Bread Croutons generally we put in soups and salads. When i relocated to Singapore, i was looking for this croutons here as my little on loves this a lot. Somehow i couldn’t find this croutons in stores here also i don’t know how to make croutons at home too. Also those days i don’t have oven at home and somehow i didn’t try further too. Today i saw a few slices of bread lying down and it was 3 days old too. Suddenly this croutons idea flashed me and made it successfully. Check out my Soup recipes.
Bread croutons
Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins |Serves: 1 and 1/2 cups
Bread slices 8
Butter 1 tblsp
Olive oil 1 tblsp
Dried Herbs to taste
Chili flakes or pepper powder to taste
Method:
Actually for this recipe old bread works out well. Even one day old is better. Fresh ones will be too soft. Whole meal bread will be perfect. I have white bread left with me, so i did with that,
- In a small pan melt the butter and switch off the flame. Add the finely chopped garlic. (actually a garlic powder or a garlic paste will be better) Though i finely chopped it, the garlic pieces were separated and stood out.
- Add the olive oil , herbs, chili flakes or pepper powder to this.
- Cut the bread slices into cubes. If you want you can cut the slices. do not discard the sides. You can make this Italian bread soup.
- I even used the top slice of the bread too.
- Add the butter, oil herb mixture to the cubed bread slices.
- You can either microwave this or bake this in an oven. I tried both. Both turned out crispy but the microwave one was bit hard and shrunk in size too.
- If you don’t have oven you can try in microwave. In that case just spread the mix in a MW safe plate for 2 minutes . Timing differ from oven to oven.
- I spread the bread mixture in a baking tray. Preheat the oven at 160 degrees for 2 minutes.
- Bake the bread for 12-15 minutes or till it becomes evenly golden brown.
- When it is cool, store them in a airtight container. You can use it for soups and salads.
- This stay good for 2-3 days.
Notes:
- Whole bread works out very well for this croutons.
- One day old bread works out perfect.
- You can saute it on stove top too but it takes little more oil and butter. Non stick pan works out well.
- If you want cheesy croutons add Parmesan cheese while baking and mix well.
Homemade Croutons is really nice to make..healthy to our purse too
Homemade s always best.. Grt way to use leftover bread