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Southern Cornbread Dressing
A traditional Southern Cornbread Dressing recipe made with homemade cornbread, sautéed vegetables, sage, and broth, baked until moist and flavorful.
Prep time
About 30 min
Cook time
20 min
Total time
About 50 min
Yield
8
Ingredients
9
Steps
10
Filed under: chicken, baking.
Source channel: Cooking At Pam's Place
Key ingredients
bread crumbs or pieces of bread, dried out, large onion, chopped, celery, chopped, green bell pepper, chopped, chicken broth.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs or pieces of bread, dried out
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 tbsp rubbed sage
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp butter, for greasing the dish
- Salt, to taste
Method
- Make cornbread in the baking dish you will use for the dressing.
- Cut up onion, celery, and green bell pepper; sauté in a skillet with chicken broth until tender.
- Crumb the cornbread into chunks or bread crumbs, and place in a buttered baking dish.
- Add the sautéed vegetables and broth to the crumbled cornbread.
- Lightly beat one egg and add to the mixture to help bind it.
- Add sage and additional chicken broth, mixing well and tasting to adjust seasoning.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish, ensuring it is moist but not soaked.
- Bake in a 350°F oven for about 20 minutes, or until the top is set and starting to brown.
- During baking, spoon chicken broth over the top to keep it moist.
- Remove from oven and serve when moist inside and golden on top.