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Cajun Cornbread Stuffing with Peppers

Adapted from the Epicurious Cajun Corn Bread Stuffing (1994)

Ingredients

  • 2 bags Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix
  • 6 T butter
  • 3 C chopped red and yellow peppers
  • 3 C chopped green onions
  • 1 C chopped shallots
  • 1 C chopped celery
  • 2 T garlic
  • 2 T chopped fresh or 2 tsp. dried thyme
  • 2 t dried rubbed sage
  • 1 t ground allspice
  • 3/4 t cayenne
  • 1/2 T minced bay leaves
  • 4 large eggs beaten
  • 1 1/2 c or more low salt chix broth
  • 1 lb andouille sausage

Instructions

  1. Transfer stuffing mix to a large bowl. Melt butter in large pan over high heat. Add sausage, pepper, green onions, shallots, celery, garlic, thyme, sage, allspice, cayenne and bay leaves and sauté until vegetables are just tender and mixture is very moist, about 15 minutes. Stir vegetable mixture into corn bread. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Mix eggs into stuffing.I:Add 1/2 cup of the chicken broth to stuffing and mix thoroughly. If you are baking stuffing in turkey, fill the turkey cavity with stuffing. Mix enough chicken broth into remaining stuffing to moisten (about 1/2 to 3/4 cup chicken broth, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Spoon remaining stuffing into buttered baking dish. Cover tightly with buttered aluminum foil. Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30 minutes.Uncover stuffing and bake until top begins to brown, about 15 minutes.If you are baking stuffing in a pan, preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Mix 1 1/2 cups chicken broth into stuffing. Transfer stuffing to prepared baking dish. Cover tightly with buttered aluminum foil. Bake until stuffing is firm and heated through, about 45 minutes. Uncover stuffing and bake until just beginning to brown to top, about 15 minutes.

Recipe Notes

If you cook stuffing outside turkey you will probably need to check and add more chix broth.