Mamas Cornbread And Sausage Turkey Dressing Food

MAMA'S CORNBREAD AND SAUSAGE TURKEY DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare the cornbread according to package instructions. Once cornbread is cooled, crumble it into a large bowl. Stir in the bread crumbs.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large pot, saute sausage in margarine with the onion, garlic, green bell pepper and celery until tender. Stir parsley, poultry seasoning, sage and salt into the mixture. Pour broth, eggs and cornbread/breadcrumbs into the mixture; mix until the ingredients stick together easily. Transfer to a 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake covered in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes.

CORNBREAD SPICY SAUSAGE STUFFING/ DRESSING

Steps:

• Brown sausage in large skillet over medium heat until no longer pink, stirring to crumble meat.
• Remove fat from cooked sausage.
• Add butter to sausage over medium high. Add onions, celery, carrot and garlic cook for 10 minutes or until onions are softened. Stir in dried sage and poultry seasoning, cook 1 minute more.
• Combine cornbread crumbs t the sausage and onion mixture.
• Pour broth over stuffing. Toss lightly until evenly moistened. Adding more or less to taste.
• Stuff a turkey or place in a greased casserole.
• This can be placed in the oven when the turkey comes out to rest for perfect timing.
• Preheat oven to 350 degree. Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through. For drier stuffing, uncover during last 15 minutes of baking.

CORNBREAD, SAUSAGE, AND PECAN DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink.
• Remove sausage, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings in skillet.
• Drain sausage on paper towels.
• Saute onion and celery in hot drippings over medium-high heat until tender.
• Remove vegetables with a slotted spoon.
• Combine sausage, vegetables, cornbread, and remaining ingredients in a large bowl, stirring gently until moistened, adding more chicken broth as needed.
• Spoon into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
• Bake, covered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• Note:.
• If you like a smoother, moister stuffing add 2 single serving bags of instant grits to the mixture.

TURKEY WITH SAUSAGE-CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. Combine the eggs, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 425° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. , In a Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain and set aside. In the same pan, saute the celery, onions, mushrooms and red pepper in butter until tender. Stir in the broth, seasonings and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Cut cornbread into 1/2-in. cubes; fold into sausage mixture. , Just before baking, loosely stuff the turkey. Place remaining stuffing in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; cover and refrigerate. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking., Skewer turkey openings; tie drumsticks together with kitchen string. Place breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Brush with melted butter. , Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 3-3/4 to 4-1/2 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for the turkey and 165° for the stuffing, basting occasionally with pan drippings (cover loosely with foil if turkey browns too quickly). , Bake additional stuffing, covered, for 45-50 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Cover turkey with foil and let stand for 20 minutes before removing stuffing and carving.

MAMA'S SOUTHERN STYLE CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare cornbread as package directs. I use a Mexican Cornbread mix. Don't use one that contains sugar.
• When your cornbread has cooled, break it and the toast into a large bowl.
• Sauté onions, celery, and green bell pepper, optional red bell pepper, and garlic in butter until onions are transparent.
• Add the shredded chicken and the sautéed veggies into the cornbread mixture. Use your hands to really mix it up.
• Add poultry seasoning and cayenne pepper, mixing well.
• Add in the broth a little at a time. Add in just enough to make it thick and somewhat soupy. Mix, well.
• Give it a taste. It should taste exactly the way you want your dressing to taste. If it needs more spices add them here.
• When you are content with the taste, stir in the eggs.
• Pour into a buttered 9 X 13 casserole dish.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until set.

GRANDMA NITA'S CORNBREAD STUFFING WITH SAUSAGE AND GIBLET GRAVY

Steps:

• Mix cornmeal, flour, salt, soda, 1 egg, buttermilk, drippings.
• Place in a large cast-iron skillet and bake 25 minutes at 450F or until golden and a toothpick comes out dry.
• While bread is baking, dry out 1/2 loaf of plain bread by baking it in the same oven for a couple minutes.
• When both breads are cool enough to handle, crumble the cornbread and and pull the Italian bread apart in small chunks.
• In a sauce pan, add giblets, salt, pepper, leaves of celery, 1 chopped onion, 1/2 carrot, chopped, bay leaf, and parsley. Place a whole egg in the water as well. Boil for 1/2 hour.
• In a large frying pan, combine pork sausage, 3 chopped onions, and 1/2 stalk celery. Fry until sausage is done and add to the crumbled bread in a large bowl.
• Mix the bread and sausage mixture, and one can of mushrooms with juice, adding about a quarter cup to half cup of the broth from the giblets for moisture.
• Optional: Add an egg to make the stuffing hold together better.
• Add salt, pepper and sage to taste.
• For the gravy, finely dice the boiled egg and the gizzard of the turkey. Grate the liver. Combine with juice from boiling giblets. Turn burner on high and bring to a boil.
• Optional: Add one can of mushrooms.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• For one quart of of gravy, mix four heaping tablespoons of corn starch into a bowl of 1 cup water and mix.
• When the sauce has reached the boil, stir in the starch mixture.

CORNBREAD/SAUSAGE DRESSING WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut cornbread into 1-inch cubes and place in large mixing bowl with 2 tblsp of olive oil.
• Add 2 tblsp of fresh thyme (1/2 tblsp dried) to mixing bowl and toss cornbread to coat.
• Spread the cornbread out on baking sheets and bake at 350 until slightly toasted (about 15 minutes).
• Allow toasted cornbread to cool at room temperature for about 30 minutes, then return to bowl.
• While cornbread is cooling, brown bulk sausage over medium heat until cooked through/lightly browned.
• Use a slotted spoon to remove sausage from frying pan (or drain grease) and add sausage to mixing bowl.
• Heat remaining 2 tblsp of olive oil and butter over medium heat and add onion and celery.
• Saute onions and celery for about 10 minutes.
• Add dried cranberries or cherries to onion/celery and saute for about 5 minutes.
• Fold the mixture into the bowl with cornbread and sausage.
• Add the remaining thyme, sage, parsley to the mixing bowl and toss well with spatula.
• Drizzle the mixture with chicken broth to moisten and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Place into baking pan (s), cover with foil and cook for 25-30 minutes.

MAMA'S CORNBREAD AND SAUSAGE TURKEY DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare the cornbread according to package instructions. Once cornbread is cooled, crumble it into a large bowl. Stir in the bread crumbs.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large pot, saute sausage in margarine with the onion, garlic, green bell pepper and celery until tender. Stir parsley, poultry seasoning, sage and salt into the mixture. Pour broth, eggs and cornbread/breadcrumbs into the mixture; mix until the ingredients stick together easily. Transfer to a 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake covered in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes.

MAMA'S CORNBREAD AND SAUSAGE TURKEY DRESSING

Steps:

• Prepare the cornbread according to package instructions. Once cornbread is cooled, crumble it into a large bowl. Stir in the bread crumbs.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large pot, saute sausage in margarine with the onion, garlic, green bell pepper and celery until tender. Stir parsley, poultry seasoning, sage and salt into the mixture. Pour broth, eggs and cornbread/breadcrumbs into the mixture; mix until the ingredients stick together easily. Transfer to a 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake covered in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes.