The standard rule of thumb when it comes to crumb coating is flour, egg and lastly the breadcrumbs. DO not forget to always season your flour, egg and breadcrumbs.
Now, sometimes when preparing a meal you may have one or more guests that may be gluten free, lacto-vegetarian or ovo-lacto vegetarian or even vegan and it can get abit confusing as to what to use so lets look at alternate ways of coating.
For Guests who are Gluten Free (People who do not eat any wheat or wheat products).
My standard go to products for gluten free are the orgran brand. The corn crispy crumbs really do give you the same type of crunch that you would get with bread crumbs. Same method applies, flour, egg and corn crumbs for a gluten free diet. Just make sure that you are using gluten free flour and crumbs.
A Lacto-vegetarian is typically someone who eats a vegetarian diet including dairy products, but excludes eggs. For this crumb coat, you would use the four step crumbing process (In the pic below), which is milk, flour, milk and crumb (You do not have to season the milk only the flour and the breadcrumbs). You can use a normal breadcrumb as long as there was no egg used in making the bread.
A Ovo-lacto vegetarian is someone who eats a vegetarian diet, but does include dairy and egg products. For this type of vegetarian you can use the standard rule of thumb, flour, egg and breadcrumb.
A Vegan diet does not include any animal products. In order to crumb coat for a vegan diet you would have to use a four step process of milk, flour, milk and crumb. I would tend to go with Soy, Rice or Almond milk and use a corn crumb.
This is just an image to show you the difference in breadcrumb and corn texture. You can grind the breadcrumb abit more if you would like a smooth texture.
I hope you find this useful, if you would like more info or tutorials like this please comment in the box below.
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