Half and Half Dressing/Stuffing

Name: How to cook Half and Half Dressing/Stuffing - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

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StephieCanCook

Half and Half Dressing/Stuffing

Dressing/stuffing is essentially a savory bread pudding, and there's about a million different ways to make it. I call this half and half dressing because it's half "traditional", half cornbread. It's the way we came to a dressing compromise in our house. Lol. One thing is for sure though, we like ours moist in the center and crisp around the edges. This is what you should be able to achieve with this recipe.

Ingredient

large loaf Italian bread - cut to 1" cubes and dried in oven

1/2

a 9x13"pan of cornbread - cut to 1" cubes, toasted in oven

1 stick

unsalted butter

large ribs celery - chopped to just over 1/4" pieces

medium onions - chopped to just over 1/4" pieces

6 cups

low sodium chicken broth

whole eggs

1 tbs

dried parsley

2 tsp

poultry seasoning - divided

1/2 tsp

salt

1/2 tsp

black pepper

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray a 9x13" baking dish with nonstick spray. Set aside. Your breads should be prepared ahead of time (see notes at end for helpful tips).

* Step 2

Place bread and cornbread in a very large bowl. Toss to combine. In a separate, small bowl beat eggs together with 1 tsp poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Set both bowls aside.

* Step 3

Melt butter in a large sautée pan over medium heat. Add celery and onion. Sweat veggies until crisp-tender, stirring often. About 10 minutes. Stir in 1 tsp poultry seasoning and dried parsley. Cook 1 minute more.

* Step 4

When veggies are done add to bread in bowl. Add half of chicken broth and stir to combine until breads begin to moisten slightly.

* Step 5

Add egg mixture and remaining chicken broth to bowl. Stir to thoroughly combine. The bread should be getting very mushy and breaking down. This is good, but do not over stir to a paste consistency.

* Step 6

Let sit at room temp 10 minutes for excess broth to absorb into bread as much as possible. Stir once more to ensure all bread is moistened evenly. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and spread out evenly. Cover with aluminum foil, sealing edges tightly.

* Step 7

Place in oven. Bake 90 minutes. Remove foil. Bake an additional 20 minutes to crisp up the top. Let rest 15 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

* Step 8

See notes below ⤵

* Step 9

To dry/toast bread in the oven. Preheat oven to 200°F. Spread bread out in an even layer on a foil lined baking sheet. To simply dry place in oven until bread is hard and crumbly, about 30-45 minutes. To toast leave in until golden brown.

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