you put it into the bag and shake it onto the legs....it is not meant to do a dozen legs...and if it gets clumpy I would open the bag and use a spoon to break up the clumps best you can....and use your fingers when chicken leg is in bag outside of the bag on the chicken where a lump is press that lump to break it up and get it attached to the chicken....

hope you get it working...I like shake and bake but rarely buy it....

Hi, This is what I do. I take a clean plate and put the shake and bake mixture onto the plate and sometimes I add bread crumbs to the mixture. I take an egg or 2 and beat them up in a bowl that is wide enough to dip the chicken pieces in it and I beat the egg into the bowl. I don't use water. I use egg to adhere the shake and bake mixture to the chicken and breadcrumbs then I take each piece of chicken and dip it into the egg then put it into the shake and bake mixture until it is well coated and place it into the baking pan. Do this with all of the chicken pieces until all the chicken is breaded and ready to bake in the oven. by putting the mixture on a plate you can coat the chicken better than putting it in the back and you will get a better less clumpy breaded chicken by using the egg mixture. That is how people in the south make fried chicken and have been doing so for ages it is a little messy but that is the best way to do it.