The Best Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe
This is the best ever thanksgiving stuffing recipe. It has fresh Italian sausage, herbs, and veggies for the perfect holiday side dish!
I know it’s risky business to call anything “the best,” but this stuffing is so darn good. This could be my whole Thanksgiving meal, right here. Just me and my 8×11 pan of stuffing.
This stuffing recipe is pretty classic, but there’s a small twist. My brain is always thinking of ways to tweak recipes and I wondered what would happen if instead of mincing up herbs and tossing them in the stuffing, what if you infused the chicken broth with those herbs, so that the herb flavor were soaked up in every bite? It’s so good!
You could infuse your own chicken broth with the herbs, but to keep things easy, I just swapped my normal Swanson chicken broth for the Swanson tuscan chicken flavor infused broth. It has the essentials of a basic stock but also has sage, rosemary, and thyme in it!
Here’s the video I put together for how to make this stuffing. Hope you have a wonderful holiday, and find the full recipe below!
Best Thanksgiving Stuffing
This is the best ever thanksgiving stuffing recipe. It has fresh Italian sausage, herbs, and veggies for the perfect holiday side dish!
Ingredients
- 1 loaf ciabatta bread, cut into cubes and left out overnight
- 1 stick butter
- 3 cups chopped yellow onion
- 1.5 cups chopped celery
- salt
- 3/4 lb Sweet Italian pork sausage, casing removed
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2.5 cups Swanson® Tuscan Chicken Flavor Infused Broth
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, then add the onion, celery, and a pinch of salt. Cook for about 10 minutes, until the vegetables are soft and fragrant.
- Pour the cooked veggies into a large mixing bowl, and return the skillet to the heat. Turn the heat to medium high, and brown the pork sausage. Break the pork sausage up into small pieces with your spatula, if needed, and cook until fully cooked through, about 7-8 minutes. Add the cooked pork sausage to the mixing bowl as well.
- Add the bread cubes to the mixing bowl, as well as the parsley and eggs. Slowly pour the Swanson Tuscan Chicken Flavor Infused Broth over the bread cubes, then toss everything together to distribute the ingredients evenly.
- Pour the ingredients into an 8×11 baking dish, cover with aluminum foil, and bake for 40 minutes until golden on top. Enjoy!
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving Size | |
| Amount Per Serving | As Served |
| Calories 396kcal Calories from fat 222 | |
| % Daily Value | |
| Total Fat 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat 11g | 55% |
| Transfat 1g | |
| Cholesterol 100mg | 33% |
| Sodium 626mg | 26% |
| Carbohydrate 30g | 10% |
| Dietary Fiber 3g | 12% |
| Sugars 6g | |
| Protein 14g | |
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
| Calories | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | Less than | 65g |
| Sat Fat | Less than | 25g |
| Cholesterol | Less than | 300mg |
| Sodium | Less than | 2,400mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 25g | |
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Disclosure: I’m working with Swanson this holiday season to create a fun recipe with their products. I have been using Swanson for years, and I truly believe in and stand behind their broths and soups.
Love this Joanne! Great video and great recipe. This is just how I usually make my stuffing too- but like you I usually mince fresh herbs into the mix. I’ll have to look for this broth though because it sounds like a really great way to infuse that flavor all throughout 😉
Sounds delish! Could you omit the sausage from this recipe with the same results? Or would you need to change the amounts of the other ingredients without the sausage?
Yum! Sounds like it would go great with turkey hash the next day too =)
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Looks fabulous Joanne! I’m with you- stuffing could be my meal too! Love the sausage addition as well!
This is the same as the recipe my family has used for generations, but we don’t add sausage. I think I’ll add the sausage this year for a change.
Love this Joanne! It’s so simple and looks so tasty that I want to take a bite right away. Hope you’re better now.