panko

[pahn-koh, pang‐]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. Japanese-style breadcrumbs in large, coarse flakes.

   panko-crusted fish fillets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of panko¹

< Japanese pan bread + ko crumb

Example Sentences

Go classic with buttery Ritz crackers, playful with potato chips, refined with frico or panko.

From Salon

I also really love the “Panko Honey Mustard Chicken with Frico Broccoli” — it’s a sheet pan meal where you’re cooking this crispy, cheesy broccoli and this crunchy honey mustard chicken all on one sheet pan.

From Salon

Then there’s a cultural element, he explicated, of “bringing in my Japanese-Midwest heritage by using an ingredient like panko, filtering it through the Italian-American-ish culinary lens.”

From Seattle Times

“I added an egg and panko to the meatballs,” wrote Clh, one of several readers who deemed the meatballs sticky and falling apart.

From Salon

Fish fry features regionally appropriate walleye, the mild flesh encased in a Ritz-cracker crust that behaves like a darker version of panko.

From Seattle Times