Thursday, December 24, 2009

I've been searching for a turkey stuffing recipe that's both fairly easy AND tasty. Got any ideas?

I'd like one with less than 100 ingredients in it :o)I've been searching for a turkey stuffing recipe that's both fairly easy AND tasty. Got any ideas?
Here is our family recipe and we call it dressing not stuffing here in the south. I will give you the ingredients for 4 servings and you can double or triple it depending on how many people you are feeding. This is the best ever:


One pan of cooked cornbread


2-3 slices stale bread


4-5 stalks celery chopped


small onion chopped


bunch green onions chopped with green tops


Strong chicken broth (you can used canned, but it will not be as good as making your own stock by boiling a whole chicken)





Put all ingredients in a large bowl and add chicken broth one cup at a time. Mash with a potato masher until the dressing is the consistency you want. We like it juicy, some people like it dry like cornbread. Add salt and pepper to taste. If you use canned broth be careful with the salt.





Some tips for making it the best:


Use the drippings from the turkey (use a baster to suck out the juices in the pan while the turkey is cooking) as some of your liquid to make a very rich broth.


Boil the celery and onions for a few minutes in a cup of broth to made them less crunchy and add all to the bowl.


My mother likes to add boiled eggs to the dressing at the end, but I take some out before she puts them in because I hate boiled eggs, so it is a matter of choice. If you want to use boiled eggs, use about 3 chopped.


Remember the richer and tastier the broth, the better the dressing.


We do not stuff the dressing into the turkey, but put in a big pan and bake it for about 30 minutes until it is bubbly. You get more that way.


By the way, we use 4 pans of cornbread cooked in a big iron skillet from scratch by my mother, but you can use cornbread mix and use 2 packages for this recipe.





Happy Thanksgiving !!!!I've been searching for a turkey stuffing recipe that's both fairly easy AND tasty. Got any ideas?
This is a recipe I use for chicken but should adapt just as well for turkey. I would guess triple the amounts to stuff an average bird. I use kumara which is a New Zealand sweet potato





1 sweet potato


2 rashers bacon


1 onion


1 egg





cook and mash potato using only some butter to mash. Sautee the chopped bacon and chopped onion. Add to the potato. When cool, add beaten egg to bind. Stuff your bird and your done
This one is kinda easy..but sooooooooo good!





OLD FASHIONED STUFFING





INGREDIENTS


30 slices white bread, lightly toasted


2 tablespoons butter


1 large onion, finely chopped


2 stalks celery, finely chopped


2 eggs, lightly beaten


2 cups chicken broth


2 teaspoons rubbed sage


1 teaspoon garlic powder


salt and pepper to taste


DIRECTIONS


Allow the toasted bread to sit approximately 24 hours, until hard.


Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.


Crush the bread into crumbs with a rolling pin. Place the crumbs in a large bowl.


Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and celery and slowly cook until soft. Remove from heat and drain.


Mix the eggs and chicken broth into the bread crumbs. The mixture should be moist, but not mushy. Use water, if necessary, to attain desired consistency. Mix in the onion, celery, rubbed sage, garlic powder, salt and pepper.


Press the mixture into the baking dish. Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the top is brown and crisp.
simmer turkey neck, liver and gizzard in about 6 cups of water. after it simmers about 15 min add 3 stalks of celery minced and one med onion chopped. simmer an additional 15 min and add 2 cups of raisons. Simmer approx 10 min. remove neck , liver and gizzards . In a large bowl beat 2 eggs well. cut one stick of butter into bowl and add 1 bag crushed or cubed herb or sage seasoned bread crumbs. mix to coat crumbs with egg. Poor reserved cooking liquid with onions celery and raisons into bowl and mix well add i-2 tbls of sugar and cont to stir. season to taste with salt, pepper, and optional poultry or sage seasoning. Pour dressing into greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 45 min to 1 hour covered. Stir at intervals. May add additional canned chicken broth or turkey drippings to dressing at intervals.


I occ add chicken boullion cubes to liquid as i simmer.


Because this is cooked outside of the bird it is called dressing. May also be baked around the bird toward the end of the cooking process.
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