Call for Stuffing Recipes

[neadods]

Having hosed Christmas dinner two years in a row (long story), Mother decided that we were doing chicken instead of turkey and I decided to spend the next 12 months practicing.

I've learned stock and broth making forwards and backwards (I've got quite the library of them now, waiting in the fridge and freezer for instant soup). I've roasted good chickens both upright and spatchcocked (which is, IMO, better and faster).

Now I need to start learning stuffing, aka dressing in certain parts of the States. It's not that I don't know how, it's that with Dad's heart issues, the family standby (which includes sausage) has been ruled out as having too much salt.

So hit me with your stuffing/dressing recipes! Bread-based, cornbread-based, rice or fruit based - hit me with 'em all.

Comments

[benbenberi.livejournal.com]

The stuffing my mom always made starts with a bag of Pepperidge Farm cornbread stuffing (I know, it's cheating, you can make your own & dry & cube it if you prefer), then adds:
- chopped onion, cooked till lightly golden
- chopped celery
- chopped apples (pref. peeled first)
- chopped chestnuts
- salt, pepper, sage (not too much)
- broth (pref. made with the turkey neck & giblets - chop & include the giblets if you want)
- optional: sliced or chopped waterchestnuts, chopped pecans/walnuts
- optional: sliced mushrooms OR raisins (never both in the same stuffing)
Bake in a buttered baking dish, covered till nearly done

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Water chestnuts! That'll add a nice crunch.