Stuffing

Name: Stuffing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 8 cups, 8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 (2 ounce) packet onion soup mix; 1 cup water; 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning; 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup celery, diced; 1/2 cup onion, diced (optional); 8 cups bread, cubes

Submitted by Heidi Lukye

"I like this one because it is easy and very tasty. It was my Grandmother's recipe, and has been in the family ever since."

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Ready In:: 3hrs 20mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 8 cups
Serves:: 8-10

ingredients

1 (2 ounce) packet onion soup mix
1 cup water
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
¹⁄₂ cup butter
¹⁄₂ cup celery, diced
¹⁄₂ cup onion, diced (optional)
8 cups bread, cubes

directions

Saute celery and onion (if using) in butter.
Bring soup mix and water to a boil. Simmer 5 minutes. Stir in poultry seasoning, butter, celery and onion.
Add this mixture to the bread cubes; toss together.
Let stand in a warm place, covered.
Stir occasionally.
Stuff the bird when you are ready.
Stuffing can also be put in a slow cooker if you are not going to stuff the bird.Grease crockpot; add stuffing; set on low for 3-4 hours.

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Reviews

Delicious and easy - made this for Thanksgiving this year. I just came back to get recipe for Christmas Dinner and realized I didn't rate it :( Big thumbs up - I'm not a big sage fan so this recipe is perfect. I put in in a greased casserole dish and baked for 45 min @ 350. Turned out great. Thanks for sharing

Fighting Irish #7
I tried this recipe this Thanskgiving and it is absolutely delicious. It is just like the stuffing my mother always made. I don't remember if she used the soup mix or not, and she is no longer here for me to get the recipe, but it does taste just like her's, which is what i was looking for. After I married and started doing my own holiday meals, I sought something fancier, more complicated that what she made. Did the cornbread and nuts, did oysters (eww), fancy breads, etc. I've come full circle and just wanted bread and onions and celery. And Mom. Thank you for the recipe!

Fork Spoon
This was really great. The reason I gave it four stars out of five is that we don't like onion soup mix, so we substituted for Mrs. Dash Onion and Herb seasoning (2 tbsp). Also, I chopped up the bread when it was moist, threw the seasonings on it, and let it sit for 3 days- shaking it around occasionally, and then baked the bread until is was dry, but not toasted before mixing the ingredients and then baking for 45 mins. I doubled everything except the bread and also added finely chopped pecans which I baked in the oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. (The pecans seriously sent the dish from good to fantastic!)

alexsummer123
This recipe worked so well for me, and was so uncomplicated. I used an MSG-free onion soup mix from the bulk food store, and a full large onion. I also added chopped pecans; that just takes it over the top, in my book. I thought the moisture level was just right, even with using whole wheat breads.

annlouise
Very easy and tasty. I followed the suggestion to double everything but the bread since I like my stuffing moist. I also cooked it in the crockpot for 2 hours on high and it worked great as well.

mrspriceisright

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Tweaks

We grilled a chicken last night, so we wanted some stuffing to go with it. I picked your recipe cuz I was intrigued by the onion soup mix. While making I subbed chicken broth in place of the water (only cuz thats what I have always used in stuffing) but then got worried it would be too salty because of it. I was wrong. This was the most flavorful stuffing I have made in so long. I will use this from now on, as we loved the flavor. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, it will now be my normal recipe.

Stephanie S.
My husband and guests raved over this recipe but I did have to make a major adjustment. My friend is very sensitive to MSG so I had to skip the onion soup mix. I used store brand stuffing croutons that contained a packet of seasoning without MSG (ground thyme, sage,pepper), I added the onion, celery, plus I added 1 tube of browned Jimmy Dean original sausage, 1/2 cup dried cranberries and 1/2 cup slivered almonds. Instead of water, I used chicken broth. The best thing about this recipe, is that I did cook it in the crockpot which saved room in my oven for the artichoke/spinach dip, green bean casserole and the turkey. I do plan to make it someday using the onion soup mix based on the other reviews. Thank you Heidi for a simple recipe that anyone can jazz up with different ingredients.

Ronnie Slobodnik