Crock Pot Dressing

I know this is coming after Thanksgiving but my week has been a busy one with all the cooking and Hubby being ill. He is fine and back to work.

Crock Pot dressing is something Hubby’s family does, and the concept is really great if you are not a fan of the crust on top of dressing. Also you save room in the oven for the turkey, I think that is the reason they started doing it.

I am going to tell you how I do it. And you can tweak it any way you want to. Remember this is dressing not stuffing, and in the south the main ingredient is Cornbread!

• Make three pans or sets of corn muffins. Break up the lumps as much as you can. Then put them in the food processor to keep them all the same size. (Remember I have bags I put this into the frig a day or two ahead of time)
• The next thing I do is toast the bread. We don’t use a toaster but it is easier if you have one. Either way you can toast it the broiler or a toaster. I use about 1/4 to 1/3 of a loaf of bread. Then I do the same thing break up and process. Then bag it, and frig it.
• The next thing I work on is to finely chop my celery and onion. Honestly I only know how many onions I use. I use two, and make sure I get the pieces as uniform as possible, then I use an equal amount of celery. Chop until it is half and half. I saute this in butter of low to medium low heat. Thanksgiving is a time for good food and one meal will not kill your cholesterol numbers. I use between one and two sticks until the veggies are all see through.
• Then I crock pot a very small chicken. This is something Hubby’s family does. It does give the dressing better flavor so I would do it either way.
• The only other ingredients you will need is salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, chicken broth, a couple of eggs and sage if you like it.

I have everything pre-done, so all I do is dump and stir in a crock pot about 4 AM. By lunch time I will have added more broth to keep it moist. It is cooked and ready to go.

I highly suggest it for any cook that cannot figure out where to put a huge pan of dressing or wants to plan ahead rest the day of eating!

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