I alway go with flour, then eggs then a comination of breadcrumbs & cornmeal. Is there a ratio of breadcrumbs/cornmeal I should be using? I just eyeball it and it comes out OK, but always different. Do you guys have a method for breading?
If I finish with bread crumbs and something else in combination then I usually go about 50/50 but rarely measure either. A good example would be coconut shrimp where the final breading is panko and coconut which is close to 50/50 every time.
Crunchiness could be a cause by the bread crumbs used too. For example panko will give a crispier finish than say regular bread crumbs in most cases. Panko though soft and flaky finish more more like a cracker, corn flake finish will.