ukrainian

    паніровка · панірувальні сухарі

  • Vietnamese

    Vụn bánh mì · Bột bánh mì

  • Welsh

    briwsion · briwsion bara

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q658413

Photos

Photo: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons