Homemade Stove Top Stuffing Recipe – Better Than Store-Bought
I love stove top stuffing. There is something about the easy directions and great flavor that keeps me going back for more. I love it! However, when you have a food blog, everyone wants you to make everything from scratch. Who knew that it was a faux pas to serve boxed stuffing to your friends and family when you write about food. Well, you don’t need to tell me again. I make my stuffing from scratch from now on. Even though I base my flavors on boxed stuffing, haha.
Homemade Stove Top Stuffing
You can make this recipe using homemade bread cubes or by using 2 1/2 cups of store bought plain dried bread cubes or plain croutons. If you already have bread cubes, then skip to the making the the stuffing steps below. However, if you want to make your own the steps are below.
Making the bread cubes
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the bread evenly on a sheet pan and toast in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
Then, flip the bread slices and toast until the other side is golden brown, roughly 6 minutes more.
Remove the toasted bread from the pan and dice into 1/4 -1/2 inch cubes and set aside.
Making the Stuffing
Dice the celery and onion and portion out the remaining ingredients so that you have them on hand. I portioned them out into individual cups for aesthetic reasons, but you can portion them into a single bowl to save on cleaning.
In a large sauce pan, melt the butter and kosher salt over medium heat.
Add the celery, onion and garlic and cook until the veggies are softened and the onion starts to become translucent. Roughly 5 minutes.
Add the herbs, spices and chicken stock to the mix and stir. Bring to a boil.
Once the mixture hits a rolling boil, add the bread cubes. Quickly mix in the bread cubes to the liquid and then cover.
Remove from the heat and let the pan sit for 5 minutes. Using a fork, fluff the mixture and serve.
Although this took about 15 minutes longer to make than the boxed stuffing, it was delicious and had a more homemade feel. Heck, it was homemade.
Homemade Stove Top Stuffing
Ingredients
Method
- If using store bought breadcrumbs skip to the making the stuffing steps below, if you are making your own bread cubes follow all of the directions below.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the bread evenly on a sheet pan and toast in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Then flip the bread slices and toast until the other side is golden brown, roughly 6 minutes more.
- Remove the toasted bread from the pan and dice into 1/4 -1/2 inch cubes and set aside.
- Dice the celery and onion and portion out the remaining ingredients so that you have them on hand. I portioned them out into individual cups for aesthetic reasons, but you can portion them into a single bowl to save on cleaning.
- In a large sauce pan, melt the butter and kosher salt over medium heat.
- Add the celery, onion and garlic and cook until the veggies are softened and the onion starts to become translucent. Roughly 5 minutes.
- Add the herbs, spices and chicken stock to the mix and stir. Bring to a boil.
- Once the mixture hits a rolling boil, add the bread cubes. Quickly mix in the bread cubes to the liquid and then cover.
- Remove from the heat and let the pan sit for 5 minutes. Using a fork fluff the mixture and serve.
- Although this took about 15 minutes longer to make than the box stuff it was delicious and had a more homemade feel. Heck, it was homemade.
Notes
The next time you have people over and you need a quick and delicious stuffing, try this recipe out. You will not be disappointed.
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