Sausage Cheese Bread Stuffing Recipes

HELEN'S SAUSAGE STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Using a serrated knife, trim the upper quarter off the length of the top of each loaf. Hollow out the center of the loaves, leaving a 1/2-inch-thick shell. Set aside.
• Brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes, stirring to break up any clumps. Add the jalapenos, bell peppers, and green onions. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the cream cheese, sour cream, and Cheddar and stir until completely melted, about 2 minutes. Add the Essence and remove from the heat.
• Fill the hollowed-out bread loaves with equal amounts of the sausage-cheese mixture and wrap each loaf in aluminum foil. Place the loaves on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven, unwrap, and sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve warm with chips for dipping, if desired, or cut the bread crosswise into 2-inch slices.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.

SUPER MOIST SAUSAGE AND BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Brown sausage in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, 5 minutes. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until tender. Remove sausage and onion; set aside.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except bread into same skillet; stir in bread.
• Evenly spread bread mixture in 13 x 9-inch baking dish, then lightly press. Bake 30 minutes or until golden and heated through.

SAUSAGE BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet, add the olive oil, and cook the sausage, stirring and breaking it up until browned, about 8 minutes. Remove to a plate.
• Add the butter to the skillet and when it melts, add the onion and celery. Saute until the onion is translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and sage and cook for 1 minute. Pour in the wine and deglaze the pan, stirring up any browned bits with a wooden spoon.
• Add the cubed bread to the mixture and toast and turn a bit. Stir in the cooked sausage, the chicken broth, and salt to taste and cook for 1 minute. Cool the mixture. (This can be done quickly by spreading the mixture on a rimmed cookie sheet and chilling it in the refrigerator.)
• Stuff the mixture into the cavity and neck of a cooked turkey, or place it in a large buttered baking dish and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes, or until browned on top and heated through.

CHEESY SAUSAGE AND SAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Butter a shallow 13x9" baking dish and a large piece of foil. Place 9 cups bread in a large bowl.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Cook sausage, stirring occasionally and breaking into small pieces with a wooden spoon, until browned and cooked through, 7-10 minutes. Transfer to bowl with bread.
• Place onions, celery, sage, and 2 Tbsp. butter in same skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until onions are golden brown and soft, 10-12 minutes. Add wine and cook, stirring occasionally, until almost completely evaporated, about 5 minutes; scrape into bowl with bread and sausage.
• Whisk eggs and broth in a medium bowl until smooth, then pour over bread mixture. Pour in half-and-half and add 3 cups cheese; toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to prepared baking dish and cover with foil, buttered side down. Bake until a paring knife inserted into the center comes out hot, 40-50 minutes .
• Heat broiler. Uncover stuffing and top with remaining cheese. Broil until top is golden and bubbling, about 4 minutes. Let sit at least 10 minutes and up to 30 before serving.
• Do Ahead
• Stuffing can be assembled 1 day ahead; cover with foil and chill. Stuffing can be baked (but not broiled) 3 hours ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature until ready to broil.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Generously butter baking dish.
• Put bread in 2 shallow baking pans and bake, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until just dried out, about 10 minutes.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then cook half of sausage, stirring and breaking it into small pieces, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a large bowl. Brown remaining sausage in remaining tablespoon oil, transferring to bowl.
• Pour off fat from skillet and wipe clean. Heat butter over medium heat until foam subsides, then cook onions, celery, garlic, and ½ teaspoon each of salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Add vegetables and bread to sausage.
• Whisk together eggs, ½ cup cream, turkey stock, cheese, and parsley, then stir into stuffing and cool completely, about 30 minutes. Reserve 5 cups stuffing to stuff turkey and spoon remainder into baking dish, then drizzle with remaining ¼ cup cream. Cover stuffing and chill.
• About 1 hour before stuffed turkey is finished roasting, bring dish of stuffing to room temperature. When turkey is done, increase oven temperature to 425°F and bake stuffing, covered tightly with foil, until hot throughout, about 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake until top is golden and crisp, about 15 minutes more.
• Cooks' Note: Bread can be toasted 3 days ahead and kept (once cool) in a sealed bag at room temperature. Stuffing can be prepared (but not baked) 4 hours before roasting turkey. If baking stuffing at the same time as potatoes, put stuffing in upper third of oven and potatoes in bottom third (allow extra time).

SAUSAGE, CHEESE, BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Take the sausage out of the casing and brown with garlic and onion.
• Mix it into the rest of the ingredients.
• Add water or chicken broth to make it moist. If you make it outside of the turkey make sure it is very moist. It comes out good like that also.

CORNBREAD SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Prepare cornbread stuffing mix according to package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown; drain.
• In a large bowl, mix cornbread stuffing, sausage, onion, celery, butter, poultry seasoning and desired amount of chicken broth.
• Transfer mixture to a medium baking dish. Cover, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned.

JOANIE'S SAUSAGE BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter.
• Add the sausage, onion, celery, garlic, sage, thyme, celery seeds, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
• Saute, until the sausage is no longer pink and onion is soft, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Do not drain.
• Remove from the heat.
• In a large bowl, toss the sauteed vegetables with the bread cubes and cranberries/cherries.
• Season with pepper.
• Pour it over the stuffing, along with the broth, and toss to coat.
• The stuffing should just barely hold together when mounded on a spoon.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Stuff the bird, or, if baking some or all of the stuffing in a casserole.
• Bake it covered until heated through, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• For a crunchy top, uncover it for the last 15 minutes of baking.
• Makes 14 cups.
• Serving size= 1 cup.

CORNBREAD AND SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• One to two days ahead, make one pan of cornbread according to the box instructions. Let this sit out overnight and get a firm (almost hard) crust.
• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Crumble, drain and set aside.
• In a skillet, cook onion and celery in butter until soft. Remove from heat, allow to cool.
• In a large bowl, combine crumbled cornbread, sausage, onions and celery. Add sage, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix well.
• In 1/4 cup increments, add chicken or vegetable broth to stuffing mixture. Toss gently until evenly moist. Loosely stuff in fowl or casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until heated to 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

STUFFING & SAUSAGE STRATA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage and mushrooms over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until meat is no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain., In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, layer half of each of the following; stuffing, cheese and sausage mixture. Repeat layers. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk and salt until blended. Pour over layers. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Preheat oven to 325°. Remove strata from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake, uncovered, 1-1-1/4 hours or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED LOAF

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausages over medium heat until no longer pink. Remove and set aside. In the same skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper until beef is no longer pink; drain. Stir in tomato, tomato sauce and seasonings. Cut sausages in half lengthwise and slice; add to meat sauce. , Cut a wedge out of top of the bread, about 1 in. wide and three-fourths of the way through the loaf. Discard cut portion or save for another use. , Fill loaf with meat sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and pepper. Wrap in heavy-duty foil. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until heated through.