Southern Corn Bread Stuffing

By JJCR

Ingredients

• 7 slices white bread (dried in warm oven)
• Corn Bread
• 1 sleeve saltine crackers
• 2 cups chopped celery
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 8 tbsp. (1 stick) butter
• 7 cups stock reserved from cooking hen
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1 tsp. sage (optional)
• 1 tbsp. poultry seasoning(optional)
• 5 eggs, beaten

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Crumble dried white bread slices, cornbread, and saltines; mix together and set aside. Saute chopped celery and onion in butter until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Pour over corn bread mixture. Add stock; mix well and taste; add salt, pepper, sage, and poultry seasoning. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Reserve 2 heaping tbsp. of this mixture for the giblet gravy. Pour into a greased pan. Bake until dressing is done, about 45 minutes.