Classic Easy Turkey Stuffing

"This is an easy basic stuffing recipe, that will easily stuff a 12-14 pound turkey, I have stuffed a large roasting chicken also with this recipe. If you have any remaining stuffing just bake in a small buttered baking dish, or you may wish to bake the complete stuffing recipe in a casserole dish in a 325 degree oven, covered for about 25-30 minutes then uncover and bake for about 10-15 minutes more, or until lightly browned on top. For this recipe two (1 pound) loaves of bread is enough, I just use two 400-gram loaves, make certain that the bread is a couple days old but not mouldy, or you can place it in the refrigerator overnight to help firm up for slicing. Now to this basic stuffing you can add in raisins, water chestnuts, pecans etc. If you are serving this to a crowd and baking it in the oven, I suggest to double the ingredients and bake in two separate casseroles. Please use only butter for this stuffing. This is very good, and a recipe that you will use time and again! Just a suggestion, make up an extra unbaked stuffing mixture, it will freeze well in containers or freezer bags to serve later. To reheat, thaw and bake in a greased dish, rather than in the bird at 325°F until golden brown on top."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
11
Yields:
16 cups stuffing
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large frypan fry the bacon until crisp; (do not drain the drippings) remove and crumble; set aside.
  • Add 3/4 cup butter (no less than 3/4 cup!) to the bacon drippings and melt.
  • Add in chopped celery, onions and garlic; sauté until tender.
  • Add HALF of the bread cubes to the butter; stir to coat, and keep stirring with a wooden spoon until the bread cubes are lightly browned and the butter is absorbed.
  • Transfer to a large bowl (or finish in the frypan, if you have a large enough frypan to hold all ingredients) and add in remaining bread cubes, salt, pepper and poultry seasoning or sage (if using).
  • Add in crumbled bacon and the cranberries or other ingredients that you choose to use; mix to combine.
  • Drizzle with the chicken broth (mixing with a wooden spoon) until you have reached the desired moistness, you might have to add in more than 1 cup, but do not add in too much or your bread will become too "soggy".
  • Immediately stuff the turkey, and cook.
  • **NOTE** the flavor of the stuffing will vary depending on ingredients and type of bread used.

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Reviews

  1. I had never made stuffing before from scratch... I was raised on Stove Top! However my partner wanted me to make it since she was raised with it. I said I wasn't going to make anything like her mother's because she would compare it. I found this and it is fantastic. Over the last few years I've tweaked it a bit more to make it "mine" and use mushrooms as well when cooking the onion & celery. They love it so much they ask for two batches! But I do leave out the cranberries as well as another reviewer.
     
  2. This is my go-to stuffing every year, along with Kittencal's buttermilk brine. I swear if it wasn't for kittencal making this so easy, my holidays would be such disasters. This stuffing gets RAVE reviews every single time I make it. I've tweaked it so that I instead use fresh chopped sage, thyme and rosemary instead of just "poultry seasoning". Absolute WINNER.
     
  3. This is very good. I like it best without the cranberries.
     
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  1. This is my go-to stuffing every year, along with Kittencal's buttermilk brine. I swear if it wasn't for kittencal making this so easy, my holidays would be such disasters. This stuffing gets RAVE reviews every single time I make it. I've tweaked it so that I instead use fresh chopped sage, thyme and rosemary instead of just "poultry seasoning". Absolute WINNER.
     

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