Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Recipe: Cornbread Stuffing

12:00 AM

By: Dan Eaton

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Today’s recipe offers a twist on chef Dan Eaton’s family recipe for traditional Thanksgiving bread stuffing by using cornbread and dried breadcrumbs instead.

Ingredients:
Cornbread — an 8x8-inch pan’s worth, dried out over the course of one night
2 to 2.5 cups of dried breadcrumbs
1 to 1.5 cups diced onion
1 cup diced celery
2 or 3 minced cloves of garlic
1 tbs fresh chopped thyme
1 tbs fresh chopped sage
2 large eggs
3 cups chicken broth

Procedure:
Plan ahead and bake one 8x8-inch pan of cornbread and let it sit out overnight to dry out a bit. You'll also need 2 to 2.5 cups of dried breadcrumbs.

Get started by melting one stick of unsalted butter in a large, heavy-bottomed pan on the stovetop and add about 1 to 1.5 cups diced onion and 1 cup diced celery, 2 or 3 minced cloves of garlic and about 1 tbs each of fresh chopped thyme and fresh chopped sage, and cook those to soften.

While you're keeping your eye on that, crumble the cornbread into a large mixing bowl and then toss that with the dried breadcrumbs.

Once you're happy with the celery and onions, add those to the bowl with the breadcrumbs. Add a little sprinkling of cayenne pepper, a little salt and black pepper to taste, and add 2 large eggs to the mix and fold everything to combine.

At that point, add 3 cups of chicken broth and toss that together until the broth is all absorbed.

Add a little more broth if you think it needs it, and then transfer that to a 9x13-inch buttered baking dish and place it on the center rack of a preheated 400 degree oven.

That will take just about 30 minutes to bake, and you want to make sure it is nice and hot all the way through. It will be lightly browned on top and slightly firm to the touch when it's done.

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