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The Best Southern Cornbread and Chicken Dressing

Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 3 hours
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 15

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large tray/skillet plain sweet cornbread 2 jiffy boxes works or you can make it from scratch
  • 1/4 loaf stale white bread
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 celery stalk The entire head, not just one stick
  • 3 medium yellow onions
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbs[ dried sage
  • 2 tsp poultry seasoning
  • 1 tsp ground red pepper
  • 1 roasted chicken I have been adding 2 to help bring more protein to the dish- so add what you like!
  • 6-7 cups low sodium chicken (or veggie) broth
  • 2 10 oz cans cream of chicken
  • 1 10 oz can cream of mushroom
  • 1 10 oz can of cream of celery
  • 10 eggs beaten
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions
 

  • Bake the cornbread until it is well done.
  • Crumble the cornbread and white bread into LARGE bowl.
  • Chop one full celery stalk, yellow onions, and dice garlic cloves.
  • In a pan, heat olive oil over medium heat and saute onions andcelery until soft. Add garlic and cook for two minutes.
  • Shred roasted chicken. (I find buying a rotisserie chicken from thestore is not only the easiest, but also the most flavorful.)
  • Add sauteed veggies to bowl with crumbled bread. Also, addpoultry seasoning, sage, ground red pepper, all cans of condensedsoups, and 6 cups of chicken broth.
  • Stir and continue to add any necessary broth, until the texturevery loose, like the texture of chilli? Sorry, that is all I can come upwith. If you watch the video, you can see the visual.
  • Taste and add any necessary salt and pepper.
  • Add 10 eggs, already beaten.
  • Add chicken. Stir until well incorporated.
  • Bake for 2 hours at 300°. Then, turn temperature up to 350°and top loosely with foil. Cook for another 30 minutes, or untilthe middle does not jiggle and is firm. Bigger dishes will takelonger, of course.
  • Let cool at least 20 minutes before digging in.

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