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    Home » Side Dish

    Easy Sausage Cornbread Dressing

    Published: Oct 28, 2021 · Modified: Nov 18, 2021 by Kim This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This Thanksgiving side dish recipe will be a hit at your Holiday table. Sausage, spices and cornbread combine to make a delicious recipe.
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    Cornbread stuffing in a clear dish

    Need a simple dressing recipe for those Holiday dinners? This is the dressing recipe for you! Easy Sausage Cornbread Dressing is a classic recipe easy enough for you to make the day of the big family meal. Spicy sausage, unique spices and warm cornbread--what more can I say?

    Cornbread dressing in a casserole pan.
    All the flavors blend in this classic cornbread dressing recipe.

    I love a good stuffing recipe. Er, dressing? This recipe is called easy sausage cornbread dressing not stuffing. Why?

    Well, that is a good question.

    Dressing verses Stuffing

    So what is the difference between dressing and stuffing? Well, I never thought of it either.

    I believe it depends what you call it based on where you live. I grew up calling it stuffing.

    Looking back, my mom did stuff the Thanksgiving turkey with it, sometimes.

    The way I understand it, Southerners call it dressing. I am a Midwest girl so stuffing it is.

    If we are being technical, if you stuff the bird with it, it would be stuffing. If you are eating it on the side as a side dish, it is dressing. I named this recipe dressing as it is on the side.

    Now that we cleared that up...

    Homemade or boxed cornbread

    Well, the question of the ages. Some like to make their cornbread from scratch and if you do, this cornbread recipe will be perfect for you.

    If you want to make it from a box, you can do that too! (I did for this recipe.) The brands you can choose from is Jiffy, Martha White or Krusteaz. The recipe to how to make that particular brand of cornbread will be on the back of the box.

    The size you will want to make is enough for a square 8 or 9 inch pan. I found I wanted to use two packages of mix for extra cornbread for the dressing.

    Ingredients

    • Cornbread ingredients for homemade or cornbread mix
    • Sausage
    • Parsley
    • Celery
    • Purple onion
    • Ground mustard
    • Chicken broth (or vegetable broth)

    Substitutions

    If you don't want to use a purple onion, a yellow one would work just fine. I like purple onions the best (in recipes like this) so that is the one I went with.

    Chicken broth or vegetable broth can be used. While I used chicken broth this time, a vegetable broth adds a depth of flavor. It would help accent the celery and onion flavors.

    It would be personal preference for the broth decision.

    The process

    Sausage, celery and onion in a frying pan.
    Frying up the sausage, onion and celery to add to the cornbread.

    After the cornbread is in the oven, you can start cooking the sausage. The sausage will be cooked until no longer pink in the middle, about 10-15 minutes.

    The onions and celery will be cooked with sausage and you will add the spices when cooking the sausage.

    Baking the cornbread, again

    Cornbread in a baking pan ready to be toasted.
    The cornbread needs to be toasted in the oven after baking.

    The cornbread will need to be baked in a casserole dish, but then, after it cools for about 15 minutes, it will need to be cut up into chunks and toasted in the oven for 5-8 minutes.

    Why?

    Well, it will help make the cornbread a little harder, like dried bread crumbs. The cornbread will need to hold broth and sausage well. It will still crumble a little, it is cornbread, but not nearly as much if you toast it.

    Mix

    Bowl of cornbread, sausage, celery and onions mixed together.
    Mixing up the ingredients for the stuffing.

    Bake

    The cornbread sausage mix will be put in a 3 quart casserole dish and baked at 375* for 20 minutes while covered.

    After 20 minutes, I take ½ cup of broth and pour it over the top of the dressing. Then, bake it for another 15 minutes, uncovered.

    Storage

    Leftovers should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They can be stored for up to three days.

    This favorite thanksgiving dressing (or stuffing) recipe will be a great compliment to your Holiday dinner.

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    Cornbread stuffing in a clear dish

    Easy Sausage Cornbread Dressing

    This Thanksgiving side dish recipe will be a hit at your Holiday table. Sausage, spices and cornbread combine to make a delicious recipe.
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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: Holiday, side dish, Thanksgiving
    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Toasting Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 10 servings
    Calories: 345kcal
    Author: Kim Strawn

    Ingredients

    • 17 oz cornbread mix plus ingredients on back of package
    • 16 oz sausage
    • ¾ cup celery chopped
    • ¼ cup onion chopped
    • 1 teaspoon parsley
    • ½ teaspoon ground mustard
    • 2 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth

    Instructions

    • Prepare and bake the cornbread according to package directions
    • While the cornbread is baking, fry sausage with the celery, onion, parsley and ground mustard
    • When cornbread is done baking, remove from oven and let cool until cool enough to handle. Place on a baking sheet in chunks
    • Toast cornbread in oven for 5-10 minutes
    • Place toasted cornbread, cooked sausage mixture and 1 cup chicken broth in a large bowl and stir carefully
    • In a greased 3 quart baking dish, put the cornbread mixture in and cover with foil
    • Bake at 375* for 20 minutes
    • After 20 minutes, carefully remove from oven, remove foil and pour 1 cup of chicken broth over the top
    • Cook in oven for another 15 minutes
    • Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes
    • Serve

    Nutrition

    Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 860mg | Potassium: 231mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 2mg

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