It's that time of year again! Thanksgiving! This is my all time favorite stuffing recipe - the recipe I grew up with as a child, and looked forward to every year on Thanksgiving.
My FAVORITE part of this recipe is using the leftovers to make stuffing waffles, and putting a poached or fried egg on top :) All you have to do is put the left over stuffing in a greased waffle iron. Hope you enjoy this delicious tip :)
My Childhood Stuffing Recipe
Ingredients
I use two bags of Pepperidge Farm or Arnold Stuffing - I usually mix - one cubed/one crushed, one cornbread and one country style.
2 - 4 Vidalia onions, depending on the size, coarsely chopped
2- 8 oz. packages of white mushrooms, chopped
celery is optional, I happen to despise celery so I leave it out
1 tube of Jones sausage - in the frozen aisle
1 carrot - coarsely grated
about 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth
about 1/2 cup Craisins, depending on your preference
2 - 3 eggs
parsley, salt, pepper to taste - be careful with the salt, you don't want it to be too salty
1 stick of unsalted butter
1/4 cup canola oil
++oil or butter for greasing the pan
Directions
In an extra large sauce pot, melt the stick of butter and add about 1/4 cup canola oil - keep in mind, you are cooking a lot of veggies
Sautee onion until translucent, and then add mushrooms
Once the mushrooms are cooked, add the carrot
Crumble the sausage into the vegetable mixture and cook until browned
Once the sausage is cooked and the vegetables are soft, add the chicken broth
Heat the chicken broth, and once heated, add the bread
Take it off the heat and mix and allow the bread to absorb the liquid.
The bread should be moist - if need be, add a little more broth
When it is mixed and not too hot, scramble about 2 - 3 eggs and mix them in
Add Craisins
season with salt, pepper, and parsley to taste - be very careful with the salt. you don't want to make it too salty and ruin all your hard work! Keep in mind the bags of bread probably have some salt in them.
Put in a large greased casserole dish and bake on 350 for about 45-60 minutes. the top should be brown and it should be cooked through. Sometimes I mix it after about 15-20 minutes and then I leave it alone to brown.
Most importantly, enjoy!
*For vegetarians, you can leave out the sausage, or substitute vegetable sausage, but I don't know how this will change the flavoring. You can also replace chicken broth with vegetable broth, but again, I don't know how this will change the flavoring, so keep in mind you might have to alter your seasonings.
