Level: | Easy |
Total: | 55 min |
Prep: | 15 min |
Cook: | 40 min |
Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 8 cups gluten-free 1-inch bread cubes (from about 2 sandwich loaves)
- 2 cups turkey or chicken stock
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 ribs celery, diced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh sage
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Gravy, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Put the bread cubes in a large bowl. Heat the stock in a small pan on high heat until boiling. Reduce the heat and set to simmer on the back burner.
- Beat the eggs together in a bowl.
- Set a large saute pan on medium-high heat and warm the oil and butter. When the liquids move around the pan easily, add the celery and onion. Cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, about 7 minutes.
- Add the rosemary, sage and thyme and cook, stirring, until they release their fragrance, about 1 minute. Add the celery mixture to the bread cubes and toss to combine. Transfer to a 3-quart casserole pan.
- Pour a few tablespoons of the hot stock into the beaten eggs and quickly stir until the stock is incorporated. Slowly add the remaining stock, continuing to stir.
- Pour the eggy stock over the pan of bread cubes. Press down on the cubes with your hands to distribute the liquid evenly. Cover the casserole pan with foil.
- Bake the stuffing for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and cook until the stuffing is steaming hot and browned, but not dry, about 10 minutes more. A toothpick inserted in the middle should come out clean.
- Cover with gravy, immediately.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
Calories | 212 |
Total Fat | 9 g |
Saturated Fat | 2 g |
Carbohydrates | 24 g |
Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
Sugar | 4 g |
Protein | 9 g |
Cholesterol | 75 mg |
Sodium | 357 mg |
Reviews
Couple of changes. First, preheat the oven to 325 degrees, put the bread in and turn it down to 300. It will take at least 45 minutes but the drying will be more thorough and without browning it. Just check it periodically. Also, when combining the stock and eggs the stock should just be warm not hot. I had to throw out a batch because the eggs cooked the moment I started tempering them. Better not to risk it.
Finally, rather than cooking it by time I stuck a probe from a digital counter top thermometer through the foil on a slant into the stuffing and set it for 145 degrees. Much easier and it allowed me to know how to time stuff. I actually put it in with the turkey the last 20 minutes and it continued cooking while the turkey was resting. All this was at 350 degrees rather than 425 so I did not need two ovens to do it.