Thanksgiving and Christmas are incomplete without a flavorful, juicy, and crispy turkey. The tantalizing aroma of roasted turkey sizzling in the oven is enough to make anyone's mouth water. While a perfectly roasted turkey is the star of the show, a flavorful stuffing is what takes it to the next level. This article presents a remarkable collection of oyster stuffing recipes that will elevate your turkey game. From the classic oyster stuffing to unique variations with a blend of herbs, spices, and tantalizing ingredients, these recipes promise to create a stuffing that is moist, flavorful, and a perfect complement to your roasted turkey. Get ready to impress your family and friends with these delectable oyster stuffing recipes that will make your holiday feast truly unforgettable.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
OYSTER STUFFING
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 2h10m
Yield about 4 to 6 side dish serving
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Put the oysters in a strainer over a medium bowl to catch their liquor. Reserve 3/4 cup of the oyster liquor. In a large bowl, combine the crumbled cornbread and oysters.
- Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Add the bacon and cook for 1 minute. Drain and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Melt 1/2 cup of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the foaming subsides, add the bacon, shallot, celery, salt, and season with pepper, to taste. Cook, stirring, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add the parsley, thyme, reserved oyster liquor, and vermouth and bring to a boil. Transfer the shallot-herb mixture to the cornbread and oysters and stir to combine. Set aside for 10 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Transfer the cornbread mixture to a buttered 1-quart gratin dish, dot with the remaining butter, and bake until browned and crusty, about 1 hour.
- Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
- Butter a 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 2-inch loaf pan. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the egg and combine with the milk. Pour the milk mixture into the cornmeal mixture and mix lightly with a rubber spatula until a thick batter is formed. Stir in the melted butter until just incorporated.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool.
- Yield: 1 small loaf of cornbread
TURKEY BREAST WITH OYSTER STUFFING
Provided by Robert Irvine : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 3h
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large skillet, cook bacon over low heat until crisp. Remove bacon and set aside to drain. Add onion, celery, and sage to the bacon fat rendered in the skillet, and cook until onions are translucent and celery is soft, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add sage and broken-up bread to the skillet. Stir in parsley, butter, oysters, salt, and pepper. Lightly toss stuffing, but mix well, and let cool.
- Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F.
- Butterfly the turkey breast with smooth side down and stuff, folding edges over to hold stuffing. (You may want to secure with skewers or cotton kitchen twine.) Season turkey breast with salt and pepper and place into the oven to roast until it reaches an internal temperature of about 160 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- While turkey is in oven, place the turkey neck and giblets in a medium saucepan with 4 cups water and cook until you have about 1 cup of giblet stock. Reserve the neck and giblets, removing meat from neck when cool enough to handle and chopping giblets. When turkey is done, remove breast to a platter to let rest for 20 minutes before slicing. Skim most of the fat from the pan juices, reserving 1/3 cup of the fat. Add the wine to the remaining pan juices and cook over medium high heat until reduced by half. In a separate saucepan, heat reserved 1/3 cup of fat and whisk in flour over moderately low heat for a few minutes to make a roux. Add stock and wine reduction, continuing to cook until gravy simmers. Add reserved cooked and chopped giblets and neck meat. Slice turkey to reveal stuffed interior and arrange on plate. Serve with gravy.
MUSHROOM AND OYSTER STUFFING FOR TURKEY
This flavorful stuffing makes enough to stuff a ten pound turkey. From the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Provided by Molly53
Categories Savory
Time 15m
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Check oysters for any bits of shell.
- Combine all ingredients, including oyster liquor and mix lightly with a fork.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1785.6, Fat 47.3, SaturatedFat 12.1, Cholesterol 475.2, Sodium 7693.1, Carbohydrate 210, Fiber 12.2, Sugar 18.8, Protein 122.3
OYSTER STUFFING
Make and share this Oyster Stuffing recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Malarkey Test
Categories Winter
Time 25m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F and toast the bread until golden brown on the middle rack. turn into a large bowl.
- Meanwhile heat butter until melted and foam subsides. Add onions and celery and cook about 5 minutes until tender.
- Remove from heat and stir in the spices.
- Stir in the bread cubes, and drained oysters and toss well, until the stuffing is moist, but not packed together; stir in the stock and eggs. Put in bird while moist, remoisten and adjust spices as necessary. If cooked in a casserole dish at 350°F until heated through with a crust on the outsides, 25 to 40 minutes.
- Oyster juice may be used in place of some of the stock.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 278.9, Fat 9.4, SaturatedFat 4.5, Cholesterol 44.5, Sodium 674.3, Carbohydrate 37.1, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 4.9, Protein 11.1
OYSTER STUFFING FOR TURKEY
This dressing is a tradition with our family. Thanksgiving without oyster stuffing is not complete! There is just a hint of something extra, but the oyster taste is not overpowering, so even those who don't care for oysters like this stuffing. It's my "secret ingredient"!
Provided by Chris R.
Categories Poultry
Time 5h25m
Yield 12 cups
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In large frying pan, saute sausage meat, stirring to break up, until lightly brown.
- Lift out with slotted spoon into large bowl.
- In drippings (add a little butter, if there's not enough), saute celery and onion until tender-- 8 to 10 minutes.
- Add to sausage meat.
- Add next seven ingredients; mix well.
- Add broth and eggs.
- Mix.
- If the stuffing is not moist enough, add a little water, but be careful because you don't want it too wet.
- The turkey will add moisture during the cooking process.
- Use this recipe to stuff a 10- 12 lb turkey.
- Spoon dressing into turkey cavities, but do not pack.
OYSTER STUFFING
Oyster stuffing. This recipe makes enough stuffing to stuff a 10 to 12 pound turkey. Originally submitted to ThanksgivingRecipe.com.
Provided by Erika Michael
Categories Side Dish Stuffing and Dressing Recipes Oyster Stuffing and Dressing
Time 1h45m
Yield 14
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a skillet, saute the celery with the onions until the onions are translucent.
- In a large bowl combine the crumbled cornbread, cooked celery, cooked onions, giblets, oysters, parley, basil, salt, paprika, dried sage and nutmeg. Toss well.
- Beat the 2 eggs. Add the eggs and chicken stock to the stuffing mixture. Stuff stuffing in bird's cavity. Remove stuffing promptly once bird is cooked. You can also bake the stuffing separately from the bird in a large casserole dish. Bake it in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 108.5 calories, Carbohydrate 13.6 g, Cholesterol 53.6 mg, Fat 3.9 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 4.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 368.3 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
OYSTER STUFFING
My mother made this stuffing every Thanksgiving for my, father who loves it! And now I make it.-Amy Voights, Brodhead, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a small skillet, saute celery and onion in butter until tender; transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the parsley, poultry seasoning, sage and pepper. Add bread cubes. Combine the egg, broth and oysters; add to bread mixture, stirring gently to combine. , Transfer to a greased 1-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 160° and stuffing is lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 228 calories, Fat 15g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 106mg cholesterol, Sodium 495mg sodium, Carbohydrate 17g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
ROAST TURKEY WITH HERBED OYSTER STUFFING AND GIBLET GRAVY
Categories Herb turkey Roast Thanksgiving Stuffing/Dressing Bacon Oyster Sage Thyme Gourmet
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Make the stuffing:
- In 2 shallow baking pans or jelly-roll pans arrange the bread cubes in one layer, bake them in a preheated 325°F. oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until they are golden, and transfer them to a large bowl. In a large skillet cook the bacon over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is crisp, transfer it with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, and pour off all but about 1/4 cup of the fat. In the fat remaining in the skillet cook the garlic, the onion, and the celery with the thyme and the sage over moderately low heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened and transfer the mixture to the bowl. Add the parsley, the melted butter, the oysters, the bacon, and salt and pepper to taste, toss the stuffing well, and let if cool completely. The stuffing may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled. (To prevent bacterial growth do not stuff the turkey cavities in advance.)
- Rinse the turkey, pat it dry, and season it inside and out with salt and pepper. Pack the neck cavity loosely with some of the stuffing, fold the neck skin under the body, and fasten it with a skewer. Pack the body cavity loosely with some of the remaining stuffing and truss the turkey. Transfer the remaining stuffing to a buttered 3-quart baking dish and reserve it, covered and chilled.
- Spread the turkey with 1/2 stick of the butter and roast it on a rack in a roasting pan in a preheated 425°F. oven for 30 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 325°F., baste the turkey with the pan juices, and drape it with a piece of cheesecloth, soaked in the remaining 1 stick butter, melted and cooled. Roast the turkey, basting it every 20 minutes, for 2 1/2 to 3 hours more, or until a meat thermometer inserted in the fleshy part of a thigh registers 180°F. and the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a skewer. During the last 1 1/2 hours of roasting, drizzle the reserved stuffing with the stock, bake it, covered, in the 325°F. oven for 1 hour, and bake it, uncovered, for 30 minutes more. Discard the cheesecloth and string from the turkey, transfer the turkey to a heated platter, reserving the juices in the roasting pan, keep it warm, covered loosely with foil.
- Make the gravy:
- Skim all of the fat from the roasting pan juices, reserving 1/3 cup of the fat, and add the wine to the pan. Deglaze the pan over moderately high heat, scraping up the brown bits, and boil the mixture until it is reduced by half. In a saucepan combine the reserved fat and the flour and cook the roux over moderately low heat, whisking, for 3 minutes. Add the stock and the wine mixture in a stream, whisking, and simmer the gravy, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add the reserved cooked giblets and neck meat, chopped, and salt and pepper to taste, simmer the gravy for 2 minutes, and transfer it to a heated sauceboat.
- Garnish the turkey with the parsley and thyme sprigs and serve it with the gravy and the stuffing.
HERBED OYSTER STUFFING
This classic stuffing doesn't taste fishy at all - the chopped oysters simply lend some depth and moisture. Active time: 1 hr Start to finish: 2 hr
Categories Herb Shellfish Side Bake Thanksgiving Stuffing/Dressing Bacon Oyster Fall Gourmet Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings or about 10 cups
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Spread bread cubes in 2 shallow baking pans and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until golden, 25 to 30 minutes total. Cool bread in pans on racks, then transfer to a large bowl.
- Meanwhile, cook bacon in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain, reserving fat in skillet.
- If bacon renders less than 1/4 cup fat, add enough oil to skillet to total 1/4 cup fat. Cook onions, celery, thyme, sage, garlic, salt, and pepper in fat in skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to bowl with bread cubes, then stir in bacon, parsley, butter, and oysters. Drizzle with stock, then season with salt and pepper and toss well.
- Transfer stuffing to a buttered 3- to 3 1/2-quart shallow baking dish. Bake, covered, in middle of oven 30 minutes, then uncover and bake until browned, about 30 minutes more.
Tips:
- Fresher Is Better: Always opt for fresh oysters over canned ones for the best flavor and texture.
- Proper Shucking: Ensure safe and efficient shucking by wearing protective gloves and using a sturdy oyster knife.
- Reserve the Oyster Liquor: Save the oyster liquor that comes out during shucking; it adds a briny depth to the stuffing.
- Sautéed Vegetables: Enhance the stuffing's flavors by sautéing celery, onions, and garlic before adding them to the mixture.
- Breadcrumbs: Use a combination of fresh and dry breadcrumbs for a perfect balance of texture and moisture.
- Seasoning: Don't be shy with the seasonings! A blend of herbs, spices, salt, and pepper brings out the best in the stuffing.
- Mixing Technique: Gently combine all ingredients to maintain a light and fluffy texture; avoid over-mixing.
- Stuffing the Turkey: Stuff the turkey loosely to allow for expansion during cooking and ensure even distribution of the stuffing.
- Roasting the Turkey: Roast the turkey according to the recommended time and temperature for your specific bird size.
- Resting the Turkey: After roasting, let the turkey rest for at least 15 minutes before carving to allow the juices to redistribute.
Conclusion:
Oyster stuffing is an indulgent and flavorful side dish that elevates any Thanksgiving or special occasion meal. By following these tips and using high-quality ingredients, you can create a truly exceptional stuffing that will delight your taste buds and impress your guests. So, gather your ingredients, grab your apron, and embark on a culinary journey that celebrates the bounty of the sea and the heartiness of the harvest!
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