Aunt Lisas Stuffing Recipes

"SIMPLE IS BEST" DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250°F. Butter a 13x9x2" baking dish and set aside. Scatter bread in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake, stirring occasionally, until dried out, about 1 hour. Let cool; transfer to a very large bowl.
• Meanwhile, melt 3/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add onions and celery. Stir often until just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add to bowl with bread; stir in herbs, salt, and pepper. Drizzle in 1 1/4 cups broth and toss gently. Let cool.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk 1 1/4 cups broth and eggs in a small bowl. Add to bread mixture; fold gently until thoroughly combined. Transfer to prepared dish, cover with foil, and bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of dressing registers 160°F, about 40 minutes. (Note: Dressing can be made one day ahead up to this point. Uncover the dressing, let cool, then cover again and chill. The next day, proceed with the final bake as described below.)
• Bake dressing, uncovered, until set and top is browned and crisp, 40-45 minutes longer (if chilled, add 10-15 minutes).

AUNT JEWEL'S CHICKEN DRESSING CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large saucepan full of lightly salted water. Bring to a boil; boil for about 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through (juices run clear). Remove chicken from pan, reserving broth. Cut chicken into bite size pieces and place in bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl mix together cream of chicken soup and cream of celery soup. Fill one empty soup can with milk, and mix milk with soups. Pour mixture over chicken. In a small bowl combine stuffing and broth; mix together and spoon mixture over casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.

AUNT LISA'S STUFFING

Steps:

• Make cornbread from Jiffy mix. Cut into cubes and toast in 200 degree oven for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, cook together sweet Italian sausage, chopped onion and chopped celery. Do not drain. Toss together, in the biggest bowl or pot you have, the cornbread cubes, undrained sausage, onion and celery mixture, chopped pecans, ground sage, salt, pepper and chopped water chestnuts. Sprinkle with 1-2 cans of chicken broth until moist. Transfer to a casserole dish. Can sit for a day or two. Before baking, sprinkle with a little more chicken broth. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.

AUNT GINNY'S THANKSGIVING STUFFING

Steps:

• Prepare Rice Mix according to package directions; set aside to cool.
• Cook onion and celery in butter in a large skillet until tender, stirring occasionally.
• Combine breads, salt, sage, thyme and pepper in a large bowl.
• Add butter mixture to bowl and mix lightly but thoroughly.
• Add about two-thirds of the prepared rice mixture to the bowl and toss lightly to combine. (The rest of the rice is not used in the recipe-I usually just eat it for lunch.).
• Stuff turkey just prior to roasting.
• Or place stuffing in a greased casserole, cover and bake at 325F for 45 minutes or until heated through.
• Note 1: I usually buy a Jiffy cornbread mix and make the cornbread the day before. Do not use a sweet-type cornbread.
• Note 2: I use a mixture of white and wheat sandwich bread.

AUNT PHYLLIS' THANKSGIVING STUFFING

Steps:

• To the giblets, add the vegetables and stew in a covered pan until soft.
• Add the stock to the bread crumbs to soften and use the liquid from the stewed vegetables too.
• Add the eggs and seasonings to taste.
• Add the giblet and vegetable mixture and adjust seasonings.
• Bake in a greased deep dish at 350 degree F. for 1 hour.