Italian Sausage Stuffing Casserole Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and butter a shallow 3-quart baking dish. Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until lightly browned and no longer pink, about 6 minutes.
• Add the celery and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sage. Add the broth, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper; bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat.
• Whisk the eggs in a large bowl. Add the parsley, bread cubes and sausage-broth mixture and stir until combined. Transfer the stuffing to the prepared baking dish. Cut the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into small cubes and scatter evenly over the stuffing. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes, then uncover and bake until golden, 20 to 30 more minutes.

JOHNSONVILLE® ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• In large skillet, crumble and cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink and lightly browned; drain and set aside. In the same skillet, melt butter and saute celery, onion, green pepper and garlic until tender.
• In a large bowl, combine bread stuffing, sausage, vegetables, Parmesan cheese, olives and seasonings. Combine broth and eggs; add to bread mixture, stirring gently to mix.
• Transfer to a buttered 3-quart baking dish. Cover and bake at 325F for 60 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Serve.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
• Remove sausage from skillet; set aside. In the same skillet, melt butter.
• Add the celery, onion, green pepper, and garlic; saute until tender, about 5 minutes
• In a very large bowl, combine the sausage, celery mixture, cubed stuffing, cheese, olives, and seasonings.
• Add chicken broth and eggs; toss to combine.
• Spoon into a buttered 3-qt baking dish. Cover and bake for 1 hour.
• Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until lightly browned and a meat thermometer inserted into the center reads 160 degrees F.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Generously butter baking dish.
• Put bread in 2 shallow baking pans and bake, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until just dried out, about 10 minutes.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then cook half of sausage, stirring and breaking it into small pieces, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a large bowl. Brown remaining sausage in remaining tablespoon oil, transferring to bowl.
• Pour off fat from skillet and wipe clean. Heat butter over medium heat until foam subsides, then cook onions, celery, garlic, and ½ teaspoon each of salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Add vegetables and bread to sausage.
• Whisk together eggs, ½ cup cream, turkey stock, cheese, and parsley, then stir into stuffing and cool completely, about 30 minutes. Reserve 5 cups stuffing to stuff turkey and spoon remainder into baking dish, then drizzle with remaining ¼ cup cream. Cover stuffing and chill.
• About 1 hour before stuffed turkey is finished roasting, bring dish of stuffing to room temperature. When turkey is done, increase oven temperature to 425°F and bake stuffing, covered tightly with foil, until hot throughout, about 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake until top is golden and crisp, about 15 minutes more.
• Cooks' Note: Bread can be toasted 3 days ahead and kept (once cool) in a sealed bag at room temperature. Stuffing can be prepared (but not baked) 4 hours before roasting turkey. If baking stuffing at the same time as potatoes, put stuffing in upper third of oven and potatoes in bottom third (allow extra time).

BEST EVER ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the cubed bread on a baking sheet. Bake for 7-10 minutes, or until dried and toasted. They should be golden brown. Transfer the bread cubes to a very large bowl.
• Add 2 cups of broth (I used vegetable) to a large sauce pan. Heat on medium-low.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet heat the oil over medium heat. Cook the sausages over medium heat for about 10 minutes, until browned and cooked through, breaking up the sausage with a fork while cooking. I didn't find ground sausage so I bought sausage in the casing and removed it from casing before browning it. Use ground sausage if you found it.
• In another skillet, add the other part of oil and butter (I used vegan butter sticks to keep it dairy-free)in medium heat.
• When it is heated up, add the onions, celery, parsley, sage, rosemary or thyme. Add just a dash of salt and pepper, if you like. Saute over medium heat for 10 minutes, until the vegetables are softened.
• Add the browned sausage, toasted bread to a large bowl. Next, add in the onion mixture.
• Add in one cup of the broth. With a large spoon, gently stir the ingredients together. Add in the whisked egg. Gradually add the remaining broth 1/4 cup at a time until the stuffing is wet. With each addition, gently stir and pat the stuffing ingredients together. Take care not to over mix it, you're just combining it all together. The goal is to have it wet, but not soaked and drippy. You may need the whole 2nd cup of broth and you may need less. You may even need a little bit more than a full 2 cups of broth.
• When the broth is soaked in and combined, spoon the stuffing into a 2qt. baking dish (or 9x12-inch baking dish); then cook for 30-40 minutes, or until it's heated through and golden brown on top. Check it at about 25 minutes and if it seems to be browning too much, cover with foil paper. I baked mine a full 40 minutes. Every oven is different. You may even need to bake it a few minutes longer to get that nice golden brown and have the inside fully heated through.
• Remove from the oven. Sprinkle with additional parsley, then serve.

SAUSAGE-STUFFING CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Butter a 13 x 9-inch casserole dish.
• For the stuffing; melt butter in a large skillet, add in onions, garlic, celery, green bell pepper and jalapeno peppers, saute, stirring with a wooden spoon for about 6-7 minutes or until well softened.
• Season with black pepper and cayenne (if using, do not add in any salt to the mixture the stuffing mixture already has added salt in it).
• Add in the mushrooms, then the 2 cups chicken broth and 1 cup water (or use 3 cups water) bring to a boil; remove from heat.
• Add in the 3 packages stuffing mix; toss with a fork to blend, cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes toss again with a fork.
• Layer half of the stuffing mix into the bottom of the buttered baking dish.
• Then top/sprinkle with the cooked sausage; push the mixture down with a back of the spoon to pack evenly.
• In a bowl whisk together eggs with milk and one can undiluted mushroom soup; drizzle over the sausage in the dish.
• Sprinkle/top with remaining half of the stuffing mixture.
• Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, then spoon and spread the remaining undulted mushroom soup on top (the soup does not have to cover the top completely, just use a spoon to spread out as best you can).
• Bake uncovered for about 1 hour or until the middle is set.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF.
• Butter a 2 quart baking dish.
• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain & remove from skillet. Set aside.
• Pour any grease from skillet & melt butter.
• Add celery & onion and saute until slightly tender, 2-3 minutes. Stir in the green pepper & garlic and continue to saute until all veggies are tender.
• In a large bowl, combine the stuffing, sausage, celery mixture, cheese & pepper. Add broth and egg and toss to combine.
• Spoon into prepared dish, cover and bake for 35 minutes.
• Uncover and bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF and grease a 9x13 baking dish; set aside.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, add sausage and cook until browned, breaking the meat into small pieces, about 6 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a large bowl and set aside.
• In the same skillet, add onions and celery; sauté until they start to soften, about 3 minutes - if there's not enough fat from the sausage, add some olive oil.
• Add mushrooms and sprinkle with ground sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; cook for 4 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
• Transfer mixture to the sausage and season with basil, rosemary, oregano, and thyme. Add red chili flakes only if using mild sausage; stir well. Add cranberries and bread pieces; stir to combine.
• In a mixing bowl, combine eggs, chicken broth, parsley, salt and pepper; whisk well. Add egg mixture to bread mixture and stir until well blended.
• Transfer stuffing mixture to the prepared baking dish, level it out, cover with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving. Makes 8 to 10 servings
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