Oyster Dressing

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: Paula's Southern Thanksgiving

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (47)

Cook Time:
1 hr 15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

Cornbread:

1 cup self rising cornmeal
1/2 cup self-rising flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Dressing:

7 slices white bread, dried in warm oven
Cornbread
1 sleeve saltine crackers
2 cups chopped celery
1 large onion, chopped
8 tablespoons butter
2 cups chicken stock
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried sage
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
5 eggs, beaten
2 pints or 1 quart oysters, drained

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

To make the cornbread, combine all ingredients and pour into a greased shallow baking dish. Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

To make the dressing, crumble dried white bread slices, cornbread and crackers. Mix together and set aside. Saute chopped celery and onion in butter until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Pour over corn bread mixture. Add stock, mix well and add salt, pepper, sage, and poultry seasoning. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Add oysters and mix. Pour into a greased pan. Bake for about 45 minutes.

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Kay Myrtle Beach, SC 11-21-2009
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haven't made it yet...cant't wait to on T'giving
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

To Boston, my recipe printed out 2 cups of broth...maybe your computer or printer are not doing quite right.
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cary Youngsville, NC 11-08-2009
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Truly a great old Southern recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is an old Southern coastal states recipe, so if you are not from the South, you won't understand the old Thanksgiving... tradition of this cornbread and oyster dressing recipe that everyone loves in this area. Thank you, Paula, for publishing this recipe. I can't wait for Thanksgiving and all the great Southern food ! A friend who has an aunt in her early 90's still makes this every Thanksgiving for her family. They all look forward to her oyster dressing on holidays.Read more
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Elizabeth Louisville, KY 10-19-2009
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A huge hit
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this last night as a trial run before Thanksgiving, and it was huge hit! I did forgo making the corenbread home made... and used 2 packages of jiffy corenbread mix made according to package directions, and then I added in the chicken broth a little at a time until the consistency looked right, so I would say I used about 2.5 cups of broth. This will be re-appearing for Thanksgiving this yearRead more
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Candice rogersville, MO 12-24-2008
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Not too good
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Normally, I LOVE dressing but didn't like this one at all. I cooked the recipe while watching the recording of her cooking it... on Food Network and had the recipe off this site. I didn't like the taste at all and thought it looked ugly-almost a greenish tint. Read more
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C Boston, MA 11-28-2008
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Don't Use the 7 Cups of Stock In the Recipe!
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

On the show, Paula is shown using only about 2 cups of stock. This should produce better results than the one I got after... using the 7 cups of stock called for in the printed recipe. WHAT AT SLOPPY, EMBARRASSING MESS! I will give it another try but next time I'll just use two cups instead of 7. I give this recipe a Poor rating because of the obvious typo online.Read more
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Chris Pomona, CA 11-27-2008
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This Rocked
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

First off, I saw the show on which she prepared this dish and she used 2 cups of stock. I was trying to get ideas on what I... was taking to the family for Thanksgiving. Second, I never follow recipes exactly, I gotta change them. So I sauted the celery and onions with a little juice from "Embassa chipotle peppers" can, I didn't use the whole can. You can buy this anywhere in Cali, but you might need to go to a Mexican market in other places. This gave it some much needed heat. When mixing all the ingredients together, I added cran raisons, and this just made the dish perfect. I got rave reviews on this, give it a try.Read more