Gigis Cornbread Dressing Recipes

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a 7" x 11" or 8" x 8" baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the chopped onion and celery. Sauté until the onion is translucent.
• Add the salt and pepper. Give it a quick stir.
• Remove from the heat, add the sage, and stir again. Set it aside.
• Pour the crumbled cornbread and bread into a large mixing bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk the egg and milk until it is well mixed. Pour the mixture into the large bowl with the cornbread and mix.
• Slowly add the broth and stir.
• Now add the sautéed onion and celery.
• Pour the entire mixture into the baking dish and bake for approximately 25 minutes, until the top has turned a medium golden brown.

MIMI'S CORNBREAD DRESSING RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Coat bottom and sides of a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with 1 Tbsp. oil; heat in oven 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir together cornmeal mix, next 3 ingredients, and remaining 1 Tbsp. oil. Pour batter into hot skillet.
• Bake at 400° for 30 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven to a wire rack; cool 15 minutes. Crumble cornbread into a large bowl. Stir 5 cups broth into crumbled cornbread until moistened, adding more broth, 1 Tbsp. at a time, if necessary. (Mixture should resemble wet sand.)
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and celery, and sauté 8 to 10 minutes or until tender. Add onion mixture to cornbread mixture.
• Microwave remaining 1/2 cup butter in a small microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until melted. Stir melted butter, eggs, and remaining ingredients into cornbread mixture; spoon into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
• Bake at 400° for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

GRANDMA LIZZIE'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9- by 13- by 2-inch baking dish.
• Place the bread cubes on a large baking sheet and toast in the oven until lightly brown, 30 minutes, turning once after 15 minutes. Set aside to cool. Raise the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.
• In a medium skillet, saute the onions in the turkey fat until translucent and softened but not browned, about 5 minutes. In a very large bowl, crumble the Buttermilk Cornbread, toasted bread cubes and cracker crumbs. Add the onions and eggs and toss with a fork until mixed. Add 3 cups of the broth and mix it well, adding more as needed to make a very moist but not soupy dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Bake in the prepared pan until slightly browned, about 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Pour 2 tablespoons of the oil into a well-seasoned 9-inch cast-iron skillet and place over medium-high heat. Put the cornmeal in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the cornmeal and add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. With a fork, stir in enough of the buttermilk to make a batter that is thick but can be easily poured into the hot skillet. You may not need all 3 cups.
• Carefully pour the batter into the skillet. The oil will come up around the edges. Use the back of a spoon to smooth this over the top of the batter. Continue to heat on the stovetop for 1 minute, and then transfer the skillet to the oven and bake the cornbread until browned on top, about 20 minutes. Immediately turn the cornbread out onto a cooling rack to keep the crust crisp.

GIGI'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees f. Saute in a small amount of oil the onion and celery. Set aside then put two 8 or 9 inch cast iron pans in the oven to get hot.
• Make the corn bread with the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and butter milk. Stir in the onions and celery, along with black pepper, sage or poultry seasoning and parsley if using. (you can also add bell peppers if your family likes them, just saute with onions and celery) Add 2 tsp oil to each skillet and pour in cornbread. bake at 450 for 20 min. Take out of pan immediately so it does not sweat in the pan.
• When it's done and cooled; crumble or cube and put in a large mixing bowl. Add cubed or torn pieces of cooked canned biscuits. Add the two bags or boxes of dressing mix.
• Warm two cans of chicken broth or a mixture of pan drippings from your bird, and pour into the dressing mixture. You may need more or less, depending on your taste. We like ours pretty wet, sort of like creamy rice pudding. It will dry out some in the oven as you bake it. We use a potato masher to mix, but if you like it chunky then just stir in with a spoon. You want it to soak up the broth really good so each piece has a chicken-y flavor. Or vegetable broth if you are a vegetarian. Taste the "raw" dressing to make sure it has enough salt and pepper. You may need to add more sage or poultry seasoning to your taste Bake for 45 to 60 min at about 350 until the tip is browned and the dressing is "set"
• Some people mix in a couple of raw eggs into the mix before baking to make it slice-able. We have also added in chopped boiled eggs, or pecans. If you are adventurous then try butternut squash, cranberries, oysters. you could really add anything to it. It makes a lot but its great to have in the freezer to pull out in February for a night when you are in a hurry.. throw in some chicken to bake and have with the heated up dressing.

GRANDMA STANDARD'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Place the cornbread cubes into a large bowl. Set aside until needed.
• Place the chicken breasts in a pot and cover with water. Add salt to taste. Bring to a boil, and cook until the chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove the chicken breasts from the pan, reserving at least 2 cups of the chicken broth. When cool enough to handle, remove the skin and debone, discarding the skin and bones.
• Mix the onion, chicken broth, and red pepper with the cornbread; mash the mixture using a hand masher. Season to taste with sage, salt, and black pepper, adding a little at a time. Stir in the chicken. Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 45 minutes.

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet; add the onions and celery and saute until tender.
• Combine toasted bread and cornbread in a large bowl and mix.
• Add onions and celery plus their cooking liquid, the salt, pepper, sage, and poultry seasoning and mix throughly.
• Using a bulb baster, add just enough turkey giblet broth to make a very moist mixture, then stir in the eggs and scrape the dressing into a large greased baking pan or dish.
• Bake in 400 degree F oven until dressing is nicely browned, about 30-40 minutes.

MAMA'S SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x13-inch baking dishes.
• Combine cornbread and stale bread cubes in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery and cook until transparent, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Pour onion mixture over the cornbread mixture. Add turkey broth, chopped turkey, soup, giblets, hard-cooked eggs, and flour. Mix so that all the cornbread is wet. Mix in parsley, sage, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Add beaten eggs. Mixture should be "soupy." Pour mixture evenly into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and set, 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes.

CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the coconut oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Saute the onion, celery and carrots until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and put into a large bowl. Add the cornbread croutons, seasoned croutons, thyme, rosemary, sage and cayenne if using. Add the chicken stock and stir to combine. Taste and add salt and pepper, then stir in the eggs. Mix to combine and pour into a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish. Bake until golden brown and fluffy but still moist, 45 to 55 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Add 1 tablespoon of the coconut oil to a 6-inch cast-iron skillet. Put the skillet in the oven and allow to heat until very hot, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl with a whisk. In a different bowl, combine the almond milk, applesauce, sorghum, egg and 2 tablespoons coconut oil. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet. Fold to combine.
• Carefully remove the skillet from the oven and pour in the batter. Return the skillet to the oven and bake until golden with a crisp crust, 25 minutes. Let cool before cutting the cornbread into 1-inch pieces (about 8 cups).
• Reduce the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a baking sheet with some coconut oil and spread the cornbread in a single layer. Be careful, the cornbread is fragile and you don¿t want to be rough with it. Drizzle lightly with the remaining 2 tablespoons coconut oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring halfway through, until golden brown and crunchy, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet before using.

LESLEIGH'S CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Boil chicken (or turkey), onion, and celery until meat is done and veggies are tender.
• Remove meat from broth and debone.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a large bowl, crumble cooled cornbread.
• Pour chicken (or turkey) broth over cornbread.
• Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, poultry seasoning.
• In a separate bowl, tear bread slices.
• Pour 1/2 can of Pet Milk over the bread and allow to soak for 2 minutes, and then add to dressing.
• Pour the rest of the milk into the cornbread mixture.
• Add eggs and stir. (You may add meat if desired.)
• Pour into a 13" x 9" baking dish.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until firm.