In the pantry · 13 uses
panko
Larger, drier and shatterier than ordinary breadcrumbs, which is why it stays crisp when a fine crumb goes soggy. Toast it dry with a little oil and it works even on things that never see a fryer.
10
dishes and drinks that need it
3
more where it is worth adding
80%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Eggs is in 70% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 10
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 3
These work without it. They work better with it.