This Traditional Stuffing Recipe is delicious! With a name like “Traditional stuffing,” you might think that this recipe is complicated with a lot of steps but it’s NOT! It’s very easy to put together and it’s a family favorite.
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Traditional Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe
Stuffing is one of my personal favorite Thanksgiving side dishes. In my family we add sausage, and boiled eggs to the mix to give it a meaty and hearty flavor.
This recipe is a little bit different than most recipes because of the eggs, and sausage, however, the great thing about sharing these family recipes is that you can leave out or add things that you like or don’t like.
Ingredients for this Stuffing Recipe
Celery and Onion – Celery and onion give this recipe some texture and flavor. I like to to cut them up pretty small so that they cook through faster and I think that it gives a better texture.
Garlic – I put garlic in almost everything and like the celery and onion it gives a flavor boost.
Sausage – Adding sausage to your stuffing recipes gives a meaty flavor that is unmatched. Honestly, I think that it really takes dressing up a level. I prefer Neeses Sausage but you can use whatever kind you like. This is where my family recipe deviates from the other traditional stuffing recipes.
Thyme and Sage – really no Thanksgiving meal is complete without thyme and sage. They are quintessential Thanksgiving herbs. Make sure that you don’t use too much and cut them up pretty small.
French Bread – I wanted to be a little fancy with my bread this year but really any plain, whole-loaf bread will work. I would stay away from sweet breads like brioche.
Chicken stock – using chicken stock to hydrate the bread is a great way to boost flavor.
Boiled Eggs – Adding eggs is another thing that will take your stuffing up a notch. They don’t taste like boiled eggs and really enhance the flavor and texture of the dish.
Salt and Pepper – you have to add just a little salt and pepper!
Watch me make this Stuffing Recipe
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I also found this article about the history of Stuffing interesting!
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Traditional Stuffing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 celery rib choped
- ½ onion choped
- 3 cloves garlic choped
- 1 lb Sausage
- ½ tsp Thyme choped
- ½ tsp Sage chopped
- 2 loaves French Bread cut into 1 inch cubes
- 3-5 Hard Boiled Eggs chopped
- 2 ½ cup Chicken Stock
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Chop Celery, Onion, Garlic, Thyme, and Sage and set aside.
- In a pan over medium head cook sausage until it is cooked through. Make sure that they sausage is ground up into small pieces.
- Remove the sausage from the pan and add onion and celery. Cook the celery and onion in the left over fat from the sausage. Cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Once the onion and celery are translucent, add the garlic, thyme, and sage and sauté for another minute. Once these are cooked set aside.
- Cut up the french bread into 1-inch cubes, and add to a bowl.
- Add your cooked sausage, cooked celery and onion to the bowl with the bread.
- Chop up hard-boiled eggs and add to the bread mixture.
- add salt and pepper to taste
- Slowly pour over chicken stock 1 cup at a time allowing it to sit for a few minutes in between.
- Mix the bread mixture.
- Pour the bread mixture into a baking dish, and bake for 45-50 minutes.
- Remove and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
- I like to use Neeses sausage! I think that its the best sausage you can get.
- Using fresh thyme and sage is great and adds a nice herby taste but you can use dried if you can’t find fresh.
- You can add as much celery, and onion as you like! I don’t care for celery so I only added 1 rib but you can add more or less depending on your taste.
