How to Make Thanksgiving Cornbread Dressing

Cornbread dressing is a traditional southern Thanksgiving fare. In fact, no Thanksgiving spread would be complete without it. Thanksgiving cornbread dressing is easy to make, and is a great way to add variety to your usual Thanksgiving dinner.

In order to make cornbread dressing, you will need at least 3 cups of 2-day old cornbread and 3 cups of at least day old white bread. Using fresh bread simply won't work as well and can make your dressing turn out too moist. You can use made from scratch cornbread if you prefer, or you can also use cornbread made from a mix.

To begin making your Thanksgiving cornbread dressing, preheat your oven to 325 degrees.

Crumble your cornbread and bread together in a large bowl. You can crumble your cornbread easily by dicing it into cubes with a sharp knife. As you cut the bread it will crumble into pieces. You can also just cut the bread into a cube size you desire, and place it in the bowl that way.

Once you have the bread crumbled in the mixing bowl, pour in 2 cups of chicken stock. Again, this can be fresh homemade chicken stock, or canned chicken stock that you purchased from the store. Once you have added the chicken stock to the bread crumbles, set the bowl to the side.

In a medium sized skillet over medium heat, heat about ¼ cup of cooking oil (like vegetable oil) in the pan. Add ½ cup of fresh chopped parsley, ½ cup chopped celery, 1 cup of chopped onion and ½ cup chopped green onions to the hot oil and saute until the onions are clear.

Once the onions in your saute mix are clear, remove the pan from the heat and pour the ingredients into the bowl with the chicken stock and bread crumbles. Add salt and ground cayenne pepper to taste. You can also add ½ teaspoon of crushed dried mint for additional flavor as well. Mix all of the ingredients together well.

Now you will have to decide what you want to do with your Thanksgiving cornbread dressing. You can either place the dressing mix into a greased casserole dish to bake, or stuff your Thanksgiving turkey or hen with the dressing for baking. If you bake the cornbread dressing in a casserole dish, you should bake it for about 60 minutes. If you stuff your turkey or hen, cook until the meat is done.

Thanksgiving cornbread dressing is an excellent side dish for any meal. It's a filling dish, that goes well with almost any kind of meat. Your family will be so pleased with it, they'll be asking for it every year!