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Restaurant-Style Stuffing Recipes at Home (2025)

This recipe helps you make stuffing with a restaurant quality texture and flavor at home. You will dry the bread for 24 hours to achieve the right consistency for this dressing.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Drying Time 1 day
Total Time 1 day 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 24 cups
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 101
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

Bread Base
  • 30 slices white bread, lightly toasted Must be dried for 24 hours
Vegetable Mixture
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
Dressing Mixture
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons water Optional, add as needed
  • 2 teaspoons rubbed sage
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 to taste salt and ground black pepper

Equipment

  • Baking sheets
  • rolling pin
  • 9x13-inch baking dish
  • Medium saucepan

Method
 

  1. Spread the toasted bread slices on baking sheets and let them sit out at room temperature until they are hard, which takes about 24 hours.
  2. When the bread slices are ready, gather all other ingredients. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
  3. Crush the dried bread slices into crumbs using a rolling pin. Transfer the crumbs to a large bowl.
  4. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and celery; cook and stir until they are soft, which takes 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the mixture from the heat and drain any excess liquid.
  5. Stir the chicken broth and eggs into the bread crumbs; mix until the mixture is evenly moistened but not soggy. Add water if you feel it needs more moisture. Mix in the cooked onion and celery, sage, and garlic powder. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
  6. Press the dressing mixture into the prepared baking dish.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until the top is brown and crisp, about 1 hour.
  8. Serve the stuffing hot.

Nutrition

Calories: 101kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 3gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 228mgPotassium: 57mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 54mgIron: 1mg

Notes

You can add 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley, dried cranberries, or sausage to the mixture for extra flavor.

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