Mom’s Homemade Stove Top Stuffing

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My mom makes the BEST Homemade Stove Top Stuffing. The end. Period. She has, over the years developed a completely from-scratch version of homemade stove top stuffing to make it 100% actually homemade.

It’s even better than the packaged stuff, mainly because now we also cook deconstructed turkey on top of it in my new Deconstructed Turkey, Stuffing & Vegetables in ONE Roaster recipe. If you haven’t read that post – GO NOW. That recipe will change the way you cook your holiday turkey forever! I mean it!

Why is this Stove Top Stuffing So Good?

I’m going to admit it and tell you guys that the stuffing (dressing to my American friends) is my favorite part of any holiday dinner. Forget the turkey, give me all of the carbs. And then smother those carbs in turkey gravy. Now while this is an incredible good stuffing on its own, when you make it baked underneath a turkey it is something that I have been craving since I made that deconstructed turkey.

The drippings soak into the stuffing and make it honestly the best I have ever eaten. I can’t wait to make this homemade stove top stuffing again for Christmas and do it exactly the way I did before.

How to Make Stove Top Stuffing Better than the Boxed Stuff

Believe it or not, it’s easier than it sounds. Just follow these instructions and you’ll be having your whole family drool over how amazing your stuffing is.

Ingredients

• 10-11 cups of cubed white bread dried out in the oven completely
• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 1 cup finely diced white onion
• 1 cup finely diced carrot
• 1 cup finely diced celery
• 1 cup finely diced mushroom
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 1/2 tbsp poultry seasoning
• 1 1/2 cups strong chicken broth

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a large skillet. Add the onion, carrots, celery and mushrooms. Sautee until soft.
2. Add in the garlic and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
3. Sprinkle in the seasoning and mix throughout. Pour in the chicken broth and stir until combined.
4. Add in the bread cubes and toss with a wooden spoon etc. to coat the cubes as much as you can with the mixture, trying not to squish the cubes.
5. Place a lid on top and let sit for 10 minutes.
6. Remove and serve.

Tips and Tricks

• When baked under a turkey, the drippings soak into the stuffing making this absolutely mind blowingly good.
• It’s important that you finely chop the vegetables to get the right balance of crunch in the stuffing. Too large of chunks and it doesn’t taste the same.
• When using chicken broth, use the good stuff. Don’t go with the basic cubes you can buy in the box, get the best broth you can find, it makes a difference.

Recipe Video

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Banana Gingerbread Loaf

Salted Caramel Gingerbread in a Mug

So, who else is in for a triple batch of homemade stove top stuffing?

Love you more than turkey dinner,

Karlynn

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Mom's Homemade Stove Top Stuffing

How to make Stove Top Stuffing at home and no box is involved! This is ten times better than the boxed stuffing!

4.91 from 10 votes

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Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Total Time

40 minutes

Course

Side Dish

Cuisine

American

Servings

6

Calories

368

Author

Karlynn Johnston

Ingredients

• 10-11 cups of cubed white bread dried out in the oven completely
• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 1 cup finely diced white onion
• 1 cup finely diced carrot
• 1 cup finely diced celery
• 1 cup finely diced mushroom
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 1/2 tbsp poultry seasoning
• 1 1/2 cups strong chicken broth

Instructions

1. Melt the butter in a large skillet. Add the onion, carrots, celery and mushrooms. Sautee until soft. Add in the garlic and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
2. Sprinkle in the seasoning and mix throughout. Pour in the chicken broth and stir until combined.
3. Add in the bread cubes and toss with a wooden spoon etc. to coat the cubes as much as you can with the mixture, trying not to squish the cubes.
4. Place a lid on top and let sit for 10 minutes.
5. Remove and serve.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

For stuffing that you use under the turkey, double this recipe using a large stock pot and use 1/2 cup less chicken broth per batch as the drippings will help add moisture during the chicken process.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 368kcal, Carbohydrates: 43g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 40mg, Sodium: 748mg, Potassium: 342mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 4140IU, Vitamin C: 8.6mg, Calcium: 236mg, Iron: 3.4mg

All calories and info are based on a third party calculator and are only an estimate. Actual nutritional info will vary with brands used, your measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

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