Southern Style Cornbread Dressing | Stuffing Recipe

cornbread

🥗Healthier: whole grain cornbread

💰Cheaper: store-bought cornbread

Whole grain cornbread is more nutritious, while store-bought can save time.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, and water with seasoning is budget-friendly.

Melt about 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet.

Add chopped onions, green bell pepper, and celery to the skillet and cook for about 1 to 1.5 minutes until onions are translucent and bell peppers are changing color.

Add minced garlic and cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant and turning light golden brown; then set aside.

Crumble the dry cornbread by hand into a bowl.

Pour the sautéed vegetables into the crumbled cornbread.

Add leftover turkey (or rotisserie chicken) to the mixture.

Add cream of celery (or cream of chicken/cream of mushroom) to the bowl.

Crack 2 eggs into the mixture.

Season with onion powder, garlic powder, creole seasoning, salt, pepper, chicken bouillon, and sage.

Mix everything together by hand, adding low sodium chicken broth as you mix until the desired moisture is reached.

Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish.

Bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes, keeping an eye on it to avoid drying out.

Cooking Techniques

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