In place of bread crumbs?
 

Anyone have an idea of what could be used in place of bread crumbs that would be CORE? I would like to make eggplant parm or chicken cutlets.

Thanks.

Cornmeal? But it would change the taste. Oat bran?
I love the question- I would like to hear what you tried and how it worked out. I just love chicken parm.

My mother always made veal parm. with cornmeal, not breadcrumbs. I don't eat veal anymore but have used the recipe for chicken. I've never thought of using breadcrumbs. The cornmeal is delicious.

what about oatmeal or something to that nature? This is a question I've wondered about too. I tried cornmeal on chicken and it just wasn't the same, tastes great on fish but not so great on chicken. But maybe it's just me, lol.

I tried the cornmeal on chicken too. Made me think of fish (ugh!) But like most things I think it is a taste I could get used to. I used chicken planks and cooked them a littleeeeeee too long but it did give them a crunchy breaded taste! Wonder if you could smash up the shredded wheat cereal and use it? I've used cornflakes that way before and it wasn't half bad.

if we smashed up the shredded wheat would we have to count those pts since we aren't eating it with milk? lol... or would there not be enough to equal one pt? I thought that was a great idea. :)

Well then, throw a little milk in there :lol:

Actually, if you soak your milk in chicken before adding the shredded wheat, would that count? I usually soak my chicken in milk before making chicken parm anyway because it makes the chicken really, really moist. It's definitely a must try!

We used cornmeal to "bread" skinless chicken before baking. The trick is to REALLY spice it up so it loses that "corn" taste a bit :)

We've used dry oatmeal instead of bread crumbs in meat loaf...

Would wheat germ work? If you can go to a whole foods, you can wander about their bulk grain section and probably find something that will work.