Brace yourselves people, I’m sharing my weekly secret weapon, my Homemade Shake and Bake Recipe!
My kids are picky. What else is new, right?
When it comes to chicken with a bone, sauces or spices alone just won’t do. They love Shake’n Bake on their chicken! So, it’s usually something I have on hand in the house.
Yet one afternoon I was prepping for a meal that included Maple Leaf Prime Chicken Drumsticks, and there wasn’t any Shake’n Bake packages in the pantry. Fabulous!
Not wanting to run to the store yet again this day, I knew there had to be a recipe online. Thank god for the internets, right?
Indeed I found many recipes, yet chose a couple that used simple and common ingredients. Some can get pretty fancy, yet I wanted easy, simple and most like the original.
The final recipe I used is tweaked a little from one I found online, since I didn’t want as much salt as that recipe called for.
Turns out this is the best coating I’ve ever tasted, and most likely won’t go back to the store bought varieties. Sorry, Kraft.
This recipe makes a huge batch, just keep it all in the fridge in an airtight container. It doesn’t make so much that you’ll need a massive container taking up room in the fridge though. For us, I make
~9-12 drumsticks at a time and this one batch lasted for 3 meals. You could cut the recipe in half, yet I like making the full batch, so that I have some whenever I need it.
Even if you don’t need a coating for today’s meal, make a batch if you have time. Having it on hand might save your day very soon!
Here’s my recipe for Homemade Shake’n Bake coating. Enjoy!
- 4 cups flour
- 4 cups finely crushed saltine crackers
- ⅓ cup salt
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 Tbsp. garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp. onion powder
- 1 Tbsp. pepper
- 4 Tbsp. paprika
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- Mix all dry ingredients together.
- Drizzle oil over mixture then mix thoroughly until oil is well distributed and particles are fine.
- Store mix, refrigerated, in a tightly covered container.
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My kids would love this, I’ll have to see if I can make it gluten free!
Good idea Rosina! I’m sure you can!
Looks great! Favor-ting now so I can print later
Kas
Which reminds me. I got ingredients all over my copy last time, I’m printing a new one off too. I took out chicken for tomorrow, and I need to make another batch!
Sounds delicious! I’ve always loved shaking when baking lol.
You have to do a little shake {and possibly a jump and full turn} when you bake. That’s a given, right?!
That looks delish!
This is great, I too often find myself out of Shake n Bake and I love that this is made in your own kitchen with no preservatives or other unpronounceable ingredients!
That’s right Monica. I made more last night and thought of just that – I know what’s going into this!!
I haven’t bought Shake n bake in years. I usually use bread crumbs instead of saltines, but most anything works. That is what I love about mixing it yourself. It is just the way your family likes it
Yes, even to make it more spicy, it’s all your choice and preference!
This is great. I think it would work over tofu, too.
never thought of making my own, thanks for the recipe. it looks so easy!
you’re very welcome, Terry!
Sounds yummy and definitely much better for you than the store bought mix.
Im going to give this a try…yum!
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How long could this be stored refrigerated?
Hi Amy, sorry I didn’t see your comment earlier!
I have read ‘several months’ based on the ingredients. Myself, a batch never lasts more than 6 weeks at the most, we use it way before it should be tossed!
Thanks so much for the recipe! This would be much cheaper to make than buying it in the stores and I like that you can control the sodium content much better when you make it yourself!
Yum. This looks like a winner. Thanks for sharing!!
This looks great! I’m pinning it!
I was actually looking for something like this a few months ago! Thanks for the recipe, I might even add a bit of cayenne to kick it up a little bit!
Another recipe I just printed. Thanks for sharing. We loved the stuffed chicken wrapped in bacon. So good.
Tried this and was delicious! I’d put 5 stars but its only letting me hit 4!!
I have tried making my own and I love it much better than store bought shake and bake
My 8 year old just tried shake and bake and loves it. I made pan fried chicken nuggets fried in a little butter. I will be trying you recipe soon. Thanks for sharing!