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honey cornbread dressing

Southern Cornbread Dressing

Made with sweet honey cornbread, savory sage sausage, and fresh herbs & vegetables resulting is a moist & buttery dish with a crispy golden crust.
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Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Side Dish
Servings 8
Calories 468 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box honey cornbread mix prepared
  • 4 slices day old bread
  • ½ lb sage pork sausage
  • 6-8 oz baby bella mushrooms roughly chopped
  • 2 cups yellow onion diced
  • ½ cup flat-leaf parsley chopped
  • 1 ½ tablespoon fresh sage leaves chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves removed from stem
  • 5-6 large cloves garlic minced
  • 2 hard boiled eggs chopped
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 8 tablespoon butter melted + 1 tablespoon for cooking
  • 1 large egg whisked
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Pinch ground nutmeg

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Crumble prepared cornbread into a large bowl. Tear day-old bread into chunks and add; set aside.
  • Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a pan over medium heat. Add sausage, cook until browned, then transfer to paper towel-lined plate.
  • In the same pan, cook mushrooms and onions 6–8 min until soft. Add parsley, sage, thyme, and garlic; cook 1–2 min. Remove from heat.
  • Add sausage, vegetable mixture, and chopped eggs to cornbread; mix.
  • Whisk melted butter, chicken stock, egg, salt, and nutmeg. Pour over cornbread mixture and mix gently.
  • Transfer to buttered 9x13 pan. Cover with foil; bake 20–25 min. Remove foil and bake 10–15 min until top is golden.
  • Let cool 1–2 min, slice, and serve.

Notes

  • No day old bread? Use this low heat quick dry method: spread bread slices on to a baking sheet and bake at 225°F for 30-45 minutes until dry.
  • I recommend using fresh herbs to give the most flavor in this recipe, but if you need to use dried, cut the amount by ½.
  • To make-ahead, mix cornbread dressing ingredients up to a day in advance. Pour mix into a baking dish, cover tightly with foil, and refrigerate until the day of use. Take out of the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before baking.
  • Nutrition values are an estimate only. 

Nutrition

Calories: 468kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 12.3gFat: 35.1gSaturated Fat: 11.4gSugar: 13.5g
Keyword cornbread dressing, cornbread sausage stuffing
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