Down Home Cornbread Dressing Recipe - I Heart Recipes

cornbread

🥗Healthier: whole grain cornbread

💰Cheaper: store-bought cornbread

Whole grain cornbread is more nutritious, while store-bought is budget-friendly.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier, and margarine can be a cheaper alternative.

In a large bowl, add in the cornmeal, all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar. Mix or sift the ingredients together.

Now add in 2 eggs, the vegetable oil, and the buttermilk. Whisk everything until well combined.

Grease a 13 x 9 pan and pour the cornbread batter in the dish.

Bake the cornbread on 400°F for 30-35 minutes.

Let the cornbread cool down.

Before anything, make sure you carefully clean the turkey necks and gizzards. Be sure to remove the membranes from the turkey necks.

Season the turkey necks with garlic powder, onion powder, minced garlic, minced onion, smoked paprika, ground sage, ground black pepper, and salt. Season the gizzards/giblets the same way.

Oil a bake dish, and place the turkey necks on one side of the dish, and the gizzards on the other.

Pour the chicken or turkey broth into the bake dish along with the turkey necks and gizzards.

Cover the dish, and place it in the oven on 350°F for 1 hour or until the meat is nice and tender.

Remove from the oven and let cool.

Add olive oil into a medium sized pan. Turn the heat to medium, and add in the chopped onions and peppers. Cook the vegetables until they softened, then remove from the heat.

In a large bowl, crumble the cornbread. Add in the onions and peppers, and fold in.

Remove the turkey meat from the bones, and add it along with the cornbread and peppers. Dice the gizzards/giblets and add them along with the other ingredients. Fold in.

Pour the broth from the bake dish that you cooked the turkey necks and gizzards in, into the dressing mixture.

Add in two large eggs and stir in.

Pour in 1/2 cup melted butter.

Mix until everything is well combined, then place the dressing into a well greased dish.

Smooth out the dressing, then cover it with foil.

Bake the dressing in the oven on 350°F for about 40 to 45 minutes.

Remove the dressing from the oven, and let it sit for about 5 minutes before serving.

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