What Can I Cook with Breadcrumbs and Croutons?

 Ukrainian Koteti - Patties of pork and chicken, mayo, seasoning, onions, and garlic. Patties are then shaped, breaded, and fried.

Ukrainian Chicken Kiev - rolled chicken breasts, breaded and fried. 

Cauliflower fried with breadcrumbs

Meat on a Stick (Shashlyk/Patychky)

Sweet Cheese Balls with Breadcrumbs (Hombovtsi) - Ball size sweets made by kneading and forming cottage cheese. You can add fruits and berries. Then, the balls are rolled in sugar and breadcrumbs and baked. 

Topping for Soups and Casseroles...Here's four recipes from my head. 

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup - I made this the last time it snowed. It's a mixture of some recipe I found in Taste of Home in the 80's and Bill Quarrel's mushroom soup. 

1. Fill a pot with stock/broth. 
2. Boil egg noodles while you saute finely chopped onion, carrot, celery, and mushrooms. Add some garlic at the end.
3. When transparent, add a can of cream of something soup. 
4. Add sour cream. If you need me to tell you how much, that's about like telling you how much garlic. (I had a 1/2 pint, so I used a 1/2 pint.)
5. Throw in some rotisserie chicken. 
6. When the noodles are al dente, add the other stuff to the broth. 
7. Before serving, add 1 cup wine and simmer. 
8. Spoon into bowls and top with parmesan, croutons, or bread crumbs. Red pepper is also nice. 

Chicken and Rice

1. Fix some rice. 

2. Saute some chicken tenders. 

3. Make Burre Blanc or gravy

4. Melt some butter and pour over bread crumbs. 

5. Put the rice in a greased pan, top with chicken and gravy. Top with buttered crumbs. 

6. Bake until hot or chicken is 165. 

Mom and I have been seasoning and smelling the breadcrumbs for a bit. Mom can't stay out of them. If that stuff doesn't call for a breaded pork chop, I don't know what does. 

Breaded Pork Chop

1. Get a thick pork chop. (Mom and I brine them in a baggie before we put them in the freezer. That way, when they are thawing, they are also tenderizing.) 

2. Dry it off real good.

3. Salt and pepper. 

3. Beat an egg. 

4. Dip the dry pork chop in the egg. 

5. Press both sides into the breadcrumbs. 

6. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes on a rack. (This makes the coating stick to the meat instead of the pan.) 

7. Dip and crumb. 

8. Let is sit for 5-10 minutes on a rack while the oil gets hot or your oven comes to 150. 

9. Fry or bake until pork is 145. 

10. Make gravy. Add the crumbs. 

Breaded Ravioli

1. Cook some frozen ravioli until al dente. 

2. Dip in egg and crumbs. 

3. Bake or fry. 

4. Serve with marinara or spaghetti sauce.