What do you put in your turkey stuffing?

[MizTink]

white bread (pinched up ahead of time to get stale)
onion
celery
garlic salt
pepper
moistened with melted butter

does anyone else like to eat the raw stuffing before the turkey is stuffed??yummm!!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Sage sausage, sometimes regular
stick of butter for sauteing onion and celery
1 pkg of Pepperridge Farm herbed stuffing mix
a few cups of hot fresh homemade turkey broth
dash of poultry seasoning, dash of sage (depends if I use reg. sausage or sage sausage how much I use)
an scrambled egg to blend it together

 

[gate_pourri]

I see a lot of people add a scrambled egg into their stuffing. How does that change the texture? Taste?

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

onions
celery
grated carrot
sage

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I see a lot of people add a scrambled egg into their stuffing. How does that change the texture? Taste?

Does nothing for taste. It is more of a binding agent that holds the stuffing together. You don't want too much liquid or it is too wet.

I have left it out and frankly not a big deal really.

 

[scbelleatheart]

I stuff a 9x13 pan these days instead of the turkey but my recipe is:

2-3 large loafs day old bread, ripped into pieces
onion
celery
stick of margarine
chicken stock
bells seasoning

I use the margarine to sweat the onion and celery, add the bread, moisten along the way with chicken stock, then season with the Bells.

Finally, a normal recipe. They rest make me never want to eat stuffing again. Sorry, it's regional and I love stuffing. That's pretty much the only thing I eat on Turkey Day.

 

[C.Ann]

Does nothing for taste. It is more of a binding agent that holds the stuffing together. You don't want too much liquid or it is too wet.

I have left it out and frankly not a big deal really.

Sometimes I'll use an egg instead of milk.. So far I think your recipe sounds the closest to mine..

I could eat just that alone - without anything else.. LOL..

 

[cm8]

Mine is:

bread cubes
pork sausage
diced celery
minced onion
milk
Bell's Seasoning

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What's in yours?

home made corn bread, that is then broken up . I put on a pot of giblets/ turkey neck boiled in celery.onions, salt, pepper, let that cook up then I add that to the corn bread and add more seasoning if necessary, then I mix them all together and taste to see if everything is seasoned well, then I add an egg to hold it together YUM! I'm getting turkey stuffing fever now!! I also use the left over drippings to make my gravy!

I have had oyster dressing and it is great!!!

 

[Mom21]

Hold on I'm reading directions. Water and butter; boil; open pouch; stir; cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Yep that sums it up. DD says best stuffing she's ever had

 

[crazelion]

Dressing

Cornbread
onion
celery
stick of margarine
chicken stock
salt and pepper

That is how use do it back in the day.

Now just use stove stuffing for me,kids and mom.

Most people is surprise that I know how to cook from old school.

I know last year I took dish to work last Thanksgiving kept ask me where learn to cook like that. I told them my aunt made sure born she died that I know I how cook.

I got call from my old employer ask was bringing the dressing told them no. Remember I no longer works there.

 

[Tinijocaro]

All the usual plus apples and raisins.

 

[dyna]

We love dressing! Which I bake in pan not bird. Usually make at least 3 9x13 pans full as I can get them.

6 lbs chopped onion which I do ahead of time an freeze
6 lbs celery chopped an done same as onions
neck an giblets cooked with onions an celery salt pepper, chop the giblets an tear meat of neck it all goes in there.
home grown sage
poultry seasoning salt pepper
lb of butter for sauting the onions an celery that does not go in the stock
3 to 4 loaves of stale bread
half dozen beaten eggs or so
2 to 3 cans of chicken broth.....making as much as I do I don't have enough turkey stock an we like a wet dressing

I got a couple of huge commercial sized bowls I mix it all up in some yrs add oysters to a pan of the dressing.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

2 to 3 cans of chicken broth.....making as much as I do I don't have enough turkey stock an we like a wet dressing

I buy extra necks and turkey parts and sometimes a stewing hen if I need to make a ton of broth.

For me, it is all about the broth.

 

[Mermaid02]

I still "stuff" the bird. Always have- always will.

White bread (torn by hand)
Bells (lots of bells poultry seasoning)
onion
melted BUTTER (yes, it must be butter)
salt
egg (slightly beaten)
hot water (to get the right consistency)

 

[cm8]

Hold on I'm reading directions. Water and butter; boil; open pouch; stir; cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Yep that sums it up. DD says best stuffing she's ever had

Stove top,, Just kidding that is all my husband used to eat before I came along and then I turned him on to "dressing", he hasn't looked back yet. He s it.

 

[Terry36]

I live in the South and we call it "dressing". "Stuffing" to me is Stovetop.

cornbread
Pepperidge farm herb dressing mix
a couple biscuits
eggs
cooked chicken breasts chunked up
chicken broth
onions
celery
sage, salt & pepper

This sounds yummy. Can you please post the prep and cooking time as well? How many eggs do you use?

 

[C.Ann]

Hold on I'm reading directions. Water and butter; boil; open pouch; stir; cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Yep that sums it up. DD says best stuffing she's ever had

Hey - in a pinch that works for me too..

 

[MulanUSAF]

I usually use the Trader Joe's brand stuffing and add:
chicken broth
chopped apples
chopped dried apricots
sauteed onions
roasted pecan halves
roasted and peeled chestnuts (one year I used macadamia nuts)
a little zest of orange

It's very fruity and nutty, very fitting for my family.

 

[Melmac]

I usually stuff myself stupid with stuffing on Thanksgiving - it is my favourite item! However, I don't make stuffing on my own but I love my mom's and my aunt's.

I went to Thanksgiving a couple of years back at the in-laws and whoever brought the stuffing put green peppers in it I hate green peppers and even though I picked them out, the stuffing had so many that the flavour was infused through the whole dish. I was never so disappointed in my life - especially since my parents had gone out of town that weekend and I didn't have any of my mom's for backup.

OK ... now I need to eat some stuffing ....

 

[Magic Mom]

We love dressing! Which I bake in pan not bird. Usually make at least 3 9x13 pans full as I can get them.

6 lbs chopped onion which I do ahead of time an freeze
6 lbs celery chopped an done same as onions
neck an giblets cooked with onions an celery salt pepper, chop the giblets an tear meat of neck it all goes in there.
home grown sage
poultry seasoning salt pepper
lb of butter for sauting the onions an celery that does not go in the stock
3 to 4 loaves of stale bread
half dozen beaten eggs or so
2 to 3 cans of chicken broth.....making as much as I do I don't have enough turkey stock an we like a wet dressing

I got a couple of huge commercial sized bowls I mix it all up in some yrs add oysters to a pan of the dressing.

This.....except the home grown sage. I'm a loser, I just use McCormick's sage.