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 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? Homemade Shake and Bake
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
- 1/3 cup salt
- 2 Tbsp . sugar
- 1 Tbsp . garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp . onion powder
- 1 Tbsp . pepper
- 4 Tbsp . paprika
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
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Mix all dry ingredients together.
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Drizzle oil over mixture then mix thoroughly until oil is well distributed and particles are fine.
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Store mix, refrigerated, in a tightly covered container.
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?!
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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!
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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!
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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! 🙂
I have to try this recipie – looks delicious! My husband loves shake n bake so I’m going to see if he tastes the difference!
Looks good!
that must cut the sodium way down compared to the prepacked shake n bake. I make my own tacoéchili spice mixture too. the sodium is ridiculous in the prepackages.
Never thought of using crackers, will have to try this. I normally use spiced up corn flakes or panko.
We love Shake-n-Bake, but sometimes I find myself with none in the pantry, oops! Thanks for sharing your recipe. I’ll definitely be giving it a try.
Thanks for this recipe, I am definitely going to make this up. Like knowing exactly what is going on my food and it would be nice not to rely on the premade mix
mmm will have to try this on my kids!!! Always forget to by the Shake and Bake!!!
Never have tried homemade shake and bake!
Thank you for the recipe. If you wanted to cut down on the salt even more, you could use “unsalted” crackers.
Nice money saver – I’ve printed this and also plan on sending it to friends!
This looks great, I think it is nice too because we could use the Whole Wheat crackers (my husband won’t eat white flour) as an alternative 🙂
Crackers instead of breadcrumbs or panko, what a good idea!
definitely going to use this. I love shake and bake but I dont like the sodium count in it and who knows what else is in package, glad to see this.
My husband would go for this
I made this and my family definitely prefers this offer the premade mix
Thanks for the recipe – definitely a money saver
Thank you for this recipe for homemade Shake n Bake. I know I will use it and I see, too, why you reduced the amount of salt,. Thank you again.
Looks really good, I love shake and bake but the salt content is crazy, this is a great way to control sodium.
Definitely adding this to my to try file!
Thanks for the Shake’n Bake recipe! I try to make most of the commercial mixes myself to cut out on some of the toxins that we get overloaded on! This is a new one for me to try! 🙂
I’m always looking for new recipes that I can make from scratch…..usually so much better then store bought, will be giving this one a go. Thanks for sharing
This looks like a good idea because I can use whole wheat saltines
It’s great to make your own so you can control what is in it and limit the chemicals and salt!
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Thanks so much for the recipe. I loved Shake and Bake but stopped buying it after reading the ingredients on the box. Very scary. The seasoning combination you came up with sounds delicious. I love that you can make it in bulk and it keeps in the fridge. Perfect!
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I think this is a wonderful recipe for Shake and Bake and I intend to try it out very soon. Thank you for such a simple and useful recipe.
I LOVE shake n bake but not the sodium,this recipe looks even better than the processed kind..thank you for the great idea. 🙂
Awesome. Definitely going to try this! Bookmarking for later. Thank you!