Sausage Stuffing

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Ingredients

1 pkg Jimmy Dean sausage (sage flavor is good)

1 lb bread cubes or old bread torn up

1 tsp Poultry seasoning

½  to 1 C chicken broth (½ C will be very dry)

2 eggs

1 C onion, chopped

½ C celery, chopped

1 cube salted butter

½ T sage

Directions

Make in a VERY deep oven-safe pot.  

Brown sausage. Add onions, celery, seasoning and butter. Cook until onions are translucent. Add bread and broth until it is the right moisture for you. Some like wet stuffing, some dry. Cook over medium-low heat until bread is moistened and has started to lightly brown  Stir in eggs. Spoon in a casserole or bake in oven-proof pan, 325º for about 1 hour.

Sausage-Bacon Version:

Cook as above but make these substitutions and exchanges:

• Add half a package of cooked and diced bacon, cook with the sausage.  Retain the grease, which will give the bread a more deep-fried flavor.
• It is easier if you cook the sausage on one half of the pan and the bacon on the other half, trying not to mix until they are both fully cooked.
• Replace broth with the same amount of liquid but add all these:
• 1 t roasted garlic bullion
• 1 t sauteed onion bullion
• 1 t turkey bullion
• Replace the salted butter with unsalted butter
• Adding ½ C of additional butter will make the stuffing VERY rich but give it an even more deep-fried flavor.