Use fresh or slightly stale bread.

Tear the bread into small pieces with a fork or pulse it in the food processor.

Pile the fresh bread crumbs loosely into a measuring cup.

Various bowls of bread crumbs substitutes

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Give these bread crumb substitutes a try.

Didn’t use all the bread crumbs you made?

Store them in the refrigerator in an air-tight container, and they can last up to a month.

Tray of five bread crumb substitutes

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Heres what to know about each.

These crumbs are best for adding to ground meat dishes or for breading fried (and oven-fried) foods.

Soft Bread Crumbs

You have to make soft bread crumbs; there arent any products to purchase.

Tray of three bowls of bread crumbs substitutes

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Soft bread crumbs are commonly used to topcasseroles.

Try them withoven fried vegetables.