What Is Cracker meal and How Can I Use It?
If cracker meal has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 13 recipes to try it in.
| In Chinese: | 裂解餐 | |
| British (UK) term: | Cracker meal | |
| en français: | cracker repas | |
| en español: | harina de galleta |
Recipes using cracker meal
There are 13 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Deviled Crab Croquetts
Deviled crab croquettes with Old Bay seasoning, mashed potatoes, hard-boiled egg, and green pepper, rolled in cracker meal and fried golden.
Baked Catfish A'La Meuni'Ere
Cajun-style baked catfish coated in cracker meal and Parmesan with lemon-herb seasoning, baked in rich meunière sauce until flaky. A Southern fish fry without the fryer.
Stuffed Maine Lobster
Stuffed Maine lobster filled with sauteed scallops, shrimp, and crab meat in a sherry-butter sauce with cracker meal topping. A showpiece New England seafood dinner baked until golden.
Sam's Chili
Texas-style beef chili with cubed meat, toasted whole cumin, and six tablespoons of chili powder. No beans, no tomatoes, just beef, spice, and a slow 90-minute simmer.
Crab Stuffed Jalapenos
Deep-fried jalapeno halves packed with seasoned crab meat, garlic, and cayenne, double-breaded in cracker meal for an extra-crunchy shell. Spicy, crispy, and wildly addictive.
Crab Stuffed Jalapenos
Deep-fried jalapeno halves packed with seasoned crab meat, garlic, and cayenne, double-breaded in cracker meal for an extra-crunchy shell. Spicy, crispy, and wildly addictive.
Sam Huddleston's Chili
Sam Huddleston's chili is a no-bean Texas-style chili with cubed beef, toasted cumin seed, paprika, and chili powder, thickened with cracker meal at the end. Proper bowl of red.
Deviled Crab Croquettes
Crab croquettes made with mashed potatoes, chopped hard-boiled eggs, green pepper, and Old Bay seasoning, rolled in cracker meal and deep-fried golden. Ready in 30 minutes.
Squid a la Abalonetti
Pan-fried squid steaks coated in cracker meal with a golden, crunchy crust, served Monterey-style with fresh lemon wedges. The trick is not overcooking it: when the breading is golden, the squid is done.
Salmon Muffins
Baked salmon muffins made with canned salmon, dill, lemon juice, and cracker meal. Shaped as patties or baked in muffin cups for a quick, kid-friendly protein-packed meal.
Bacon Wrapped Meat Loaf
A full-sized meatloaf wrapped head to toe in overlapping bacon strips that crisp and baste the beef as it bakes. Juicy, smoky, and even better the next day as leftovers.
Pan-Fried Cod with Slaw
It is a very great recipe, cod mix with slaw, perfect combination, the nutrition is enough.
Individual Baked Lobster Pie
New England-style individual lobster pie with sherry cream sauce, egg yolk custard, and a buttery cracker-Parmesan crumb topping. Baked low and slow for a rich, elegant finish.
