Mom’s Turkey Stuffing

Mom’s Turkey Stuffing might be a good recipe to expand your side dish repertoire. For $1.16 per serving, this recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 463 calories, 13g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. It is brought to you by Simply Recipes. 706 people found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up ground sage, green apple, currants, and a few other things to make it today. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 75%. Try Mom's Stuffing, Lightened Up, My Gran's turkey with bread stuffing and how to cook the perfect turkey, and Classic Turkey Stuffing (Use to Stuff a Turkey) for similar recipes.

Servings: 8

 

Ingredients:

1 loaf of day old French bread, cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 10-12 cups)

6 Tbsp butter

3/4 cup of currants or raisins

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1 green apple, peeled, cored, chopped

1 teaspoon poultry seasoning or ground sage (to taste)

Salt and freshly ground pepper (to taste)

Stock from the turkey giblets (1 cup to 2 cups) (can substitute chicken stock)

1 cup walnuts

Equipment:

frying pan

microwave

sauce pan

baking pan

dutch oven

stove

oven

Cooking instruction summary:

1 If you haven't already made the stock, take the turkey giblets - heart and gizzard - and neck if you want, and put them in a small saucepan, cover with water and add a little salt. Bring to a simmer; simmer for about an hour, uncovered. Strain the stock into a container for use with the stuffing. Alternatively, you can use chicken stock or just plain water with this recipe.2 Toast the walnuts by heating them in a frying pan on medium high heat for a few minutes, stirring until they are slightly browned (not burned) OR put them in the microwave on high until you can smell the aroma of them toasting, about a minute or two. Let them cool while you are toasting the bread, then roughly chop them. 3 Heat a large sauté pan on medium heat. Melt 3 Tbsp butter in the pan, add the bread cubes, and stir to coat the bread pieces with the melted butter. Then let them toast; only turn them when they have become a little browned on a side. Note, if you aren't working with somewhat dried-out day-old bread, lay the cubes of bread in a baking pan and put them in a hot oven for 10 minutes to dry them out first, before toasting them in butter on the stove top. The bread should be a little dry to begin with, or you'll end up with mushy stuffing. 4 In a large Dutch oven, sauté chopped onions and celery on medium high heat with the remaining 3 Tbsp butter until cooked through, about 5-10 minutes. Add the bread. Add cooked chopped walnuts. Add chopped green apple, currants, raisins, olives, parsley. Add one cup of the stock from cooking the turkey giblets or chicken stock (enough to keep the stuffing moist while you are cooking it). Add sage, poultry seasoning, salt & pepper. 5 Cover. Turn heat to low. Cook for an hour or until the apples are cooked through. Check every ten minutes or so and add water or stock as needed while cooking to keep the stuffing moist and keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pan.

 

Step by step:


1. 1 If you haven't already made the stock, take the turkey giblets - heart and gizzard - and neck if you want, and put them in a small saucepan, cover with water and add a little salt. Bring to a simmer; simmer for about an hour, uncovered. Strain the stock into a container for use with the stuffing. Alternatively, you can use chicken stock or just plain water with this recipe.2 Toast the walnuts by heating them in a frying pan on medium high heat for a few minutes, stirring until they are slightly browned (not burned) OR put them in the microwave on high until you can smell the aroma of them toasting, about a minute or two.

2. Let them cool while you are toasting the bread, then roughly chop them. 3

3. Heat a large sauté pan on medium heat. Melt 3 Tbsp butter in the pan, add the bread cubes, and stir to coat the bread pieces with the melted butter. Then let them toast; only turn them when they have become a little browned on a side. Note, if you aren't working with somewhat dried-out day-old bread, lay the cubes of bread in a baking pan and put them in a hot oven for 10 minutes to dry them out first, before toasting them in butter on the stove top. The bread should be a little dry to begin with, or you'll end up with mushy stuffing. 4 In a large Dutch oven, sauté chopped onions and celery on medium high heat with the remaining 3 Tbsp butter until cooked through, about 5-10 minutes.

4. Add the bread.

5. Add cooked chopped walnuts.

6. Add chopped green apple, currants, raisins, olives, parsley.

7. Add one cup of the stock from cooking the turkey giblets or chicken stock (enough to keep the stuffing moist while you are cooking it).

8. Add sage, poultry seasoning, salt & pepper. 5 Cover. Turn heat to low. Cook for an hour or until the apples are cooked through. Check every ten minutes or so and add water or stock as needed while cooking to keep the stuffing moist and keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pan.


Nutrition Information:

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462k Calories
12g Protein
21g Total Fat
58g Carbs
12% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
462k
23%

Fat
21g
33%

  Saturated Fat
7g
45%

Carbohydrates
58g
19%

  Sugar
17g
19%

Cholesterol
23mg
8%

Sodium
755mg
33%

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Protein
12g
25%

Manganese
1mg
79%

Selenium
26µg
37%

Vitamin K
37µg
36%

Vitamin B1
0.49mg
33%

Vitamin B3
5mg
30%

Fiber
6g
24%

Folate
93µg
23%

Copper
0.46mg
23%

Iron
4mg
23%

Phosphorus
211mg
21%

Vitamin B2
0.31mg
18%

Magnesium
71mg
18%

Calcium
150mg
15%

Vitamin B6
0.24mg
12%

Potassium
408mg
12%

Zinc
1mg
11%

Vitamin A
452IU
9%

Vitamin B5
0.82mg
8%

Vitamin C
4mg
6%

Vitamin E
0.59mg
4%

Vitamin D
0.16µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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