Garnish with chopped parsley and serve. We’re going more traditional here in the Chili Pepper Madness kitchen today with a spin on a classic side dish - Sausage Stuffing. Home cooks everywhere love sausage stuffing (or sausage dressing, depending on where you grew up). It’s such a great recipe, isn’t it? So crave-worth. Who wouldn’t love a mix of bread moistened and baked with a mixture of eggs and broth, lots of seasonings, and wonderful spicy sausage? It just goes so perfectly with turkey or ham. I like to make mine a bit different from everyone else’s sausage stuffing recipe. I like to spice things up a little, skip a few traditional ingredients, add in a few more. Don’t worry, my recipe won’t scorch grandma’s taste buds, though she may notice a bit of warmth with it. Though, hey, if you REALLY want to spice it up, I’ll show you how to do that, too! Let’s talk about how to make sausage stuffing, shall we? While the bread is baking, heat the oil in a pan and cook the sausage, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon, for 5 minutes. It should cook mostly through. Add the butter, peppers, onion, and celery. Once you’ve browned the sausage, stir and melt the butter. Cook another 5 minutes, or until the vegetables soften up. Add the bread cubes to a large bowl. Gently stir until everything is nicely mixed together. Pour the stuffing into a large lightly oiled baking dish or casserole dish. Got any questions? Ask away! I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H. You can also freeze it for 2-3 months. The only real difference between a dressing and a stuffing is where you grew up. In the norther regions, they’re more used to calling this recipe a stuffing. However, if you cook the stuffing inside the bird, then it is undoubtedly a stuffing. If it is contaminated with salmonella bacteria, that will also soak into your stuffing. In order to cook stuffing inside your turkey safely, you must cook the stuffing long enough to reach a minimum of 165 degrees F. This can mean overcooking your turkey. A great alternative to cooking the stuffing inside the turkey is to cook it outside of the turkey, as I have done here, then stuff the sausage stuffing into the cooked turkey cavity during the resting phase. Your guests will not notice the difference. That’s it, my friends! I hope you enjoy my sausage stuffing recipe! It’s just the way I like it! Bring on the holiday cooking! NOTE: This recipe was updated on 11/8/21 to include new information. It was originally published on 10/28/19.
