This homemade shake and bake recipe is super easy to make. Whether you’re trying to save money or just don’t have any shake and bake on hand, you’ll find this shake and bake recipe useful! You can find this recipe in volume 1 of our Dining On A Dime Cookbook.
We’ve also included recipes for barbecue and gluten free shake and bake and recipes for things to make with shake and bake, like a shake and bake chicken recipe, shake and bake pork chop recipe and more!
Homemade Shake and Bake Recipe
Ingredients
4 cups flour
4 cups soda crackers, crushed
4 Tbsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. onion powder
3 Tbsp. paprika
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients well.
- Store indefinitely in the refrigerator in a covered container.
Note: If you don’t have time to make homemade shake and bake, you would still save a lot to buy the store brand and then using it with these same recipes rather than eating out! You’ll still save time and money not eating out.
Watch our homemade shake and bake video on YouTube here.
Homemade Shake and Bake Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
4 pieces of chicken
2 cups homemade shake and bake
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Moisten the chicken pieces with milk or water.
- Pour about 2 cups of the shake and bake mixture, or more if needed, into a plastic bag.
- Place the chicken pieces, one at a time, into the bag and shake until evenly coated.
- In a greased shallow pan, bake the coated chicken pieces for 45-60 minutes.
- Discard the plastic bag with the unused coating.
DO NOT reuse the extra coating that has come into contact with raw chicken as it can be contaminated with dangerous bacteria!
Shake and Bake Pork Chop Recipe
Ingredients
4 pork chops
2 cups shake and bake
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Pour 2 cups of shake and bake into a bag.
- Place 1 pork chop at a time into the bag.
- Shake the bag to coat the whole pork chop with the shake and bake.
- Place the shake and bake coated pork chops into a greased baking pan.
- Spread any shake and bake that is left over in the bag over the top of the pork chops. This gives it extra coating.
- Bake 45-50 minutes.
Shake and Bake Chicken Nuggets Recipe
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts, cut into nugget sized pieces
2 cups homemade shake and bake
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Moisten the chicken pieces with milk or water.
- Pour about 2 cups of the shake and bake mixture, or more if needed, into a plastic bag.
- Place the chicken pieces, a few at a time, into the bag.
- Shake until evenly coated.
- Bake the coated chicken pieces in a greased shallow pan for 45-60 minutes.
Discard the plastic bag with the unused shake and bake coating. DO NOT reuse the extra coating that has come into contact with raw chicken as it can be contaminated with dangerous bacteria!
Shake and Bake Potatoes Recipe
- Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients
10–12 medium potatoes
1/4 cup oil of your choice (olive or canola)
1 package dry ranch dressing mix or dry Italian dressing mix
1 cup homemade shake and bake
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Wash and dry the potatoes.
- Cut the potatoes into 1-inch cubes.
- Place potatoes into a large bowl or gallon-sized bag and drizzle with olive oil.
- Toss or stir well until the potatoes are coated with the oil.
- Combine the remaining ingredients in a small bowl and stir together.
- Add the dry ingredients to the potatoes.
- Shake in the bag or stir in the bowl until all of the potatoes are coated with the seasoning mix.
- Place potatoes on a baking sheet (at least a 10×15 inch sized).
- Bake 45 minutes, stirring and flipping potatoes halfway through.
- Remove potatoes from the oven.
- Salt to taste and serve.
Potatoes should be light and golden brown when they are finished.
Baking times may vary depending on the size of the potatoes.
Makes 10 servings.
Gluten Free Shake and Bake Recipe
Ingredients
4 cups almond flour
2 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 Tbsp. paprika
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients well.
- Store indefinitely in a covered container.
Shake and Bake Recipe with Brussels Sprouts And Apples
Ingredients
1 pound brussels sprouts, halved
1 apple, cut into 1/2-inch wedges
3 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. dried rosemary
1/4 tsp. dried sage
salt and pepper, to taste
4 pieces of chicken or pork chops
2 cups shake and bake, homemade or store bought
milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Lightly oil a baking sheet or coat with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, combine brussels sprouts, apple, olive oil, brown sugar, rosemary and sage.
- Season with salt and pepper, to taste; set aside.
- Season meat with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour some milk into a large bowl.
- Place shake and bake into a bag.
- Dip the meat, one piece at a time, into the milk.
- Then place the meat into the bag and shake to coat with shake and bake.
- Place meat onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Place brussels sprouts mixture around the pork chops.
- Bake 10-12 minutes.
- Turn the meat over, and bake for an additional 10-12 minutes, or until the meat is completely cooked through. Serve immediately.
Shake And Bake Cauliflower Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 a large head of cauliflower
1/4 cup milk
3/4 cup shake and bake, homemade or store bought
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Cut the cauliflower into florets.
- Place the cauliflower into a colander to drain off any liquid.
- Place the shake and bake in a bag.
- Put the cauliflower into the bag and shake to coat with shake and bake.
- Arrange cauliflower pieces in 1 layer on a baking sheet.
- Bake 35-40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and serve.
Homemade Shake and Bake Recipe – Barbecue Flavored
Ingredients
1 cup bread crumbs
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. smoky paprika
1 Tbsp. chili powder
2 tsp. cumin
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. cayenne
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 1/2 Tbsp. tomato powder (1/3 cup of dried tomatoes ground in blender) (optional)
2 Tbsp. canola oil
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients until well blended.
- Store in a freezer bag.
- Once you have used the mix, immediately place any remaining mix in the freezer. If you want to reuse any of this mix, you must store it in the freezer to prevent dangerous bacteria from contaminating other food.
To use this homemade shake and bake with chicken or pork:
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Place the shake and bake mix into a shallow cake pan.
- Dip chicken or pork into egg beaten with a splash of Worcestershire OR 1 part ketchup, 1 part honey and a splash of red wine.
- Then dredge in the shake and bake coating.
- Place onto a sprayed baking sheet and bake. Bake 20-30 minutes for boneless chicken or pork or 50 to 60 minutes for bone-in chicken pieces.
Note: If you prefer to buy shake and bake instead of making your own, you can get it at Amazon, Walmart or your favorite grocery store.
The homemade shake and bake recipe is from volume 1 of our cookbook:
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Can I use Pillsbury gluten-free flour blend for the flour?
Yes Tammy. I always say though you can substitute gluten free flour for things but the texture and different things may not be exactly the same but this should be ok
I have made this and it is amazing. It makes a HUGE amount . The savings per ounce hast to be big.
I have just started following you and are enjoying the recipes like this one. Can’t wait to try it. Have you purchased a stand alone freezer and or a second refrigerator to store the stock up items that you buy?
That really depends on your situation Sharon. Here are some things to think about. The size of your family, how much electricity will it take to run the freezer, will you really use the food you stock up on or will it spoil in the fridge because you got busy and didn’t get it put up properly or will it sit in the freezer and get freezer burn because you forgot about it. I had a freezer myself but finally got rid of it because it was costing me $40 a month to run, I had to throw out a ton a food each year because I would forget it was in there or we would have a power outage about once a year and would have to toss a whole freezer of food. By the time I added all that up I had lost all the money I had saved on sells and also had one more thing to my list to clean and keep organized.
I could stock up on 6 mons of good chicken sales but chicken where I live goes on sale about every 3 wks so I don’t have to store 6 mons worth. That is why I say consider all your needs and make your decision from there.
Just for reference it costs me $50/year to run my freezer so it’s a huge money saver for me. Just figure out how much you would use and if it’s worth it or not.
I know my freezer is worth it, plus it gives me a good feeling of security to have food ready to cook. My parents grew up in the Depression and they’re ideas rubbed off on me.
Thank you Tawra and Jill. Love watching you and your family.Keep up the good work.
I love chicken strips …. with plum sauce.
Is this the recipe to use for such an item?
Yes you can.