Best Joanies Sausage Bread Stuffing Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED BREAD STUFFING WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º. Spread bread cubes on two large baking sheets and toast for 30 minutes, stirring and rotating pans, until lightly browned and crisp. Transfer to very large bowl when done.
• Meanwhile, in large skillet, melt 1 stick of butter. Pour half the melted butter in a bowl and reserve for later, to brush the top of the stuffing. To the pan with remaining melted butter, add celery, carrots and onion, a sprinkle of salt, and cook and stir over medium-high heat until softened and starting to brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer vegetables to bowl. Add sausage to skillet in chunks, and cook, breaking it up with wooden spoon, until cooked through and lightly browned, about 6 minutes.
• Return vegetable mixture to the skillet and add the sage and thyme, a little salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute. Add 1 cup of stock, cook and stir up any browned bits, until stock is reduced and cooked down by half, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer sausage mixture to bowl with the toasted bread cubes. Add remaining 2 to 2½ cups of stock and toss well until bread cubes are evenly moistened. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Spread stuffing into large, buttered baking dish (about 3½ quart size) and brush with the reserved melted butter.
• Bake in center of oven until heated through and nicely browned, about 1 hour, rotating casserole halfway through. Let stuffing rest 10 minutes before serving.

BEST SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet; cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown, about 10 minutes. Remove sausage from the skillet and let drain on paper towels. Combine melted margarine with the sausage drippings until there is 1 cup of drippings and margarine combined.
• Cook and stir onion and celery in the margarine-dripping mixture in the same skillet over medium heat until onion is tender but not browned, about 10 minutes . Stir in about 1/3 of the bread cubes. Pour onion mixture into a large bowl and stir in remaining bread cubes, sausage, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Watch your hands, it's hot. Mix well. This stuffing is ready for baking.

CLASSIC SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚. Butter a 3-quart baking dish. Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large wide pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up the meat, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the onions, celery, sage and thyme and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat.
• Whisk the eggs and parsley in a large bowl. Add the bread cubes and sausage-broth mixture and toss until evenly combined. Transfer to the prepared baking dish, dot with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and cover with foil.
• Bake the stuffing until hot, about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.

CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD STUFFING WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 3-quart baking dish.
• Arrange the bread cubes on a rimmed baking pan in a single layer. Bake until light golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up any clumps, until brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer the sausage to the bowl with the bread using a slotted spoon. Reduce the heat to medium, add the remaining 3 tablespoons butter with the celery, fennel, onion, 3/4 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 2 more minutes. Transfer to the bowl.
• Add the broth, sage and thyme to the bowl and toss to coat thoroughly. If the mixture is very hot, cool until it is just warm, then add the eggs and toss to coat.
• Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Transfer the stuffing to the prepared baking dish and bake, uncovered, until hot throughout and lightly browned on top, about 35 minutes.

SUPER MOIST SAUSAGE AND BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Brown sausage in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, 5 minutes. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until tender. Remove sausage and onion; set aside.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except bread into same skillet; stir in bread.
• Evenly spread bread mixture in 13 x 9-inch baking dish, then lightly press. Bake 30 minutes or until golden and heated through.

JOHNSONVILLE TRADITIONAL ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook and crumble sausage in 1 tbsp. olive oil until no longer pink (160 degrees F); set aside. In a large bowl, combine bread cubes and the remaining oil. Sprinkle with pepper; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until crisp and a lightly browned, stirring once. Remove pan to a wire rack to cool slightly. In a very large bowl, combine the bread cubes, reserved sausage, Parmesan cheese, green pepper, sun-dried tomatoes, basil and garlic. Combine eggs and water; pour over bread mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to a buttered 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Dot with butter. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until hot.
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JOANIE'S SAUSAGE BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter.
• Add the sausage, onion, celery, garlic, sage, thyme, celery seeds, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
• Saute, until the sausage is no longer pink and onion is soft, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Do not drain.
• Remove from the heat.
• In a large bowl, toss the sauteed vegetables with the bread cubes and cranberries/cherries.
• Season with pepper.
• Pour it over the stuffing, along with the broth, and toss to coat.
• The stuffing should just barely hold together when mounded on a spoon.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Stuff the bird, or, if baking some or all of the stuffing in a casserole.
• Bake it covered until heated through, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• For a crunchy top, uncover it for the last 15 minutes of baking.
• Makes 14 cups.
• Serving size= 1 cup.