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Gluten Free Stuffing/Dressing

This recipe took me 5 Thanksgivings to get right. In fact even last year I didn't get it perfect because I cooked it ahead of time in the oven and then when I reheated it on Thanksgiving Day it came out dry. This year I am determined to get it PERFECT! This is a combination of several traditional dressing recipes that I have tweeked until I got it to what I like. I think after 5 years and all the tweeking I can honestly say it is my recipe. If you decide to share it or you copy it please please give me credit for my years of making my family put up with it while I tried to figure this out. Before you jump in I just want to make sure you are aware that I prefer a strong taste sage dressing. You can adjust the amount of sage to your liking.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 16 ounce pkg Pork Sausage I look for a nitrate and MSG free
  • 12 ounces Bacon, cooked and crumbled Nitrate and MSG free
  • 2 cups Celery, Chopped
  • 1 cup Onion finely, chopped
  • 1/2 cup Fresh Parsley, coarse chopped
  • 3 Tablespoons Poultry Seasoning
  • 2 Eggs Beaten
  • 1 cup Turkey or Chicken Broth
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 5 cups cubed gluten free bread You do not have to dry this bread out but if you have dried bread you will need to add more broth to the dish.

Instructions
 

  • Directions: Preheat oven 325 degrees. Have a very large bowl set aside for combining all ingredients. In a large skillet brown sausage, drain and set aside in a medium mixing bowl to cool. Cut bacon into pieces and brown in skillet until crispy. Drain and add to large mixing bowl. Pour drippings from skillet leaving approximate 1 tablespoon any bits add butter, onion and celery to skillet over medium heat. Cook until the onion is semi-transparent then add poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Combine well, remove from heat and set aside. In large mixing bowl with crumbled bacon, add cubed bread and butter, onion and celery from skillet. Stir together to combine ingredients. In medium mixing bowl that has cooked sausage, combine wet ingredients of beaten eggs and broth. Pour egg and broth mixture over the entire contents in the large mixing bowl and mix them thoroughly. The bread should be slightly wet but not soggy. Place everything in a greased oven safe shallow 9x13 inch baking dish. Bake for 90 minutes covered or until internal temperature reaches 158 degrees. Optional ingredients: 1/2 c. Pecans chopped 1/4 c. raisins and 1/4 c. apple cut up 1/4 c. craisins and 1/4 c. pecans

Notes

Toasting the bread before preparing helps to hold it together. Gluten free bread tends to get a little mushy. That information was provided by a comment by "Dedicated Server".