Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Mom's Thanksgiving Dressing

This dressing can be made in advance in easy stages. My Mom usually makes the egg bread the day before she needs it.


EGG BREAD: 

>Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 

*Grease a 10in cast iron skillet or a 9in cake pan. [do not preheat pan in oven]


Mix the following ingredients together in a bowl. If it seems a little too thick, add more milk.


3/4 Cup self-rising corn meal

1/4 Cup self rising flour

5 Eggs

1 Tablespoon oil

1/4 Cup buttermilk

1/4 Cup whole milk


Mix til well blended. Pour in prepared pan and bake at 425 for 15-20 min. Set aside to cool. 

*This can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days or frozen and thawed out the day before it is needed. .


BROTH FOR DRESSING:

*large pot of boiling water

Chicken bouillon [to your taste]

2 Chicken back or necks

3 Hard boiled eggs-chopped

2 Stalks of celery-chopped

1 Large onion-chopped


In a large pot boil chicken necks/backs for 1.5-2 hrs. The meat should be falling off the bone. Remove the bones, pick the meat off of them and add the meat back to the broth.  Reduce heat to low/med, add celery and onions. Cook til vegetables are soft. Add chopped hard boiled eggs when veggies are done.


While onions and celery are cooking, process the dressing below:


DRESSING:

>Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

*Food processor, large bowl, 13 x 9 in. pan

**If you do not have a food processor, the mixing can be done with bare hands in a large bowl.

1 Box Stove Top Stuffing [Savory Herb or Chicken flavor]

1 Recipe of egg bread

1 Recipe chicken broth 

Additional canned chicken broth [if needed]


In a food processor [or by hand] coarsely crumble/chop egg bread, then add the box of stove top stuffing and the seasoning pack. Process together til fine. Put in large bowl then add 1 recipe chicken broth. Mix it well. The consistency should be a little "soupy." Add canned chicken broth if needed to get the soupy consistency. Pour into 13x9 pan and bake at 350 degrees til brown on top. 

If the dressing is not soupy when it goes into the oven, it will be dry when it comes out. Trust Mom on this, lol. 


I've had lots of dressing over the years but this one is forever my favorite.  

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