What goes in your turkey stuffing??? Stuffing cubes, chopped onions and celery, and bullion, What's in your stuffing?

[debm55]

[SheltieLover]

1. Dried Ital bread, onions, celery, spices, & veg broth

Great for veg heads.

[debm55]

2. Thank you very much, SheltieLover. That is a great idea. I think I will make some with the veggie broth.

[SheltieLover]

7. If you cook stuffing in separate pan, veg heads will love you!

[Nittersing]

8. If you cook stuffing in a separate pan, stuffing lovers will love you!!

Stuffing in the bird is often a soggy, mushy mess.

[Freddie]

11. Food safety

Far safer to cook it separately

[Nittersing]

14. That too!!! nt

[SheltieLover]

57. And the turkey cooks much more quickly!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

56. Aw... some vegan love!

I like Better Than Bouillon veg in my stuffing *and* my gravy. Dark and toasty, and it saves me having to roast, simmer, and strain my veg trimmings in the freezer on top of everything else.

I also do a vegan turkey, and it’s awkward trying to roll the stuffing inside it (not like it all fits—if you’ve ever had a Tofurky dinner, you know how little stuffing there is), so I just do it separate—which gives you a lot more toasty, crispy edges, which I think are the best part. I also like to use homemade WW bread or cornbread.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

[debm55]

32. HAHAHAHAHA, Thank you C_U_L8R

[Dorothy V]

4. I make dressing, not stuffing ...

Cornbread*, cubed white toast or storebought bread crumbs (especially if I'm feeling lazy), onions, celery, chicken broth, salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning. I never put it in a bird, but bake it in a pan.
I can serve it with ham as well as poultry.

* No sugar in the cornbread. If I put sugar in it, Mom and every other female ancestor I have would come up out of their graves and get me!

[Lars39]

16. My older family females would use homemade biscuits, too.

[Dorothy V]

20. I've done that from time to time, but as I said, I'm lazy! I do put a plate of catshead biscuits on the table. Gotta

have something to help keep the gravy off the plates.

[Lars39]

22. lol, sounds like a great spread!

[Solly Mack]

24. Yep. Dressing here, too.

[debm55]

34. Thank you very much , Dorothy V for that wonderful dressing recipe. Enjoy.

[lapucelle]

5. I won't give the whole recipe, but here's the secret ingredient...

... caraway seeds.



So happy to see you back!

[debm55]

35. Thank you very much, lapucelle. I will remember the secret Ingredient. --caraway seeds

[Srkdqltr]

6. Yes chicken broth. In the bird is best. No bird this year I'll miss the stuffing.

[1WorldHope]

9. Sliced almonds and chopped up giblets.

[lucca18]

10. I put a lot in my stuffing:

. Cubed and toasted sourdough French bread.
.Sautéd red onions, leeks, green onions, garlic and diced celery in butter and olive oil.
.Sautéed diced Italian sausage.
.Grated Parmesan cheese.
. One apple cut up and small amounts of chopped apricots, almonds, and sundried tomatoes.
.Mix together with melted butter, chicken broth, sage, fresh parsley, dill and eggs.

Happy Thanksgiving!
❤️🍷
.
.
.
.

.

[lark]

29. Soounds delicious!

Yummm!

[debm55]

36. oh my mouth is watering. I love your recipe for stuffing. Thank you very much.lucca18 Enjoy.

[rsdsharp]

12. Croutons, sauted onions and celery, thyme, sage, salt, pepper, chicken stock and butter.

Sometimes I’ll add apples and raisins, sometimes I’ll do cornbread and sausage.

[debm55]

37. Thank you , rsdsharp. I have never done apples and raisins with turkey. I have done with pork. I think it would give it

a tanging kick. I am going to add some to my turkey dressing.

[Freddie]

13. Here in Pennsylvania Dutch country it's called "filling"

Same stuff. Sauté chopped onions, celery and diced potatoes in lots of butter. When veggies are soft, toss with unseasoned soft bread cubes. Moisten with a milk and egg mixture, form into balls and bake alongside turkey til browned. You can add poultry seasoning or sage if you like but I hate sage and just stick with a little salt and dried parsley.

[debm55]

38. Thank you Freddie. The potatoes sound unique.and the fact that they are rolled in balls, thank you for the delightful

recipe you shared with us.

[EYESORE 9001]

15. In my dreams, there are oysters

Alas, nobody else likes them in their stuffing

[2naSalit]

18. Yup...

Last edited Sun Nov 16, 2025, 01:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Never liked them in stuffing. I won't eat dressing with giblets in it either.

[debm55]

40. Thank you , 2naSalit. No way here with the giblets.

[chowder66]

28. It's the only dressing I like.

Umami!!

[debm55]

39. Thank you very much, EYESORE 9001, I love oysters. But I am the only one in the house that does. We should get together

and make a stuffing with oysters in it.

[2naSalit]

17. I have two recipes that I use...

One is more traditional and the other is something my sister showed me some forty years ago that is much different.

The first has sage, rosemary, basil and pepper. The usual ingredients, some kind of bread, celery, onion... but then... morel mushrooms. I keep a stash of them in dehydrated form. Then I use some kind of cream and egg binder whether I put it in the bird or not.

The next one definitely goes in the bird because it seasons the bird as it bakes.

This is a smoked bacon themed deal with sauteed onions and green bell peppers with I think celery and walnuts and some bread. The gravy was the first time I made a non-white sauce type gravy in my life and it blew me away. It's the drippings sans most of the grease and a jar of currant jelly... it's awesome. The basting is white wine, butter and garlic. It's a nice non holiday sort of recipe too.

[debm55]

41. I love stuffing/dressing in all forms( except the giblits being added) I love your recipes. Thank you for sharing,-

2naSalit.

[Ninga]

19. I add browned sage pork sausage, hot pork sausage

along with homemade turkey stock and thyme, sage, butter braised onions, celery, diced Granny Smith apples, lots of cubed dried bread.
Roasted in a pan and basted occasionally with the roasting turkey drippings
Super yum!

[debm55]

43. Wow, I really like the idea of adding sage pork and hot pork sausage to the dish. Thank you Ninga for sharing with us.

[electric_blue68]

21. Never cooked a turkey, or made stuffing - but I like sage in what I get from others.

[debm55]

44. You got to try it, electric_blue68. My husband makes it with the stuffing on Thanksgiving.as it too heavy for me to put

in the oven. But an unstuffed turkey is easy, I have done it many times. And you can too. The best part to me is the leftovers--sammies, soup, etc, Try a small turkey. I know you can do it.

[electric_blue68]

60. I'm in assisted living, and though we have a kitchen, people can book time in it, but....

1) turkey might take too long
2) I'm not a super fan of turkey so I wouldn't go through the effort.

But thanks for the encouragement!

[debm55]

61. Is your assisted living going to have a Thanksgiving meal for you?

[electric_blue68]

62. We will have a special Thanksgiving lunch the Fri before.

👍
We always have some special lunch or dinner for various holidays.

Then if it's not too hot we have a barbecue once a month in the wonderful 🥰 backyard - June, July, Aug, Sept. If it's too hot then they order a special meal from a restaurant. Usually 2 choices for appetizers, and main dish.

[debm55]

63. Thank sounds great. I will be thinking of you this Friday.

[electric_blue68]

64. 🙂

Bern fun reading everyone's items

[yellowdogintexas]

23. It's not stuffing, it's dressing

crumbled up cornbread and biscuits (preferably stale)
celery
onion
egg
bits of chicken
chicken broth and some of the pan drippings

mix it all up; it will have the consistency of good bread dough
some folks put it in a baking dish; my mom scooped mounds of it into a baking dish. They were lovely and crispy.

I have eaten dressing with chopped hard boiled egg in it.

[debm55]

45. Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. Your dressing sounds terrific. Thank you for sharing.

[GoodRaisin]

25. I have to make my own stock because

I can’t digest anything with onion or onion powder. Can’t use bullion cubes or mixes. So I make the stock mix with paprika, pepper, cayenne pepper, yeast, salt, garlic powder, tumeric, parsley leaves, sage, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf. I grind all that up to powder in a grinder.

Heat up that broth mix with water, butter and salt, add chopped celery and finally mix toasted bread crumbs into it, and it comes out dressing.

[debm55]

46. GoodRaisin. Your version sounds wonderful. Thank you very much for sharing with us.

[Onthefly]

26. Being in Maryland, add oysters.

But non-Marylanders don’t like the oysters so I make a separate pan without them.

[debm55]

47. Thank you Onthefly. I love oysters. Husband doesn't. I am going to try your suggestion. One stuffing for him and son and

one as a dressing in mine. Thank you for the suggestion.

[mucifer]

27. My sister in law makes it every year. She is awesome. She sets aside a portion that

has no broth so I can have vegan stuffing.

[debm55]

48. Enjoy your portion. mucifer and have a great Thanksgiving.

[MadLinguist]

30. Oysters of course, crumbled cornbread and the holy trinity

which is onions, peppers and celery. It's not dressing unless it has oysters is how Louisianans see it.

[debm55]

31. OH, that sounds great. Thank you, MadLinguist. I love oysters. Especially on the half shell. I have never tried in

stuffing/dressing. Thank you very much for your suggestion.

[flying_wahini]

33. My secret ingredient is decades old but makes the BEST dressing.

Instead of stale cornbread I crush and mix in FRITOS. The salty corn taste also makes a great topping.
Yes, it’s a bit salty so taste as you go. It always gets rave reviews.

[debm55]

49. Thank you , flying_wahini. I never heard of that. It sounds great. Thank you for sharing with us.

[justaprogressive]

42. Part 2

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1157155904

[debm55]

50. OH wow. I like that Italian stuffing. GOT to try. Thank you so much for sharing with us, justaprogressive. Love deb

[Turbineguy]

51. Stuffing......

Stuffing cubes, onion, egg, herbs de provence, mushrooms, sherry.

[debm55]

54. Thank you very much, Turbineguy. I love the kick of the sherry added to it. Wonderful. TY for sharing.

[DelMar dem]

52. Chestnuts

Added to a basic stuffing/dressing mixture along with mushrooms sauteed in butter and finished with sherry.

[debm55]

66. Wow , DelMar dem. That sounds terrific.

[relayerbob]

53. Cornbread..

Celery, onions, cranberries, apple, sautéed in olive oil, turkey broth, litehouse poultry seasoning, usually chopped pecans, eggs

[debm55]

67. Wonderful, simply wonderful . Thank you for sharing this delightful dish with us, relayerbob.

[Dear_Prudence]

55. Chopped pecans!

I had read about chestnut dressing, but it sounded too complex. But when we lived back in Oklahoma, our house had 7 pecan trees in the yard. So I one year I added chopped pecans into the stuffing. It gave it a nice texture and it tasted really good. Now I am in Ohio with no free pecans, but I still add some in. (We had a cat back then, Fluffy. He hunted squirrels. I think the pecan-eating squirrels he caught were probably delicious!)

[debm55]

68. That is different-the chopped pecans. It seems like it would give the dressing a unique taste. Thank you, Dear_Prudence,

Poor little squirrels .

[KitFox]

58. My favorite side! Cornbread, celery (including celery leaves), onion, scallions, butter, toasted sesame seeds, crumbled

cooked bacon, chicken stock, sage, thyme, marjoram, parsley, salt, and pepper. Bake 30 minutes covered and up to 30 minutes uncovered to be sure it crisps up on top and edges. This is how my mom made it and how I make it every year. Make the cornbread a day or two ahead so it has time to dry out. Happy almost Thanksgiving!😊

[debm55]

59. YUMMY. Thank you very much for sharing your dressing recipe with us, KitFox. I like how you said to let the cornbread

dry out.

[Morbius]

65. I start by cutting up bread.

If some sourdough is available I'll use that, but mostly white bread. Minced onions and celery, sage & marjoram and salt & pepper, melted butter, eggs & milk and some chicken broth as well. Then I bake it in muffin pans; this ensures portion control, quick baking, and every serving has the crispy outside and the fluffy insides.

I strongly recommend the muffin pans.

[debm55]

69. Terrific. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Morbius. I will remember that about the muffin pans. Will do.