Oyster Dressing

By advancedlca

Ingredients

• Cornbread:
• 1 cup self rising cornmeal
• 1/2 cup self rising flour
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbls vegetable oil
• Dressing:
• 7 slices white bread, dried in warm oven
• Cornbread
• 1 sleeve saltine crackers
• 2 cups chopped celery
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 7 cups chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 2 pints or 1 quart oysters, drained

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To make the cornbread, combine all ingredients and pour into a greased shallow baking dish. bake for approx 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

To make the dressing, crumble dried white bread slices, cornbread and crackers. Mix together and set aside. Saute chopped celery and onion in butter until transparent, approx 5-10 minutes. Pour over cornbread mixture. Add stock, mix well and add salt, pepper, sage and poultry seasoning. add beaten eggs and mix well. Add oysters and mix. Pour into a greased pan. Bake for about 45 minutes.