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Southern Dressing with Biscuits and Cornbread

November 16, 2017

This SouthernĀ dressing with biscuits and cornbreadĀ is a perfect traditional Southern side for your Thanksgiving turkey dinner!
This Southern dressing with biscuits and cornbread is a perfect traditional Southern side for your Thanksgiving turkey dinner! | recipe from Chattavore.comClick here to save this recipe!

Stuffing or Dressing

Do you say stuffing or dressing? Here in the South, it’s dressing, no ifs, ands, or buts. I have to admit, though, until recently I called it stuffing, and let me tell you why.
For some reason, when I was growing up, I didn’t eat dressing. I really don’t know why. I honestly think it was among those many things that grossed me out for one reason or another even though I’d ever actually eaten it. I am pretty sure that the closest I ever came to eating dressing when I was growing up was scraping it off of my turkey when they served turkey & dressing at school two times a year (near Thanksgiving and Christmas, when they would invite our parents to come eat lunch with us).
This Southern dressing with biscuits and cornbread is a perfect traditional Southern side for your Thanksgiving turkey dinner! | recipe from Chattavore.com

Stove Top???

Now it’s admission time. My enlightenment came from…Stove Top Stuffing. I am so embarrassed. I don’t even know where that came from. For some reason I guess I decided to pick up a box at the grocery store when I was in college and attempting to cook for myself rather than eat in the dining hall. And guess what? I liked it.

With time, I started eating my mom’s dressing. That’s right, I didn’t even eat the cornbread dressing that my mom made from scratch. For some reason, I convinced myself that I didn’t like sage, but my mom would use poultry seasoning in her dressing and, even though poultry seasoning contains sage, I liked it. My mom made her dressing in the slow cooker, and you guys, that stuff is good.
This Southern dressing with biscuits and cornbread is a perfect traditional Southern side for your Thanksgiving turkey dinner! | recipe from Chattavore.com

What’s the Difference?

 

Oh yeah, back to semantics. I’ve never actually had stuffing, i.e. bready stuff cooked inside of a bird. Nay nay, if it’s cooked in a pan it’s dressing. And here in the South, it’s almost always cooked in a pan. Besides, it can be really tricky to cook dressing stuffed into a bird thoroughly enough to kill any icky bacteria without drying out the bird. But this stuff is so good that it doesn’t matter.

Another thing….Southern dressing is more or less always cornbread based. Made with biscuits and cornbread and all the traditional flavors of Southern dressing (onions, celery, and sage, which I have realized as my tastebuds matured that I do like, this biscuit and cornbread dressing is flavorful and moist and the perfect side for your Thanksgiving turkey (or ham, if that’s how you roll)!

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This Southern dressing with biscuits and cornbread is a perfect traditional Southern side for your Thanksgiving turkey dinner! | recipe from Chattavore.com

Yield: 12-15 servings

Biscuit and Cornbread Dressing

20 minPrep Time:

1 hr, 45 Cook Time:

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Ingredients

  • 8 cups crumbled cornbread (one full-sized batch)
  • 6 cups crumbled biscuits (about 10 biscuits)
  • 1 medium yellow onion - finely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery - finally chopped
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup fresh sage - julienned
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 1 32-ounce container low-sodium chicken broth

Instructions

  1. Dehydrate the bread: preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Spread the crumbled biscuits and cornbread onto a large baking sheet. Bake until dried, about 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove the bread crumbs from the oven and increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees.
  2. Place the bread crumbs into a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until well combined. Taste the mixture for seasoning and add more salt if needed.
  3. Spread the dressing into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake for one hour. Serve immediately.

Notes

Cook time includes time to dehydrate bread. This makes a lot of dressing, but it freezes beautifully if your family does not eat all of it in a few days!

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Comments

  1. magicalslowcooker says

    November 18, 2015 at 8:39 am

    Cornbread dressing is definitely the best, I will have to try your recipe! Looks delish!
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      November 18, 2015 at 3:48 pm

      Thanks, Sarah! It's so good. If you try it, let me know how you like it!
      Reply
  2. Mary Harris says

    November 25, 2016 at 6:04 pm

    My Mom made this same dressing every year. Some years it seemed a bit dry. SO a sweet old lady she know told her to pour a CAN of Carnation milk over her dressing once its in the 9x13 pan and bak it. Pour slowly because it has to soak down to the bottom. There will be some standing on top when the can is empty but it will cook in and your dressing will NEVER be dry again. The thing is....since its milk it soaks into the dressing and bread. Even dressing that was going to be moist wont be over moist and too juicy.
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      November 25, 2016 at 9:15 pm

      Thanks for the tip! I will definitely try that the next time I make this!
      Reply
  3. Sandy Britt says

    December 9, 2016 at 5:07 pm

    How would I convert this to the slow-cooker (like your Mom!).
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      December 9, 2016 at 6:28 pm

      Sandy, I've never made it that way-let me talk to my mom and I will get back to you in the next day or two!
      Reply
  4. Beth says

    January 8, 2017 at 8:50 pm

    Love the "freezes beautifully" comment at the end of it was meant to be a movie reference. We always cook the onions and celery in the broth first before adding to the mix. We done like crunchy vegetables. Thanks for the recipe.
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      January 8, 2017 at 8:58 pm

      Good idea! The crunch doesn't bother me but I know it does some people (and can totally understand)!
      Reply
  5. Missy Chamberlain says

    November 25, 2019 at 5:17 pm

    Thank you for sharing. This is the first time I have ever seen my mom's exact dressing recipe. I cook it every year and it is so good. We put poultry seasoning, too. Happy Thanksgiving.
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      November 25, 2019 at 9:25 pm

      Thank you, Missy! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
      Reply

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