Copycat Shake ‘N Bake Recipe
on Feb 27, 2015, Updated Oct 21, 2020
This CopyCat Shake ‘N Bake Recipe is going to save you some $$’s. Season your pork or chicken with this do it yourself recipe for a fraction of the cost of store bought. My entire family has always enjoyed Shake & Bake chicken and pork. The kids will always come back for seconds. For years before I learned to cook, I would make a recipe using Shake ‘n Bake using the store bought boxes. After I had to get frugal with my shopping, I quit buying the popular bread crumb mixture. Those little boxes add on quite an expense to our family meals. They are just way too expensive for my grocery budget. Occasionally, I will spot a sale and buy a box or two.
Copycat Shake ‘N Bake
Last week, my boys spotted chicken legs while we were grocery shopping and asked when the next time we could have that chicken with the crumbs. I quickly snagged a package of chicken legs for the kiddos and some pork chops for the hubby and I. We have really done well with making our CopyCat Hidden Valley Ranch Mix , Copycat Good Seasons Italian Mix, and also the CopyCat Lipton Onion Mix so, why not attempt to make our own Shake ‘N Bake Recipe?
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Just as I had thought…. It was not difficult at all. Plus making our own Shake ‘N Bake was super inexpensive. I made enough to keep handy in the pantry. It will be great to have another mix handy to throw a dinner together on the fly.
Do not let this image of ingredients scare you. This recipe takes just a few minutes to put together. You most likely have all these spices right in your cabinet. Just grab your measuring cups and spoons and you will have this mix ready in no time at all.
INGREDIENTS
3 cup Bread Crumbs
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Onion Powder
2 tsp Sugar
2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Black Pepper
1/2 tsp Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Parsley
1/2 tsp Basil
1/2 tsp Oregano
DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingredients and mix until well blended and there are no big clumps.
Transfer to airtight container.
To Use:
Preheat oven to 400 for Pork or 425 for Chicken.
Pour some of mixture to large zippered bag.
Wet each piece of meat and shake off excess water.
Place in bag and shake to coat. Shake off excess breading place on baking sheet.
Bake pork chops for 15-20 minutes.
Bake bone-in chicken for 40-45 minutes.
Bake boneless chicken for 20-25 minutes.
This recipe for Shake ‘N Bake was super tasty. The meat had a slight crisp and the flavors were perfect. Just as I suspected… the kiddos were all back for seconds and a couple of them came back for thirds. The hubby and I enjoyed the mix on our pork too. My hub thought it was actually better than the store bought boxed stuff.
Copycat Shake & Bake
Ingredients
- 3 cup Bread Crumbs
- 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Onion Powder
- 2 tsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Chili Powder
- 1/2 tsp Parsley
- 1/2 tsp Basil
- 1/2 tsp Oregano
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and mix until well blended and there are no big clumps.
- Transfer to airtight container.
- To Use:
- Preheat oven to 400 for Pork or 425 for Chicken.
- Pour some of mixture to large zippered bag.
- Wet each piece of meat and shake off excess water.
- Place in bag and shake to coat. Shake off excess breading place on baking sheet.
- Bake pork chops for 15-20 minutes.
- Bake bone-in chicken for 40-45 minutes.
- Bake boneless chicken for 20-25 minutes.
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I stopped buying coating mix years ago when I realized it was more expensive than the chicken. This recipe is better, and cost saving. Easy, yummy – went over big at my table.
Recipe looks good, but it isn’t going to be cheaper than a $3.25 box of Shake n’ Bake.
Best recipe yet! Cost was approx 76 cents (per box equal to shake N Bake)
That’s a whole lot less than $3.25 Darlin…. What could you possibly be using that was so expensive???
Love this recipe. It works great!!! Better than bought Shake and Bake for sure.
This recipe for shake and bake is excellent. We use it all the time for chicken and pork chops.
Love love love this shake n bake mix! I use it all the time. My husband asks for it regularly. I added some spicy Pablo for a little zip. Thank you for a recipe that has become a staple in our kitchen!
Thank you ,thank you , thank you! Fantastic and I have never seen my guy so excited to hear me ask “Chicken tonight, babe” then ask if I would make it with the ‘homemade stuff’! Haha, he loves it and a more finicky man as him you will never find! Big thanks!
Great recipe…my husband just had a triple bypass for his heart…he is also allergic to MSG and all of its derivatives. With this recipe. He can use what he knows is ok, and with his air fryer, he works true magic! Thank you for having this online for us.
“He” ……after a triple bypass I sure hope you are cooking FOR him. 😉
Awesome recipe! Thank you so much. Very quick, easy and delicious! For all of you asking, I have copied and pasted the original shake n bake ingredients and there is oil listed. Although it is dry it is still an ingredient..very low on list so probably not much added.
Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Maltodextrin, Salt, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils, Canola Oil, Paprika, Contains Less Than 2% Of Celery Seed, Spice, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Dried Garlic, Yeast, Dried Onions, Natural Flavor
I was trying everything to get a crispy coating on my chicken or pork chops for my air fryer. I saw your site and remembered using shake and bake when the kids were little. It was perfect. I love love love it. It stayed on my chops and got crispy without drying my chop out.
Thank you so much.
My family loves this on pork chops & chicken. This is very easy & delicious weeknight meal served with vegetables & rice or potatoes.
Jen, you are my hero for the night! I just made this exactly as described, minus a 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs. (Ran out) Totally better than the original and I consider myself a Shake N Bake connoisseur. I will never need to buy the boxed stuff again. Thank you for your efforts putting this recipe up, I know you did it a while ago, but I still appreciate it.
Bob
We had everything except we were out of black pepper, so we substituted ground red cayenne pepper. WOW this added a little kick, not over bearing, and absolutely delicious. I told my wife this was the best shake and bake ever. We’ll never buy it at the store again! Thank you for a great recipe, and remember the ground red cayenne MOD. Try it it’s so awesome.
This is a great recipe to have on hand. Great job. We included it in a recipe roundup of recipes we love. We have linked directly to your page so everyone can bookmark it and keep it on hand.
https://cookerynation.com/crunchy-breaded-recipe-roundup/
You have vegetable oil do you mix that in with the dry ingredients or add it when you start to make your meal?
I just made this but accidentally bought Italian bread crumbs so I omitted the parsley basil and oregano. Just tasting the mixture it tastes like Shake and bake. Can’t wait to add it to the chicken for dinner tonight!
Where does the 1/4 cup of oil come in?
I was wondering that too, thinking that the shake mix was dry BUT after looking at other copycat recipes and then giving it a go myself- you mix the oil in with all the dry seasonings. The mix still remains “dry” but the oil allows the bread crumbs to brown while the chicken bakes. HOPE This helps :)
Me too. It reads like it’s added to all the other ingredients but, the store bought Shake ‘n Bake is dry.
Does the shake and bake need to be stored in the refrigerator?
I made this the other day for a Bible study group at my house and it was SO GOOD! Just like I remember having when I was a kid! Question: how long does the mixture last on your shelf?
This looks fantastic! Pinning now! found you on the Weekend re-treat link party! Can’t wait to try this!
Jen, you are cleverness personified. I love this! Thankyou for sharing. I wonder if you’d share this at my very new and shiny Five Star Frugal linkup? I’d be thrilled to have you. Mimi xxx
https://atrayofbliss.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/five-star-frugal-linkup-7.html