Homemade Stovetop Stuffing
Skip the boxed stuffing and try this super EASY stovetop version instead. I promise. It tastes a million times better!
Greetings from somewhere over the Pacific Ocean!
I am currently enroute to Tokyo with about 6 hours left on my flight.
I’ll be eating my way through all the ramen and sushi I can find the minute I land.
But I will also be daydreaming about this.
Stuffing.
Yes. I said stuffing.
Oh-so-buttery, carb-loaded stuffing, drenched in leftover turkey gravy.
And now you can make the stovetop version in seconds.
I also want to state.
That there is no judgment for those who have eaten the boxed version.
But this homemade version though.
It will knock your socks off.
And you can easily customize it to use cornbread instead of sourdough.
Or add in Italian sausage.
Maybe some bacon.
Or pancetta.
You get it.
Homemade Stovetop Stuffing
Ingredients
- 10 slices sourdough bread, diced into 1/2-inch cubes
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- ½ teaspoon dried sage
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ¼ teaspoon dried rosemary
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup chicken stock, or more, to taste
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spread bread cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet. Place into oven and bake until crisp and golden, about 4-5 minutes; set aside.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic, onion, carrots and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in sage, thyme and rosemary until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in bread cubes and gently toss to combine. Stir in chicken stock and parsley; cover and remove from heat. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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Hey this looks great! If I wanted to add in sage sausage, how / when would I do that in the recipe? (Never made stove top stuffing before). Thanks!
Tried this recipe today as per your excellent instruction here, the best recipe I’ve ever created and everyone loved it. The method you provide worked awesome. Pure heaven!
I’m happy I found it, and I’ll surely be checking your site frequently!
I made my own cornbread today to make with this tomorrow, for it to go on top of a chicken broccoli casserole. Excited to try it!!
Awesome!
So amazing!! I made this on two different occasions last year and it was damn delicious indeed. It takes a while to dice everything up but it’s totally worth it. I look forward to making it again this year.
How could I incorporate the crockpot with this recipe? Doing a big group thanksgiving where stove space will be limited.
Hi Claire. We have a crockpot stuffing recipe here:
https://damndelicious.net/2014/11/17/slow-cooker-cranberry-pecan-stuffing/.
Looks amazing! Can I made this ahead, refrigerate and then reheat?
Yes, of course!
Hi. Just wondering how best to reheat if I make earlier in the day and refrigerate? Thank you!!
You can reheat in the microwave or in the oven until heated through. Hope that helps, Amy!
Hey CHUNGAH!
Can i use normal bread instead of sourdough bread? Please suggest me soon. I am eager to prepare this dish on my mom’s birthday. 🙂
Yes, absolutely.
Made this for the first time tonight and promptly threw out my red box of stuffing! I don’t even think I chewed….just inhaled the whole thing!
Thank you again for another amazing dish 🙂
This looks wonderful! I have an overabundance of dried stuffing croutons from Thanksgiving (thanks to bad communication on my part with someone) that I’m looking to use. Do you have any idea about how many cups of dried cubes this equals? Thank you.
About 6-8 cups.
This is good, can we use this instead of meatloaf ? I guess i will try this on my Christmas holiday 🙂
Yep this was the best stuffing we’ve ever had on Thanksgiving by far!
Hi, do you know approximately how many cups the 10 slices of bread were? I used thin cut sourdough bread and I’m not sure if the ratio will equal to your 10 slices.
About 6-8 cups.
Do you think this will travel well? We are having dinner at a friend’s house. I plan to make a few side dishes and use a buffet server with warming tray to serve. Will this be dry?
Yes, it should travel just fine!
Looks yummy! What would you recommend to substitute the chicken stock with in order to make this vegetarian friendly?
Vegetable stock.
Made this with leftover challah, to help clean out the freezer. Quite good, I used 2 cups broth and mashed it all together to moisten it all together
Not quite as good as baked, but using the oven costs more in electric costs
Thank you. Judy, Simi Valley, CA
This is a great thing to substitute in meatloaf instead of plain bread.
Any chance you could estimate how many cups of dried bread cubes the 10 slices represent? I already have dried bread cubes I would like to try this recipe with.
1 slice bread = 0.5 cup cubed.
This looks amazing! Definitely going on the Thanksgiving menu!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
Do uou know how much cornbread it would take to make this? It looks delicious!!’
You can try this instead! 🙂
https://damndelicious.net/2013/11/16/chorizo-cornbread-stuffing/
You mentioned that cornbread can be sub in this recipe. I would like to know how much cornbread instead of 10 slices of sourdough. I don’t want the recipe for the one with chorizo. Don’t like chorizo at all. Could you please let us know how much cornbread instead of sourdough?
Tricia, you can omit the chorizo as needed. Isn’t that the beauty of home cooking?
I will have to try your recipe for homemade stuffing it looks delish, I have been using the box kind all my life but i think your way would be cheaper! Enjoy your trip? Happy traveling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!