breadingn.
/ˈbrɛdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdɪŋ/ 1. Breadcrumbs, typically mixed with other ingredients, used to cover food before frying, grilling, or baking to produce a crisp outer coating; a covering of this.
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1868 A. Gouffé tr. J. Gouffé Royal Cookery Bk. i. iv. 86 Breadings... For breading [Fr. panure], use beaten eggs, oil, and the crumb of stale bread... Water is added to prevent the breading being too thick.
1958 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 8 Aug. 12/1 Roll [shrimp] in flour, then into the egg-dip..and back into the flour or breading made with about half and half fine cracker or breadcrumbs and flour.
2008 Time Out N.Y. 8 Nov. 36/1 The crunchy breading on chicharrón, a.k.a. fried chicken, overwhelmed the moist meat.
2. The action or process of coating an item of food in breadcrumbs before cooking it.Breading typically involves dipping the food successively in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs.
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1885 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 291/1 Care should be taken that the fish are thoroughly seasoned with salt previous to the breading.
1963 Quick Frozen Foods May 78/1 There are a variety of ways to prepare the [onion] rings for breading.
2014 M. Huckabee God, Guns, Grits, & Gravy v. 56 In a poor family, food needs..to feed a maximum number of mouths at minimum cost. Breading and frying allows one to take pretty much anything and add to the caloric content.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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