Turkey Stuffing Recipe

Wild Rice Turkey Stuffing Recipe With Hazelnuts and Dried Cranberries

2006-11-22T02:09:00.000-08:00

Mary Risley, the director of Tante Marie's Cooking School, says, "I come from a family of Connecticut Yankees, and when I was growing up, I spent every Thanksgiving at my grandparents' eighteenth-century home, which was right across from a turkey farm. I’m not quite sure how, but something in that experience inspired this recipe. (Maybe the ingredients reflect what a turkey would like to eat, if asked.)"

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
2 large onions, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
6 3/4 cups canned low-salt chicken broth
2 cups wild rice (about 13 ounces)
2 cups long-grain brown rice
2 cups dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
1 1/2 cups hazelnuts, toasted, husked, coarsely chopped
1 cup chopped green onions

For this turkey stuffing recipe you should melt 1/2 cup butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic and sauté until tender, about 4 minutes. Add chicken broth. Bring to boil. Add wild rice. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Mix in brown rice; cover and simmer until rice is just tender and most liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes longer.
Stir cranberries, parsley and thyme into rice. Cover and cook until liquid is absorbed, about 5 minutes longer. Mix in hazelnuts and green onions. Season generously with salt and pepper.
Turkey Stuffing Recipe - To bake stuffing in turkey: Loosely fill main cavity with stuffing. Butter ceramic baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30 minutes.
Turkey Stuffing Recipe - To bake all of stuffing in baking dish: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 15x10x2-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover dish with buttered foil, buttered side down; bake stuffing until heated through, about 40 minutes.

This turkey stuffing recipe makes 12 to 16 servings.

Country-Bread Turkey Stuffing Recipe With Parmesan, Raisins, and Pine

2006-11-20T01:04:00.000-08:00

Nonstick vegetable oil spray
2 14.5-ounce loaves country-style white sourdough bread, crusts trimmed, bread cut into 3/4-inch pieces (about 16 cups)
8 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 4 1/2 ounces)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
2 very large red onions, coarsely chopped (about 1 1/2 pounds)
3 1/2 cups coarsely chopped celery
2 large red bell peppers, coarsely chopped
8 garlic cloves, chopped
4 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
4 teaspoons dried oregano
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
1/2 to 3/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
4 large eggs, beaten to blend
Canned low-salt chicken broth
For this turkey stuffing recipe you should preheat oven to 400°F. Spray 2 large rimmed baking sheets with nonstick spray. Place half of bread pieces in large bowl. Add 3 tablespoons oil and toss to coat, then add 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, and toss. Spread bread in single layer on 1 prepared sheet. Repeat with remaining bread, 3 tablespoons oil, and 1/2 cup cheese; spread on second sheet. Bake bread until golden, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Cool on sheets. Transfer to very large bowl.
Melt 1/4 cup butter with remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, and bell peppers; sauté until vegetables begin to brown and are almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, rosemary, and oregano; stir 1 minute. Add raisins and pine nuts; stir 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl with bread. Stir 1/2 cup basil and remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan into stuffing. Season generously with salt and pepper. Mix eggs into stuffing.
Turkey Stuffing Recipe - To bake stuffing in turkey:
Loosely fill neck and main cavities of turkey with stuffing. Add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten slightly (1/4 to 3/4 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Generously butter baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish along side turkey until heated through, about 25 minutes. Uncover stuffing. Bake until top of stuffing is slightly crisp and golden, about 15 minutes longer.
Turkey Stuffing Recipe - To bake all of stuffing in baking dish:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish, depending on recipe. Add enough extra broth to stuffing to moisten (3/4 cup to 1 1/4 cups). Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake until heated through, about 40 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is slightly crisp and golden, about 20 minutes longer.
Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup basil over stuffing and serve.

This turkey stuffing recipe makes 10 to 12 servings.

Andouille Sausage And Corn Bread Turkey Stuffing Recipe

2006-11-20T01:02:00.001-08:00

Bruce Aidells, founder of Aidells Sausage Company, says, "Turkey Stuffing Recipe was the most important part of my family’s holiday menu. The turkey was always overcooked, but the turkey stuffing recipe gave us stuffing that was moist and delicious. We usually had two, sometimes three turkey stuffing recipe s, but I leaned toward the kind with sausage. It was meaty and spicy, just like this one."

2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
1 pound andouille sausages,* cut into 1/3-inch pieces
1 12-ounce package breakfast-style bulk sausage
3 cups chopped onions
2 cups chopped celery
2 cups chopped red bell peppers
1 cup chopped green onions
2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
12 ounces dry corn bread stuffing mix
1 1/2 cups (about) canned low-salt chicken broth

For this turkey stuffing recipe melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add all sausages and cook until brown and cooked through, breaking up bulk sausage with back of fork, about 5 minutes. Add onions, celery and red bell peppers. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Stir in green onions, thyme, hot pepper sauce and sage. Transfer sausage mixture to large bowl. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Stir stuffing mix into sausage mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
Turkey Stuffing Recipe - To bake stuffing in turkey: Loosely fill main turkey cavity with stuffing. Add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten lightly (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Generously butter glass or ceramic baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30 minutes. Uncover stuffing. Bake until top is just crisp and golden, about 15 minutes.
Turkey Stuffing Recipe - To bake all of stuffing in baking dish: Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 15x10x2-inch, 13x9x2-inch or 8-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish, using size called for in recipe. Add enough broth to stuffing to moisten (about 3/4 cup to 1 1/2 cups.) Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down; bake until heated through, about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is crisp and golden, about 20 minutes longer.
*Smoked pork-and-beef sausages that are sold at specialty foods stores. Smoked bratwurst, kielbasa or smoked Hungarian sausages can be substituted.

This turkey stuffing recipe makes 10 to 12 servings.

Corn Bread Turkey Stuffing Recipe

2006-11-19T01:02:00.000-08:00

For this turkey stuffing recipe you will need to bake the Buttermilk Corn Bread and allow it to cool before you begin preparing this turkey stuffing recipe.

Buttermilk Corn Bread
8 bacon slices
5 tablespoons butter
3 cups chopped onions
2 cups chopped celery
1 cup chopped shallots
4 teaspoons dried rubbed sage
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 1/2 cups pecans, toasted, coarsely chopped
2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth
3 large eggs, beaten to blend

For this turkey stuffing recipe you should preheat oven to 325°F. Cut corn bread into 3/4-inch cubes. Place corn bread cubes on baking sheet and toast until dry but not hard, about 15 minutes. Cool. Transfer to large bowl.
This turkey stuffing recipe also requires you to butter 8x8x2-inch baking dish. Cook bacon in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp, about 6 minutes. Using tongs, transfer bacon to paper towels; reserve 1/4 cup bacon drippings in skillet. Cool bacon and crumble.

Add butter to bacon drippings in skillet and melt over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery and shallots; sauté just until pale golden brown, about 10 minutes. Stir in sage and thyme. Add to corn bread cubes in bowl. Mix in pecans and crumbled bacon. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

Stir 1 1/2 cups chicken broth into stuffing. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix in eggs. Reserve 9 cups stuffing for turkey. Moisten remaining stuffing with remaining 1/2 cup chicken broth. Transfer to prepared dish. Bake stuffing in covered dish alongside turkey for 1 hour. Uncover stuffing and bake until top begins to crisp, about 5 minutes longer.

Quick and Easy Turkey Stuffing Recipe Tips

2006-11-19T00:57:00.000-08:00

Turkey Stuffing Recipe Tip #1) Should I stuff the turkey, or roast without the stuffing?

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends cooking the turkey stuffing outside of the turkey to make sure the bird gets cooked all the way through, however many consumers prefer the traditional method of stuffing the bird.
An un-stuffed bird requires less cooking time, leaving the breast meat more moist. You can still make the bird recipe flavorful by placing onions, apples and rosemary leaves in the cavity. The stuffing can be baked in a casserole dish in a 350º F. oven. The internal temperature of the stuffing must reach 165º F., which usually takes about 45 minutes. For any turkey stuffing recipe if you want a more moist and flavorful stuffing, moisten with some pan juices or chicken broth, and bake uncovered for an additional 20-30 minutes.

Turkey Stuffing Recipe Tip #2) How do I stuff a turkey, if I choose to cook the stuffing in this manner?

Prepare the turkey stuffing recipe as directed, cool to room temperature, and loosely stuff the turkey. The turkey stuffing in this turkey stuffing recipe will need space to expand, and tightly packed stuffing may cook unevenly. For any turkey stuffing recipe you should use about 3/4 cup of stuffing for each pound of turkey. Roast the turkey immediately after stuffing. You must ensure that the center of the stuffing reaches 165º F or else harmful bacteria may be found in the stuffing. For any turkey stuffing recipe a food thermometer is recommended to check the inside of the stuffing to ensure that the temperature does reach 165ºF., even if the pop up timer on the turkey indicates that it is cooked. You may choose to let the turkey stand for about 20 minutes to let the juices set. If so, remove all of the stuffing from the turkey immediately after the standing time.
Don't forget to promptly remove all stuffing from the turkey and either serve or refrigerate the stuffing in a separate container.

Turkey Stuffing Recipe Tip #3) Can I stuff the turkey the day before?
For any turkey stuffing recipe make sure to never stuff a turkey ahead of time, only stuff right before you are ready to roast it. Stuffing ahead may enable harmful bacteria to grow in the turkey and stuffing.

Turkey Stuffing Recipe Tip #4) Can I prepare the stuffing ahead of time, and then re-heat it?
For any turkey stuffing recipe you can prepare the stuffing the day before, and refrigerate the stuffing in a covered casserole dish or mixing bowl until you are ready to use it.

Turkey Stuffing Recipe Tip #5) Is the preparation the same whether I stuff the bird or bake in a casserole dish?
Yes, the preparation of this turkey stuffing recipe is the same for either bake method. Water and butter are heated to a boil and the dry stuffing added and lightly mixed until stuffing is moistened.

2006-11-19T00:55:00.000-08:00

Turkey may be the Thanksgiving centerpiece, but the truth is, it's the turkey stuffing recipe tips that keeps the cook's job interesting. And the possibilities — cornbread or country white, meatless or sausage-laced, Northeastern or Southwestern — are vast.

Below are Turkey Stuffing Recipe Tips and a few Actual Turkey Stuffing Recipes.