Teixeiras Chourico Bread Stuffing Recipes

TEIXEIRA'S CHOURICO BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Open the bread bags and leave out for 48 hours. You can skip this step if you don't have the time and instead lightly toast both loaves to dry them.
• Tear the bread into small (nickle to quarter sized) chunks and set aside in a large baking pan. The disposable foil 18" x 13.25" pans w/ cover work well for this.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grind the chourico, onion in a food processor or finely chop it by hand. Do not liquefy!
• Melt butter in large skillet over low heat.
• Add chourico, onion, salt and seasoning to butter and saute.
• Add milk to chourico mixture.
• Pour the entire mixture over the bread in baking pan. Combine thoroughly. Start by tossing the mixture and as soon as the butter/sausage cools to a workable temperature combine by hand. The bread should be entirely coated with no dry spots.
• Spread the mixture evenly around the pan and bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes. The stuffing should start to brown on the top.

CLASSIC BREAD STUFFING WITH ONIONS, CELERY, AND HERBS

Steps:

• In a big skillet, melt the butter over medium heat; add in onions, celery, and celery leaves.
• Cook, stirring often, until the onions are golden, about 8 minutes.
• Scrape the vegetable mixture into a big bowl; mix in the bread cubes, parsley, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper.
• Gradually stir in about 1 ½ cups of broth, until the stuffing is evenly moistened but not soggy.
• Transfer stuffing to a lightly buttered casserole dish; drizzle with ½ cup broth, cover, and bake in a preheated 350° oven for 30-45 minutes (if you like crusty stuffing, remove foil the last 15 minutes of baking).

CHARLENE'S PORTUGUESE STUFFING

Steps:

• 1. Fry the chourico with a little olive oil. Chop onion up (fine) and add to chourico. Drain pan of excess grease. Soak breads in water till soft then pull the crust off of them. Now add the bread to chourico and onion. Add 1 raw egg, crushed pepper, vinegar and salt and pepper. Keep stirring till well blended. Then either put stuffing in the turkey or as I do, bake it in a casserole dish separately from the bird. Enjoy!!!

HOMEMADE BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until; saute onion and celery in hot butter until onion is soft, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Put bread cubes in a large bowl. Season bread with salt, sage, thyme, poultry seasoning, and black pepper. Add onion mixture to bread cubes; stir. Pour bread mixture into a large casserole dish and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and hot, about 1 hour.