Breading is a dry grain-derived coating for a piece of food such as meat, vegetable, poultry, fish, shellfish, crustacean, seitan, or textured soy, etc. Shellfish is a Culinary and Fisheries term for those aquatic Invertebrate animals that are used as Food: various species of molluscs Structure of crustaceans As Arthropods crustaceans have a stiff Exoskeleton, which must be shed to allow the animal to grow ( Ecdysis or molting Wheat gluten, also called seitan ( wheat meat, gluten meat, or simply gluten, is a Food made from the Gluten of Textured or texturized vegetable protein ( TVP) also known as textured soy protein ( TSP) is a Meat substitute made , made from breadcrumbs or a breading mixture with seasonings. Breadcrumbs or bread crumbs (regional variants breading crispies are small particles of dry Bread, which are used for Breading or crumbing foods topping Breading can also refer to the process of applying a bread coating to a food. Breading is well suited for frying because it lends itself to creating a crispy coating around the food. Frying is the Cooking of food in Oil or Fat, a technique that originated in ancient Egypt around 2500BC Breading mixtures can be made of flour or cornmeal and seasoning that the item to be breaded is dredged in before cooking. Flour is a powder made of Cereal grains It is the key ingredient of Bread, which is a staple food in many countries and therefore the availability Cornmeal is Flour ground from dried corn, and is a common Staple food. Alternate meanings Seasoning (cast iron; Seasoning (wood; Seasoning (slave Seasoning is the process of imparting or improving If the item to be breaded is too dry for the coating to stick, it may be coated with something like buttermilk or raw egg first. Buttermilk is a Fermented dairy product produced from Cow's milk with a characteristically sour taste An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals consisting of an Ovum surrounded by layers of Membranes and an outer casing which acts to nourish Breading contrasts with batter which is a grain-based liquid coating for food that produces a smoother and finer texture, which can be less crispy overall. Batter is a liquid mixture usually based on one or more Flours combined with liquids such as Water, Milk or Beer.
Breading could incorrectly refer to cubes of bread, commonly known as croutons or large premade breadcrumbs or stuffing mixtures. A crouton is a small piece of sautéed or rebaked Bread, often cubed and seasoned that is used to add texture and flavor to Salads notably the Caesar salad In cooking stuffing or dressing (specifically for poultry is a substance used to fill a cavity in another food item
See also
- Breadcrumb
- Panko, a Japanese-style breading
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