Cornbread Dressing Made The Southern Old Fashioned Way Food

SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add celery and onions, and sauté 5 to 6 minutes or until onions are tender. Stir in sage, and sauté 1 minute.
• Stir together Cornbread Crumbles and breadcrumbs in a large bowl. Stir in eggs, next 2 ingredients, and celery mixture, stirring until blended. Divide cornbread mixture between 1 lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish and 1 lightly greased 8-inch square baking dish.
• Bake at 400° for 45 to 55 minutes or until set and golden brown.

OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Saute the onion and celery in the canola oil until soft, melt margarine in same pan.
• Mix with remaining ingredients except broth in large bowl.
• Moisten with broth to your taste (I like mine pretty wet, I usually get closer to the 3 cups).
• Place in a casserole dish or aluminum pan.
• Bake at 400°F for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a nice crust develops on the top.
• **May use to stuff a 10 to 14 pound turkey. If stuffing a turkey, add very little broth. It will absorb additional moisture in the turkey. Pack loosely.

OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Put chicken in a dutch oven. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook over medium heat. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes or until the chicken is tender. Remove chicken from heat, reserving the broth. Let cool and debone the chicken. Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Discard sking and bones.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat on stovetop. Add onion and celery and cook about 6 minutes until veggies are tender.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease a 13-x-9-x-2-inch baking dish; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine chicken, onion-and-celery mixture, cornbread, and remaining ingredients. Spoon mixture into prepared baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour, or until set.

OLD FASHIONED CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Note:.
• If using cornbread mix such as Jiffy, make sure there is no sugar in the mix. It will ruin your dressing. I make my own cornbread.
• I buy canned bisquits and bake them.
• The amount of stock is approximately You may need to add more. The uncooked dressing should be very moist, (almost runny).
• In a very large bowl soak cornbread and biscuits in stock.
• Cook in l l/3 cup hot fat, chopped onion, green onion and celery.
• Add vegetables to cornbread mixture.
• Add eggs and seasonings to cornbread mixture.
• Mix well.
• Bake in a shallow uncovered pan in 325 deg. oven for 1 hour.