cracker meal
Crushed saline crumbs
Cracker meal is crackers ground into coarse crumbs, used as a coating or binder in cooking.
It serves similar purposes to breadcrumbs but produces a lighter, crispier texture: Dredge the fish in cracker meal before frying.
Common in Southern American cooking for fried foods and casserole toppings.
- breadingCoating food before frying
- fish fryMeal of fried seafood
- breadcrumbsDried, crushed loaf pieces
- southern cuisineFood from lower latitudes
- fried green tomatoesBattered unripe slices, skillet-crisped
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