New England Sausage Stuffing With Chestnuts

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• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  cup chestnuts, bottled, coarsely chopped
• 16  ounces  French bread, 1 loaf, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 6  ounces pork sausage, mild
• 3  cups onions, chopped
• 2  cups celery, chopped
• 1 1⁄2 cups  low-sodium low-fat chicken broth
• 1  tablespoon dried sage, rubbed
• 1  teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
•  nonstick cooking spray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Arrange chopped chestnuts and bread cubes in a single layer on a jelly roll pan. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
3. Cook sausage in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until browned stirring to crumble. Add onion and celery sauté 6 minutes or until tender. Add broth, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
4. Combine bread mixture, sausage mixture, sage, thyme salt, and pepper, tossing to combine. Spoon into a 13 x 9 inch baking pan coated with cooking spray; cover with foil. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes or until golden brown.