Basic Yankee Bread Stuffing

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 80 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This traditional bread stuffing made with white bread, ground pork sausage, celery, onions, and sage seasoning is moist and flavorsome.

Ingredients

1 pound ground pork sausage
1 tablespoon butter
6 stalks chopped celery
2 onions, chopped
2 (1 pound) loaves day-old white bread, torn into small pieces
1 1/2 teaspoons sage seasoning mixture
salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup chicken broth

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2 Place pork sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
3 Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Place celery and onions in saucepan; slowly cook and stir until tender.
4 Mix together sausage, celery, onions, bread, sage, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; add eggs and enough chicken broth to make stuffing mixture moist but not mushy.
5 Press stuffing into the prepared baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, or until top is brown and crisp.