Mama's Southern Cornbread Dressing
Description
This Southern cornbread dressing combines Thanksgiving favorites like turkey, giblets, and cornbread into a side dish that everyone will enjoy.
Ingredients
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8 cups crumbled cornbread
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4 cups cubed stale bread
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1 cup butter, melted
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2 large onions, chopped
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1 1/2 cups chopped celery
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2 cups turkey broth, or as needed
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1 1/2 cups chopped cooked turkey
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1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
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4 large hard-cooked eggs, chopped
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1/4 cup chopped, cooked turkey giblets
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4 tablespoons self-rising flour
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4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
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2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage, or to taste
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2 large bay leaves
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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3 large eggs
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x13-inch baking dishes.
2
Combine cornbread and stale bread cubes in a large bowl; set aside.
3
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery; cook and stir until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes.
4
Add onion mixture, turkey broth, chopped turkey, soup, hard-cooked eggs, giblets, and flour to cornbread mixture; stir until all cornbread wet. Stir in parsley, sage, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Add beaten eggs; stir to combine. Mixture should be "soupy." Divide evenly and pour into the prepared pans.
5
Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and set, 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes.