Recent herbs, savory sausage, and do-it-yourself cornbread stuffing imply unbelievable taste on this from-scratch cornbread stuffing recipe. Comply with my make-ahead or freezing directions so there’s one much less aspect dish to fret about on Thanksgiving!
I initially printed this recipe in 2016 and have since added new photographs and extra useful success ideas.
Thanksgiving turkey is nice and all (and let’s not neglect the Thanksgiving pies), however Thanksgiving aspect dishes are the crown jewels on the desk. And whether or not it’s stuffed into the turkey or served on the aspect, you completely need to make this cornbread stuffing a part of your feast.
Salty, savory, herby, and crisp, this stuffing has all of it. Plus, it smells unimaginable because it cooks.
Inform Me About This Cornbread Stuffing
- Texture: Mild and moist with bite-size items of tender sausage and celery, and massive buttery chunks of cornbread.
- Taste: The recipe is a extra flavorful model of my basic sausage & herb stuffing, as a result of I take advantage of cornbread as an alternative of standard bread as the bottom. So many savory, soul-warming flavors to like!
- Ease: This dish is like 2 brief recipes in 1. The cornbread comes first, with all of the components combined in 1 bowl. Then comes the stuffing, which comes collectively in 3 easy steps. Make it prematurely for ease and comfort!
- Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes to make each the recent cornbread and the stuffing (plus in a single day cooling time for the cornbread). You may shave off 40–45 minutes through the use of store-bought cornbread.
Highlight on Some Cornbread Stuffing Substances
- Cornbread: In relation to cornbread, you may select both do-it-yourself or store-bought. Use your favourite cornbread recipe or choose up a cornbread combine from the shop. I like the tremendous easy cornbread recipe beneath and urge you to attempt it, too. It’s identical to my common cornbread recipe and comes collectively in simply 1 mixing bowl.
- Herbs: I take advantage of recent herbs together with parsley, thyme, and sage for best taste, however you may substitute dried. See recipe beneath.
- Sausage: This provides savory richness to the dish. For a vegetarian possibility, exchange the sausage with mushrooms or diced butternut squash. You may as well use vegetable broth as an alternative of rooster broth.
- Pecans (Elective): For additional taste and texture, you may add pecans. The pictured dish doesn’t embody them, however I typically make this Thanksgiving aspect with pecans. Add them once you’re mixing every part collectively earlier than baking.
Overview: Make Cornbread Stuffing (Dressing)
The complete printable recipe is beneath, however let’s stroll by it so that you perceive every step earlier than you get began.
Make the cornbread. Preheat the oven. Mix all of the components in a bowl, then switch the combination to a baking dish and bake till golden brown. Cool utterly.
Reduce cornbread into cubes + evenly toast. Slice cornbread into 1-inch cubes. Unfold them out on a lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes to toast them. Calmly toasting the cornbread helps it soak up among the liquid components, which prevents your stuffing from tasting soggy.
Put together stuffing. Whisk broth and eggs collectively in a big bowl.
Cook dinner down the flavors and herbs. Place onion, celery, and herbs into a big skillet. Cook dinner till the greens are comfortable. Add sausage and prepare dinner principally by.
Combine every part collectively, after which unfold into a big greased casserole dish.
Bake till golden brown.
This cornbread stuffing is definitely *finest* prepped forward of time as a result of the flavors have extra time to settle and mingle collectively. Retailer the assembled stuffing within the fridge for as much as 3 days forward of time, or freeze for as much as 2 months. Deliver to room temperature after which bake.
Sure, completely. I often use the do-it-yourself recipe beneath, and you can also make it a pair days forward of time. To save lots of much more time, use store-bought cornbread combine.
In the event you’re stuffing the turkey, enable the cornbread stuffing combination to chill utterly earlier than stuffing into the turkey.
Cornbread Stuffing Recipe
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook dinner Time: 40 minutes
Whole Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Yield: serves 8-10
Class: Dinner
Methodology: Baking
Delicacies: American
Description
Recent herbs, savory sausage, and do-it-yourself cornbread make for unbelievable taste on this from-scratch cornbread stuffing recipe. Comply with my make-ahead or freezing directions beneath so there’s one much less aspect dish to fret about on Thanksgiving!
Directions
- Cornbread: (Put together 1 day prematurely!) Preheat oven to 375°F (191°C). Whisk the entire cornbread components collectively in a big bowl. Pour right into a greased 9-inch sq. baking pan. Bake for 22–24 minutes or till the highest is evenly browned. Put aside to chill in a single day. Don’t cowl.
- Preheat oven to 300°F (149°C). Reduce the cornbread into 1-inch cubes. You should have about 7–8 cups of cubes. Unfold onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and bake for 10 minutes. Put aside to chill as you put together the stuffing. In the event you’re baking the stuffing by itself and never inside a turkey, flip the oven as much as 375°F (191°C).
- Stuffing: In a really giant bowl, whisk the broth and eggs collectively. Put aside.
- Warmth butter in a big skillet over medium-high warmth. Add the onion, celery, thyme, sage, parsley, salt, and pepper. Cook dinner for 4 minutes till greens start to melt. Squeeze the sausage meat out of the casings into the skillet. Break up with a spoon. Cook dinner for about 4 minutes, till sausage meat is nearly cooked by.
- Pour sausage combination into the broth + egg, together with any liquid from the skillet. Add the toasted cornbread cubes and pecans, if utilizing. Very gently fold every part collectively.
- If utilizing to stuff a turkey, enable to chill utterly earlier than stuffing. If baking the stuffing individually like I did in these photographs, spoon stuffing right into a greased 9×13-inch baking pan. Bake for 40 minutes, or till evenly browned and crisp on high.
- Garnish with recent herbs earlier than serving, if desired. Serve heat.
Notes
- Make Forward & Freezing Earlier than Baking: Put together the cornbread (step 1) 1 day prematurely. You may as well chop and toast it 1 day prematurely (step 2). To save lots of time, you can even chop the onion and celery 1 day prematurely as nicely. Cowl and refrigerate them in a single day. You may as well put together the whole recipe by step 5, cowl and refrigerate in a single day, or freeze for as much as 3 months. Deliver to room temperature, after which proceed with step 6.
- Freezing Baked Stuffing: Cowl and freeze the baked stuffing for as much as 2 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge, enable to return to room temperature, then reheat it in a 350°F (177°C) oven for 20–25 minutes, or till warmed by, earlier than serving.
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Glass Mixing Bowls | Whisk | 9-inch Sq. Baking Pan | Baking Sheet | Silicone Baking Mat or Parchment Paper | 9×13-inch Baking Pan
- Buttermilk: Buttermilk is required within the cornbread recipe. In the event you don’t have any, you can also make a DIY buttermilk substitute by including 2 teaspoons of recent lemon juice or white vinegar to a liquid measuring cup. Then add sufficient entire milk to make 1 cup whole. Stir and let sit for five minutes earlier than utilizing. Complete milk is strongly really useful for moistest, richest texture, however you should use lower-fat or nondairy milk in a pinch.
- Replace in 2024: This recipe used to name for 1 chopped pear or apple. In the event you’d like so as to add both for a bit of sweetness, add the chopped fruit to the skillet once you add the sausage in step 4.
