Potato And Cracker Stuffing Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED CRACKER DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and 1 teaspoon salt in melted butter until onion begins to turn translucent, about 5 minutes. season with black pepper, sage, thyme, rosemary, and cayenne pepper; cook and stir about 1 minute.
• Remove skillet from heat and stir in chicken broth.
• Combine crushed crackers and onion mixture in a large bowl. Add egg and cream; mix until combined. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Spread cracker mixture evenly in a large baking dish and smooth the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.

POTATO STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Remove from the heat. Stir in the bread, potatoes and parsley. Spoon into a greased 1-qt. casserole. , Bake, uncovered, until top is lightly browned, 45 minutes.

CRACKER STUFFING

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, saute celery and onion in butter until tender. Moisten crackers with milk; add onion mixture, egg, parsley, sage, thyme, salt and pepper. Recipe sized for stuffing a chicken, may be doubled for stuffing a turkey.

POTATO AND CRACKER STUFFING

Steps:

• Cover potatoes with cold water in a pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
• Cook mushrooms in 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over high heat, stirring, until golden brown, about 5 minutes; set aside. Cook onions and celery in skillet in remaining 2 tablespoons butter, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Peel potatoes; mash, but leave whole pieces. Add pine nuts, mushrooms, onion mixture, spices, and salt. Stir in crackers.
• To bake stuffing: Cover with foil in a 3-quart baking dish. Bake in a 350 degree oven 15 minutes. Remove foil; bake until heated through and golden, about 15 minutes more. To cook in turkey: Immediately pack loosely in turkey cavity; cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of stuffing registers 165 degrees.

POTATO SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place sausage, potatoes, celery, onion and butter in a large, deep skillet. Saute over medium high heat until sausage is crumbled and evenly cooked.
• Combine the bread cubes, thyme, sage, salt and pepper. Toss together with the sausage and potato mixture. Add chicken or vegetable broth if needed.
• Bake stuffing in a covered casserole dish for 40 to 50 minutes.

MASHED POTATO STUFFING

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the potatoes and crumbs; set aside. In a skillet, saute onions in butter until tender; add to potato mixture. Stir in egg substitute, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. , Just before baking, stuff turkey. Skewer and fasten openings. Tie drumsticks together. Place with breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Cover and bake at 325° for 3 to 3-3/4 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° for the turkey and 165° for the stuffing.

CHEESY POTATO CASSEROLE WITH CRACKER TOPPING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix soup, sour cream and seasonings in large bowl. Stir in potatoes and cheese.
• Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish. Mix cracker crumbs and margarine; sprinkle over potato mixture.
• Bake 50 min. or until heated through.

TELBAN'S FAMILY CRACKER STUFFING

Steps:

• With crackers still in their sleeves, crush up with your hands (easier to crush this way, and it keeps your hands cleaner). Place crushed crackers in large bowl.
• In a frying pan, saute the butter and onion until the onion are tender, about 5 minutes. Chop celery into small pieces and add to the crackers. Add cooked onions and butter to the crackers; mix well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well. Add milk a little at a time (you might not use all of the milk), until the cracker mix is moistened.
• Cracker mix should form a ball which you can hold in your hand. Use to stuff a 12-pound turkey. When stuffing a turkey this does not expand, so you want to pack it in tight. When the turkey is ready, you pull out the stuffing in one big chunk and slice it. Great on a turkey sandwich the next day!

GRANDMA SMITH'S NEW BRUNSWICK-STYLE TURKEY STUFFING

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two, then mash.
• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook the celery and onion in the butter until the onion has turned translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Fold into the mashed potatoes along with the savory, and allow to cool until just warm.
• Place the cooled mashed potatoes into a large bowl, and stir in the beaten egg. Gently fold in cubed bread, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Use as a stuffing for turkey, or bake in buttered loaf pans at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes.

MASH POTATO AND STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Combine leftover mashed potatoes, leftover stuffing, one egg, and approximately 1/2 of the bread crumbs.
• This particular recipe yields 10 ping-pong-ball size stuffing balls, but you can change the recipe to whatever suits your family, and depends on the amount of leftovers you have. The consistency of the balls should be sticky, but not UBER sticky.
• Roll the balls in the remaining bread crumbs to coat evenly.
• Set aside until all the balls are ready.
• Heat oil in a pan; the oil should be half way up the ball in the pan, so use approximately 1/2 to 1 cup of oil, depending on the size and depth of your pot or pan.
• Fry for 2 or 3 minutes until golden all over, rolling around as needed.
• Let rest on paper towels until you are ready to serve.
• That's it; super simple and REALLY tasty.