stuffing / dressing for the turkey

Name: Stuffing / Dressing For The Turkey
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) margarine; 2 cup(s) onion, chopped; 2 cup(s) celery, chopped; 30 cup(s) bread cubes (30 slices); 3 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 teaspoon(s) pepper; tablespoon(s) poultry seasoning; 2 cup(s) water; 1/2 pound(s) pork sausage (optional)

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Rebecca C

Cheektowaga, NY

Updated on Nov 16, 2018

Makes: to fill a 20 lb turkey. (Cut recipe in half for a 10 lb turkey) My favorite thing at Thanksgiving dinner! Mom makes 2 loaves of bread for a 20 lb turkey and we can have an extra 2 qt casserole dish of stuffing. A lesson in making stuffing from mom: As a general rule you need one cup of stuffing for every pound of bird. Bread cubes decrease in volume as moisture is added. one slice of bread makes about one cup of bread cubes, but 15 cups of bread cubes (15 slices) will amount to only 10 cups when the liquid is ad

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Ingredients

1 cup margarine
2 cups onion, chopped
2 cups celery, chopped
30 cups bread cubes (30 slices)
3 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
tablespoon poultry seasoning
2 cups water
1/2 pound pork sausage (optional)

How To Make stuffing / dressing for the turkey

Step 1

Melt margarine in a skillet, add onion and celery, saute for 15 minutes. Combine bread cubes and seasonings with sauteed mixture. Add water and mix thoroughly. Optional: cut up pork sausage, uncooked and mush up into the moist stuffing.

Step 2

Lightly spoon stuffing into neck cavity. Fold neck skin over and skewer it to the back. Fill abdominal cavity with remaining stuffing. Close by skewering the skin together with a heavy string or lacing.
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