Traditional Supper Stuffing Recipes

BASIC STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Melt 1 stick butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add 2 cups each diced onions and celery, 2 chopped apples and 1 tablespoon each minced sage and thyme; season with salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes. Add 3 cups chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Whisk 2 eggs with 1/4 cup chopped parsley in a large bowl; add 16 cups cubed stale country white bread, then pour in the vegetable-broth mixture and toss. Transfer to a buttered 3-quart baking dish and dot with more butter. Cover and bake 30 minutes, then uncover and bake until golden, 20 more minutes.

TRADITIONAL SUPPER STUFFING WITH CIDER GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325 degrees F and scatter bread on baking sheet, season with poultry seasoning and bake to toast bread, 10-12 minutes.
• Quarter the apples and slice into each quarter on an angle to cut away the core. Chop apples into bite size pieces.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat with 3 tablespoons butter, when the butter melts, add the apples, onions, celery, bay leaf and parsley. Season with salt and pepper and cook until tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Add turkey to the skillet and combine with vegetables, heat through 2 to 3 minutes then fold in bread and moisten with about 2 cups chicken stock.
• While stuffing cooks, melt 3 tablespoons butter in a sauce pan over medium heat and whisk in flour, 1 minute, whisk in cider and chicken stock and season with salt and pepper to taste, reduce 4 to 5 minutes.
• Serve stuffing doused with 1/2 cup gravy.

TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large nonstick skillet cook, sausage, celery and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain. Remove from heat; stir in mayonnaise, mustard, sage and poultry seasoning., Place bread cubes in a large bowl; add sausage mixture and toss. In a small bowl, whisk eggs and broth; pour over bread cubes and stir gently to combine. Transfer to two 3-qt. baking dishes coated with cooking spray., Bake, covered, 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until lightly browned and a thermometer reads 165°, 12-18 minutes longer. If desired, top with chopped parsley.

TRADITIONAL STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and grease a 13 x 9 casserole dish.
• Saute vegetables in margarine until onion is transparent.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix bread, cooked vegetables and seasonings.
• Add the chicken broth slowly to the bread, tossing until evenly and thoroughly moist.
• Place dressing in prepared baking dish.
• Bake until thoroughly heated and lightly browned; about 1/2 hour.

LISA'S TRADITIONAL STUFFING

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in a large bowl.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onions, celery, 1/2 cup butter, and garlic. Saute until onions appear translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add sage, parsley, savory, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, marjoram, thyme, and nutmeg; mix well. Stir in 1 cup broth.
• Slowly pour broth and sausage mixture over bread cubes, stirring continuously as you pour. Add additional broth and butter as desired.
• Stuffing is ready to bake in the oven or stuff in the bird.

TRADITIONAL SUPPER STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven the 325°F.
• Scatter bread on a baking sheet and season with poultry seasoning. Toast in the oven until golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, melt 3 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add apples, onions, celery, bay leaf, salt, and pepper, and cook until tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the chicken, parsley, and 2 cups chicken broth, and cook until heated through, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in bread cubes.
• In a small saucepan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour for 1 minute. Whisk in the remaining 2 cups chicken broth. Season the gravy with salt and pepper.
• Discard the bay leaf. Serve the stuffing in bowls topped with the gravy.