Crockpot Stuffing

Servings: servings

Calories: 299cal

8 Tablespoons unsalted butter 1 stick
1 large yellow onion chopped small, about 1 1/2 cups
3 ribs celery chopped, about 1 cup
1 loaf bread dried and cubed. a standard size loaf of bread should yield about 10-12 cups of dried cubes
2 teaspoons sea salt
1 ½ teaspoons dried thyme
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 ½ cups low sodium chicken broth
2 large eggs whisked

Spray the base of the Crockpot with non-stick spray (or grease with butter) and set aside.
Melt butter in a medium-large pan and cook the onions and celery for about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow them to cool slightly.
Add bread cubes into a large bowl and season with salt, dried thyme, poultry seasoning, and black pepper.
Add the cooked vegetables and butter to the bread and mix well again.
Start by adding 2 cups of stock to the bread, mix well, then add the remaining ½ cup and mix until all the bread is wet. The bread cubes should still hold their shape so be gentle when mixing.
Add the two whisked eggs in, mixing carefully again, then transfer the bread cube mixture to the Crockpot base.
Cook on high for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and cook for an additional 4 hours.
Season with fresh thyme and any additional salt and pepper if desired.

Author: Kristen Elaine

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Feel free to toss in some cooked crumbled sausage for even more flavor!
To dry your bread, you can either slice it into cubes and let it rest on a baking sheet (uncovered and exposed to air) for around 24 hours. Or, for a quicker alternative, you can follow the same process that you would when making homemade croutons which is drying the cubes out in the oven. However, you'll want to be careful not to brown the cubes, you simply want to dry them out. Keep an eye on them in the oven.
From white, brown, sourdough to Italian bread, just about any kind of bread works well for making stuffing. You can easily substitute with store-bought unseasoned bread cubes. I typically like to add a cup or so more if using store-bought cubes as they're typically smaller than homemade cubes.
You can play around with the herbs you add to this dish. Marjoram, sage, rosemary, and parsley all pair beautifully with homemade stuffing.

Course: Sides

Cuisine: American

Prep Time15

Cook Time4 45

Total Time5