bread stuffing or dressing with variations
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You are sure to feed the entire family with this easy to make Stuffing for Your Thanksgiving meal.
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yield
10 serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
Ingredients For bread stuffing or dressing with variations
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3 cchopped onions
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3 cchopped celery
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1 lbunsalted butter
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1 galno salt chicken stock, more or less depending on dryness of the bread.
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1 Tbspsalt
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1 Tbspground black pepper
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2 cground poultry
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1/4 cfresh or dried sage
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1/2 cchopped fresh parsley
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4 lbdried bread cubes (about 33-35 cups)
How To Make bread stuffing or dressing with variations
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1Preheat oven to 325° F.
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2Sauté onion and celery in butter until lightly browned.
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3Add water or stock and salt, pepper and poultry seasonings. Cook until hot.
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4Remove from heat and add bread.
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5Toss lightly until thoroughly mixed.
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6Avoid overmixing to prevent soggy, compacted dressing.
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7Stuffing should be moist but not wet.
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8Transfer to prepared pans.
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9Bake for 45-60 minutes or until heated through. Do not overcook.
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10HINT: Use 3 ounces of poultry base added to the 1 gallon of water. Stock or soup base is a concentration of cooked meat, poultry, seafood or vegetables, plus cooking juices and seasonings. It generally comes in a puree or paste-like form. Most are highly salted. Reduce or omit salt from the recipe when using the base. Find this product in some supermarkets or in restaurant or catering supply stores.
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11VARIATIONS: Sausage: Reduce amount of bread cubes by about 1 cup. Add 2 pounds pork sausage, cooked and well-drained. Apple: Reduce amount of bread cubes by about 1 cup. Add 1 pound tart apples, finely chopped, to the bread and liquid mixture Mushroom: Reduce celery and by about 1 cup each. Sauté 2 pounds fresh mushrooms with the vegetables Chestnut: Reduce amount of bread cubes by about 1/2 cup. Add 1 pound cooked, chopped chestnuts. Oyster: Add 1½ pounds oysters to the bread and liquid mixture Fruit and Nut: Add 1 pound raisins or dried cranberries and 2 cups chopped pecans, walnuts or almonds to the bread and liquid mixture. Lightly brown the nuts in 1 stick of butter before adding to stuffing.
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