How to make dressing or stuffing?

[crazelion]

Hi all,

I need recipes on how to make stuffing or dressing by simple and idiot proof directions.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tiggeroo]

I can't give you amounts. I chop up a head of celery, leaves and all. I chop up a few onions, I'm thinking 3. I saute them with butter, marjoram, salt and pepper. The previous night I would have opened up 2-3 loaves of bread so they get stale. I then cube up the bread and blend 1-2 beaten eggs. I then mix in the veggies. This is my basic stuffing recipe.

 

[Aurora63]

I also can't give ammounts, but I'll give you the basics.

My dad uses the Pepperidge Farm cornbread stuffing mix. To is he adds a bunch of chopped celery, mushrooms, and onions. I'm sure he seasons it with other stuff too, but I forget what. Anyway, he usually melts a stick of butter, mixes it in, and stuffs the turkey with it. But we don't stuff the bird, we add the juices to it and heat it up when it's almost time to eat. But we do use the butter!

 

[Tiggeroo]

If I don't put the stuffing into the bird I add some turkey stock to it and put the neck or something else on top of the stuffing dish.

 

[Pooh Crew]

First, make a double batch of cornbread--you can use a mix or the one I'll include at the bottom--and crumble it into a large bowl or pan.

Here's the ingredients for the dressing:
1/2 C butter
3 bunches green onions, chopped
4 celery ribs, chopped
1 16 oz package herb-seasoned stuffing mix (I use the bag of Pepperidge Farm brand)
4 eggs, lightly beaten
5 14oz cans chicken broth

Melt butter and saute onions and celery until tender. Dump into large bowl or pan and add the eggs, crumbled cornbread, stuffing mix, and chicken broth. Mix well. Spoon into a lightly greased 13X9 pan and a 9X9 pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour...maybe a little longer until lightly browned on top.

 

[crazelion]

Thank You Thank You For the easy recipes.

 

[buckylarue]

I posted mine in another thread, but here it is again...

Fruit & Nut Stuffing

1 package sage + onion stuffing cubes
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup merlot wine
1 cup fruit juice
1 large can pineapple chunks
1 cup raisins and/or craisins
1 cup walnuts
4 stalks celery
1 large onion
2 tablespoons butter

In a large dutch oven or saucepan, melt butter. Chop onion and saute. Chop celery and set aside. Once onions are soft, add stuffing cubes, broth, wine and juice, including juice from pineapple can. Stir to moisten. Add celery, raisins and walnuts. Mix well. Makes enough to stuff a 20 pound turkey and have some left for a casserole. If cooking in bird, take out after 2 hours and put in casserole; rewarm in oven while turkey sets after cooking. Otherwise, put in casserole in 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

 

[mrsstats]

Buy Bell's stuffing mix. It is the best I have ever had. Taste like homemade, not like stove top.

 

[arminnie]

I hate stovetop - it has that fake artificial chicken bouillion cube flavor.

I use a LOT of butter (2 sticks), celery, onion, sage, salt & pepper, maybe poultry seasoning, bought bread cubes and turkey stock. Sautee the finely chopped onion and celery (about 1 cup each) in the butter and mix with the rest to the consistency you like.

I personally do not like eggs in my dressing.

If you make cornbread dressing, it still has some regular bread in it and always seems to have eggs too.

 

[luv2nascar]

I make mine exactly like Tigeroo but add chicken stock to it. We make ours very moist and it has be blended by hand to get the right consistency. We hate dry stuffing.

 

[escape]

Here's a link to the Food Network's page on various dressing/stuffing recipes. It even shows a video of Paula Deen making dressing.

Food Network's Dressings/Stuffings