Make Bread Stuffing
This quick and easy bread stuffing is the ideal complement to serve with your Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey.
Contents
Ingredients
Using the Oven
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 celery stalks, chopped
- 6 slices day-old bread, cubed and toasted (optional: use 1/2 or 100% cornbread)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 Tbsp thyme, chopped
- enough vegetable stock to moisten the dressing (clear broth from chicken, turkey or boiled vegetables)
- salt and pepper (optional: also season with sage)
Using the Microwave
- bread (optional: use 1/2 or 100% cornbread)
- 1 onion, chopped
- butter
- warm tap water (or clear broth from chicken, turkey or boiled vegetables)
- packet of mixed herbs (dry seasoning)
Steps
Using the Oven
- Preheat the oven. Set the temperature of the oven to 180°C.
- Toast the cubed bread and then place it in a bag and crumble it by rolling it with a rolling-pin or wine bottle.
- Brown the vegetables. Place the saucepan on a medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, add the butter, onions, and celery. Cook until the onions are translucent.
- Combine ingredients. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl and add the crumbled, toasted bread, thyme, egg, and season with salt and pepper. Next, moisten with some vegetable stock and let it sit for a few minutes, just long enough for the mixture to soak up the liquid.
- Prepare for oven. Put the stuffing in the baking dish, cover it with aluminium foil and place it in the oven. After approximately 30 minutes, remove the foil and bake for another 20 minutes. When brown on the surface, remove from the oven.
- Serve. Serve as an ideal accompaniment to Thanksgiving, Christmas or Sunday meals.
Using the Microwave
- Use a microwaveable container.
- Rip the bread into pieces - any bread, any size.
- Add chopped onion to your liking.
- Add mixed herbs to your liking.
- Add a lump of butter.
- Add warm/hot tap water - a little at first.
- Microwave for 2 minutes.
- Use knife and fork to fluff up and mix ingredients.
- Add more water to your liking.
- Microwave in 30 second trials. Check its consistency often. It is easy to get it too hard or burned in hot spots.
- Finished.
Tips
- If you want to mix anything else into this recipe, you might try mushrooms, bits and small pieces of chicken or turkey, spices, cheese, and walnuts. All will go well.
- After the turkey has been cooking until the last 20 to 25 minutes, put your partially cooked stuffing in the turkey to finish cooking.
Things You'll Need
Method One: Oven Method
- oven-proof casserole dish, buttered
- saucepan
- wooden spoon
- bowl
- aluminium paper
Method One: Microwave Method
- microwaveable container
- knife and fork
