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====== Mom's Thanksgiving Stuffing ====== | ====== Mom's Thanksgiving Stuffing ====== | ||
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- | **I transcribed this over the phone and haven' | ||
===== Ingredients ===== | ===== Ingredients ===== | ||
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- | | + | Note: Some ingredient amounts depend on the amount of stuffing being made, and are dictated by the table on the back of the stuffing package, replicated below. |
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* Johnsonville ground Italian sausage, hot (caseless) | * Johnsonville ground Italian sausage, hot (caseless) | ||
- | * One onion, chopped | + | * One onion, chopped |
- | * A few stalks of celery, roughly chopped | + | * ~5 stalks of celery, roughly chopped |
- | * Mushrooms, roughly chopped | + | * Mushrooms, roughly chopped |
- | * 1-2 cups chicken | + | * Chicken |
- | * Almonds | + | * Almonds |
+ | * Butter (1/2 stick plus 1/4 to 5/8 stick, depending on serving size) | ||
- | ===== Do it ===== | + | ==== Serving size table ==== |
- | Put almonds in a pan with nothing else and heat, watching closely and stirring periodically. | + | This is from the package as of November 2011: |
- | Put stuffing into a large mixing bowl. | + | ^ Poultry weight ^ 6-8 lb. ^ 10-12 lb. ^ 16-20 lb. ^ |
+ | | Butter* | ||
+ | | Celery | ||
+ | | Onion (?) | 1/4 cup | 1/2 cup | 1 cup | | ||
+ | | Chicken broth | 3/4 cup | 1-1/3 cup | 2 cup | | ||
+ | | Stuffing cubes | 3 cup | 4 cup | 12 oz pkg | | ||
- | Saute onion, celery, and mushrooms in butter. | + | * Not including saute butter, 1/2 stick |
- | Concurrently, brown the sausage well. | + | Since we're not stuffing the bird, you can make the whole package regardless. MORE STUFFING = BETTER THAN |
- | Add veggies and sausage | + | ===== Procedure ===== |
+ | //Note: everything short of baking can be done ahead of time in the morning so you just have to chuck the pan in when the turkey comes out. These directions supersede the stuffing package directions.// | ||
- | Add softened butter and broth a bit at a time, mixing thoroughly, so that stuffing absorbs the fluid fully. | + | (Optional) Roast almonds: Put almonds in a pan with nothing else and heat, watching closely and stirring periodically. |
- | Add a lot of sage and poultry seasoning and some black pepper. | + | Put stuffing |
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- | Pour into a greased casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. | + | |
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- | ===== Notes ===== | + | |
- | You will need about 2-3 sticks of butter. I use salted butter. | + | Do the following three things **concurrently**: |
- | While you are sauteing | + | - Brown the sausage. |
- | rough chop (not fine cut), slowly melt however much butter is indicated on the back | + | - If using bouillon to make chicken broth, boil water. |
- | of the cubes bag into the chicken broth. It calls for water but chicken broth adds | + | - Saute celery and onion covered |
- | more flavor. | + | |
- | You can saute the celery and onions together and after about 6-8 minutes, add the | + | When the above is done, add veggies, sausage, and almonds to the stuffing bowl. Add the butter/ |
- | rough chopped mushrooms since they don't take so long to saute. Season all vegs with | + | |
- | salt and pepper. Cover while sauteing to release | + | |
- | to the cubes in a big bowl and stir. Season with poultry seasoning, sage, salt and | + | |
- | pepper. Add the browned sausage and the almonds. Pour the warm butter/ | + | |
- | into the cubes and gently stir. You will probably need to add virtually all the | + | |
- | butter mixture. You don't want dry stuffing or mushy stuffing. | + | |
- | At this point, you want to put the stuffing in a casserole | + | Pour into a greased |
- | with non stick spray.this can be made in the morn and refrigerated. Just remember to | + | |
- | take out of frig to bring to room temp so it bakes in enough time. | + | |
- | comes out, set oven to 350-370 and put stuffing in for about 35 minutes uncovered. | + | |
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