Caramelized Onion And Cornbread Stuffing Recipes

CARAMELIZED ONION AND CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt the butter over medium heat, add onions and cook until soft and caramelized, stirring frequently, approximately 10 to 15 minutes; stir in the fresh sage.
• Pour mixture into a large mixing bowl, add in the cornbread and season well with salt and pepper; toss gently until well combined.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, cream and 1/4 cup of chicken stock, pour over the cornbread mixture, stir gently.
• If cooking in the turkey, stuff and proceed as per your recipe for roasted turkey.
• If cooking outside the bird, spoon the mixture into a 2 quart casserole dish, pour the additional stock over all and place in oven the last 30 minutes that turkey is baking.
• Bake until hot and crusty on top.

CHESTNUT, ONION AND CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Prepare cornbread ahead of time from Perfect Cornbread Recipe#96862, or your own.
• Cut cornbread into 1/2" cubes.
• In 2 large shallow baking pans, bake in the middle of the oven until just dry, about 20 minutes.
• Using only white and pale green parts of the leeks, halve them lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1/2" thick pieces.
• In a large heavy skillet cook red onions, shallots, leeks, celery and herbs with salt and pepper to taste, in butter over moderate heat; stirring, until onion mixture is golden brown and softened-- about 25 minutes.
• If using canned chestnuts, rinse and drain.
• In a saucepan simmer vacuum-packed or canned chestnuts in 2 cups of chicken broth for 15 minutes.
• In a large bowl, toss together bread, onions, chestnut mixture and remaining 1 1/2 cups of broth, with salt and pepper to taste, and let cool completely.
• (Stuffing may be made ahead up to 1 day before and chilled, covered-- bring stuffing to room temperature before proceeding).
• To cook all or part of stuffing outside of poultry: In a shallow baking dish bake stuffing in preheated 325F oven 45 minutes.
• For moist stuffing, bake covered entire time; for less moist stuffing with a slightly crisp top, uncover halfway through baking time.
• Enjoy!

CARAMELIZED ONION CORNBREAD DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. Make cornbread according to package directions.
• 2. Once cornbread baked, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using butter or EVOO (I use both), saute diced onions in medium to large saucepan until dark brown. Pour into greased 9x13 baking dish. Add crumbled cornbread, cooked meat of choice and sage.
• 3. In medium bowl, whisk together soup and 1c chicken broth. Pour over cornbread mixture. Toss until well combined.
• 4. Pour remaining stock over dressing mixture, stirring until completely moistened. Bake for approximately 30 minutes. Optional: Top w/ 4-6 tbsp butter during last few minutes of baking.