Description
If you’re looking for a fabulous dressing to include at your Thanksgiving, then this old fashioned Thanksgiving dressing recipe is for you, that is veggie herb stuffing in bread. This recipe is super easy and delicious. I love to make traditional recipes because they remind us to love our origins. My grandmother Dana made this for years and I was lucky enough to learn the recipe!
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup diced celery
- 1 medium-sized onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon sage
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ tablespoon salt
- 1 loaf of French bread dry and cut into cubed pieces
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- Make onion-celery mixture: Melt the butter in a pan over low heat. Chop the onion and celery this time while your butter is melting. Add diced celery and chopped yellow onion in butter once it melts and cook them until tender but not brown. Once it is done remove from heat and add sage, some black pepper, and salt to taste into it and mix it well. Let it sit for 5 minutes before tossing this mixture into bread.
- Assemble the onion-celery mixture with torn dry bread: Add the cube-shaped pieces of dry bread to a large bowl and pour the onion-celery mixture into it. Gently add half a cup of chicken broth and toss them lightly and make sure that all the bread is moist and none of it is dry.
- Baking the dressing: Place the prepared bread mixture in a baking tray wrapped with aluminum foil, place the baking dish in the oven and cook for 30 minutes at 350F. If you like your dressing crispier and crunchier from the outside, then bake for another 10 minutes uncovered. Frequently check the dressing while baking for extra minutes to avoid burning the outer crust. Remove it from the oven, serve it up and enjoy!
Notes
- The most significant aspect of this dressing is its moisture content. Add the chicken broth to the tossed bread gradually and stop until the desired moistness is attained. Don’t add too much broth because we don’t want our bread to become soggy. Carefully watch the broth while adding, add more broth if the bread is still dry and add more bread if the bread is too moist. Be sure the bread absorbs liquid as well and does not lose its shape.
- Sauté the onion and celery until they are fragrant. Don’t sauté for too long because we don’t want our onion-celery mixture to turn brown.
- If you love the outer layer of your dressing to be soft and not too crispy then bake at 350F in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes is enough. If you want the outer layer to be a little more crispy and light brown, then bake for another 10 minutes uncovered. Check the oven when baking for an extra 10 minutes and remove when you think that it is the perfect layer you want to achieve.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: American