Southern Cornbread Stuffing

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Southern Thanksgiving

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (487)

Cook Time:
1 hr 20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 20 min
Total:: 1 hr 50 min

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Ingredients

Cornbread, recipe follows
7 slices oven-dried white bread
1 sleeve saltine crackers
8 tablespoons butter
2 cups celery, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
7 cups chicken stock
1 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon sage (optional)
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning (optional)
5 eggs, beaten

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine crumbled cornbread, dried white bread slices, and saltines; set aside.

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and onion and cook until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the vegetable mixture over cornbread mixture. Add the stock, mix well, taste, and add salt, pepper to taste, sage, and poultry seasoning. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Reserve 2 heaping tablespoons of this mixture for the giblet gravy. Pour mixture into a greased pan and bake until dressing is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Serve with turkey as a side dish.

Cornbread:

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

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour batter into a greased shallow baking dish. Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

To serve, cut into desired squares and serve with butter.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

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debbie melrose park, IL 01-14-2010
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GREAT
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I MADE THESE RECIPE 4 X-MAS DINNER & IT TURNED OUT GREAT I USED JIFFY MIX CORN MUFFIN INSTEAD OF HOMEMADE CUZ I HAD 9 OTHER... DISHES 2 MAKE BUT IT TURNED OUT GREAT, I ALSO LEFT OUT THE CRACKERS & WHITE BREAD I WAS TRYING 2 MAKE IT VERY CLOSE 2 MY MOMS & I DID IT CAME OUT GREAT & MOIST WILL MAKE IT A TRADITION THANXRead more
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Jennifer White Plains, NY 01-12-2010
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Fantastic!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was really delicious. I made the cornbread a few days ahead,which made things easier on Christmas. I agree with the... chicken broth concern. I used a cup less that the recipe called for and it was too soupy, requiring a much longer (an extra 20 minutes or so) cooking time. Dinner was delayed a little, but everyone loved the end result. Next time, I''ll start with half of what the recipe calls for and add more as needed. Read more
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Katherine Minneapolis, MN 01-06-2010
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I love cornbread - and this is just okay
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I'm a huge cornbread fan! I also love Paula Deen's recipes, but was very disappointed by this one. Be careful on the... chicken broth. Mine turned out waay too soupy! Even without the excess chicken broth the recipe is just okay. It's also pretty bland. You can find a better recipe. Read more
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Linda Ocean Springs, MS 12-27-2009
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Disappointed does not say enough!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

You have GOT to rethink this recipe. I followed it to a "T" and I can say I have never been so disappointed. Paula CANNOT... be endorsing this dressing! It was dry, packed down too solid, had little flavor, tasted almost "sour" and "bitter". Please review this recipe. I have never cooked anything in Paula's cookbooks or online and been so very disappointed and devastated at what I prepared! I had to pitch this dressing out after our Christmas dinner this year!Read more
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Nicole Houston, TX 12-25-2009
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Flavor?
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

This was not a wow today. I even reduced the stock and eggs like the readers said but the flavor is not there for me.
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Carolyn Augusta, GA 12-25-2009
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Excellent
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is how cornbread stuffing suppose to taste like, love it!