If your bread has begun to dry or slightly hardened, in no case do not get rid of it, but turn it into wonderful, very delicious fried crackers. Tasteful tea with delicious crispy bread croutons will perfectly satisfy a minute hunger at school break, in between home chores and at work. And if you add spices, garlic and seasonings, then there will be a spicy addition to the first dish on the dining table or an appetizer to fragrant beer.
For the preparation of crackers, absolutely all the remaining bread in your kitchen is suitable: rye, Borodino, bran, wheat or dry buns. How to fry crackers in a pan? It’s very easy, the main thing is to have a sharpened bread-cutting knife on hand, since it depends on it whether you can cut the bread evenly and accurately.
Bread-cutting knife: how to choose the best?
So, it is advisable to use a bread knife. Recall how it looks.
Its long blade is enough for the width of the largest loaves. Cutting bread with such a knife does not form crumbs, does not crush the crumb and preserves its porous structure. Use knives with thin steel blades. Ceramic knives, despite their modern technology and fashionable beauty, alas, cope poorly with bread.
Cutting board
For cutting bread, wooden boards are best suited. Glass ceramics, silicone or plastic are more suitable for wet products (meat, vegetables, fruits, greens).
In general, the most advantageous option is to have a separate board for cutting bread in the kitchen. After all, bread products are one of the few types of products that we use as food daily and without heat treatment. And microparticles from the surface of the board, on which something was previously cut, will surely fall on pieces of bread, and then on the dining table. No matter how carefully you process the cutting surface.
How to chop crackers?
If the bread has a thick, too fried crust, it is advisable to cut it. Always remove the upper dark crust from the loaves - it will be bitter if fried. Then it can be dried, crumbled and get the perfect mixture for breading or homemade kvass.
Prepared loaves cut across into layers. Choose the thickness yourself. The standard size is 1 cm.
Layers can be cut into such forms:
- cubes;
- whetstones;
- square or rectangular slices.
Now the time has come to choose a suitable recipe for how to deliciously fry crackers in a pan.
Recipes
We offer you such cooking options:
- wheat with salt, fried in oil;
- garlic rye;
- with spices;
- crackers for the very popular Caesar salad.
Fry bread slices best in one layer in a large pan. The width of the heating element must match the size of its bottom.
Salted wheat crackers
To prepare them, take:
- wheat bread or loaf;
- butter or vegetable oil;
- some salt.
Gentle and light they are obtained by frying in butter. If you want crispy crackers, use vegetable oil.
In the preheated oil, lower the bread preparation and, gently shaking the pan by the handle, wait until the crust forms. Then take out with a slotted spoon, letting the oil drain and transfer to a deep bowl. Sprinkle with salt and leave to soak. Stir two or three times during this time. If you need soft croutons, then cover the bowl with a towel.
Rye croutons with garlic
Next in line is a recipe for how to fry crackers in a pan with garlic.
Harvest bread. For rye crackers, cubes or slices are better. For 400-500 g chopped bread, prepare the garlic soak:
- half a glass of sunflower oil, better flavored;
- a few cloves of garlic (to taste);
- salt.
Pour the garlic into a bowl through a press and rub it with salt to make the juice stand out. Pour in oil and shake until smooth. Pour the fried bread with this mixture and let it soak under the lid, stirring occasionally.
Crackers with spices
To get spicy crackers in spices, they should be fried in oil with the addition of salt. To do this, simply salt the butter heated in a pan and dip the bread slices into it. Then take out the bread frying and sprinkle it with your favorite mixture of dried spices: oregano, coriander, suneli hops, paprika, pepper mixture.
Instead of spices, any other spices are suitable, for example, universal seasoning, mustard, sesame seed.
The most fragrant bouquet of herbs will be revealed most fully if you take olive oil for frying.
Tip: For a change, try mushroom seasoning.
And finally, consider another recipe. How to fry crackers in a pan for Caesar, read on.
Crackers for a famous salad
In the classic version of the salad crackers are used exclusive of the highest quality wheat bakery products. A sweet, savory bun with a light crust, such as saiki, is best suited.
Cut the crusts and cut them into cubes, the side of which is 1 cm. Fry in garlic oil with salt.