Southern Cornbread Dressing

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Servings: 18
Yield: 18 servings

Description

This savory Southern cornbread dressing with chicken is rich, comforting, and easy to make with store-bought cornbread and cooked shredded chicken.

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 (1 pound) loaf cornbread, crumbled
1 (1 pound) loaf day-old white bread, torn into small pieces
1 pound shredded, cooked chicken breast meat
4 cups chicken broth, or more to taste
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
6 large eggs
2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery; cook and stir until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
3 Meanwhile, combine crumbled cornbread and white bread pieces in a large bowl.
4 Add cooked onions and celery to the bread mixture. Mix in shredded chicken, 4 cups chicken broth, condensed soup, eggs, poultry seasoning, pepper, and garlic powder. Blend with a potato masher until mixture is the consistency of gelatin. Add up to 2 cups more broth to attain the desired consistency. Transfer to a 9x13-inch baking dish.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until dressing is golden brown, about 30 minutes.