Best 7 Homemade Stuffing Recipes

HOMEMADE BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until; saute onion and celery in hot butter until onion is soft, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Put bread cubes in a large bowl. Season bread with salt, sage, thyme, poultry seasoning, and black pepper. Add onion mixture to bread cubes; stir. Pour bread mixture into a large casserole dish and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and hot, about 1 hour.

SEMI-HOMEMADE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, yellow onion, celery, green onion, and pear. Cook and stir until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Place the stuffing mix into a large mixing bowl; stir in the vegetable mixture, parsley, and chicken broth. Stir until the chicken broth has been absorbed by the stuffing mix; spoon into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, about 30 minutes.

HOMEMADE STOVE TOP STUFFING MIX

Steps:

• Put bread into 13x9 baking pan and toast at 300 degrees for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from oven and cool.
• Toss with seasonings.
• At this point, it may be bagged in a Ziploc until needed.
• To prepare Stuffing: Use 4 cups bread/seasoning mix. Boil water, bouillon, and margarine.
• Add seasoned bread and stir until moist.

HOMEMADE GIBLET STUFFING FOR TURKEY OR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Separate the neck from the rest of the giblets. Put remaining giblets into a covered container and put in the fridge for now.
• Put the neck ONLY from the giblets into a full pan of salted boiling water. Bring to a boil agian, cover, turn down to a simmer cook for 1 1/2 hours until the meat is fall off the bone tender, making sure to keep check on the water level throughout.
• Add the remaining giblets to the neck in the water and cook for a further 1/2 hour.
• Drain giblets; reserving liquid.
• Chop up the giblets into small pieces.
• Cover tightly and set aside (if using immediately) or refrigerate until ready to use in the recipe (can be done the day before).
• While the giblets are cooking the rest of instructions follow:.
• Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
• Slice the bread into 1/2 inch cubes.
• Place the cubed bread onto a ungreased dry cookie sheet and toss with the dried herbs and spices.
• Bake seasoned bread cubes in the oven turning frequently (approximately every 5 minutes) until golden brown and crisp, about 20 minutes or so depending on how moist your bread cubes are.
• While the bread cubes are in the oven, saute the celery, onion and garlic in the butter until tender.
• Remove bread cubes from oven, leave to cool until crisp.
• Mix he celery, onion, garlic mixture into the cooled dried bread cubes. Mixing thoroughly.
• Add chopped giblets to the mix.
• Add the beaten eggs to the mixture, again mixing thoroughly.
• Mix reserved liquid from the giblets and combine with chicken broth to make 1 cup.
• Carefully add the chicken broth to your desired consistency. (Remember, if you are stuffing the bird it will take on more moisture so be careful how moist you want your stuffing at this stage).
• Stuff your bird, making sure not to pack it in to tightly and don't forget to pack a little in the neck cavity.
• Put the remainer of the stuffing into a generously buttered casserole dish and bake for 1/2 hour at 350°F (covered with foil for moist stuffing and uncovered if you want a crispy top).

HOMEMADE THREE MEAT STUFFING

Steps:

• To prepare the stuffing: Place the eggs in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring the water to a boil, cover, and turn off the heat. Let the eggs sit for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool completely before peeling and chopping.
• Melt 1/2 cup (1 stick) of the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the beef and pork; cook until the meat is starting to brown, about 15 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of the chopped onions and half of the chopped garlic, along with the steak sauce, vinegar, lemon zest, cumin, and oregano; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until the onions are completely tender and the meat is cooked through, 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and transfer the meat mixture to a large bowl to cool. The meat base can be made up to 1 day in advance. You may cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you're ready to make the rest of the stuffing.
• To the same large pot, melt the remaining 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter over medium heat. Stir in the remaining onions and garlic, along with the bell peppers, celery, and scallions. Add the tomato paste and cook until the vegetables have softened, about 15 minutes. Soak the bread in the milk for 3 minutes. Squeeze as much liquid from the bread as you can and then crumble it into the pot. Add the meat mixture back into the pot, along with the chopped eggs, sausage, raisins, parsley, and olives and mix to combine.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Transfer the stuffing to a buttered casserole dish and bake for 20 to 30 minutes until the top is nicely browned. Serve with roast turkey.

MY HOMEMADE FRESH HERB STUFFING..SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STYLE

Steps:

• Saute onions and celery in butter in a non-stick skillet until transparent.
• Remove from heat, and stir in fresh herbs, and seasonings.
• Place bread cubes in a large bowl. Add onion/herb mixture, add enough broth to moisten.
• Mix well, but gently, turn into a greased slow cooker.
• Cover, cook on high for 1 hour, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking for 3-4 hours.

HOMEMADE CROCK POT STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt butter.
• Add celery&onion, saute till tender.
• Stir in sugar through thyme.
• (This can be set aside till you need it-refrigerate if overnight) In a large bowl combine your 'prepared ahead' bread cubes and vegetable mixture.
• Pour in the chicken stock and toss lightly.
• Spoon into 3-5 quart crock pot.
• Cook on low 5-6 hours.
• If it looks a little dry and hour before serving add more chicken broth or drippings if you have them.
• Our family likes to add sliced hazelnuts and halved brazil nuts-stir them in (to taste) an hour before serving.