Crockpot Stuffing – It’second one thousandade amongst fresh breadstuff, fresh vegetables, lots of butter, in addition to plenty of an abundance of fresh herbs! This method is a corking fashion to costless upwardly the oven space during the holidays. This is a family unit favorite in addition to may probable go your go-to Thanksgiving stuffing recipe.
Free upwardly the Oven, Make Stuffing in a Crockpot!
This is a go-to stuffing recipe for us, one time you lot try it yous’ll see why. It’s only as skillful every bit what yous can brand inwards the oven in addition to it takes less aid to, and then you tin deal the remainder of your Thanksgiving card.
Boxed stuffing is popular, but once I tried this made-from-scratch crockpot stuffing version I was hooked. You’ll dearest all the fresh, real flavor it has when it’second homemade—plus it’sec easier to brand than yous’d intend.
This stuffing is packed with fresh herbs, freshly dried bread cubes (I listed shop-bought breadstuff cubes as an option but in instance y'all don’t take time to make your own), too has the perfect amount of butter in addition to veggies.
On Thanksgiving, nosotros all know how little oven space is available so it e'er helps to either be able to make roughly of it ahead of fourth dimension or inwards the dull cooker. This recipe is a game-changer for a busy kitchen.
And believe it or non, I intend you’ll dearest the style the irksome cooker cooks the stuffing. You go a soft buttery centre as well as deliciously crisp edges—the best of both worlds for the perfect slow Thanksgiving stuffing recipe.
I hope this recipe becomes a staple for your Thanksgiving dinner sides! It’s merely ane of those timeless classics that always pleases.
How to Make Stuffing in a Crockpot
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
- Dry breadstuff cubes on baking canvass inwards oven (about 45 minutes).
- Mix chicken broth amongst the eggs, poultry seasoning in addition to south&P.
- Pour dried breadstuff cubes into a very large mixing bowl.
- Saute onion, celery in addition to carrot inward butter until soft, saute alongside garlic most cease.
- Pour onion mixture and herbs over bread cubes in addition to toss.
- Toss amongst chicken broth mixture, add more than broth if needed.
- Pour staff of life cube mixture into greased boring cooker.
- Cook on high oestrus xxx minutes and so cut down estrus to low in addition to fix 3 ane/ii – 5 hours longer.
Can I brand crockpot stuffing inward advance?
- You tin dry out the bread cubes the mean solar day before, allow cool then store inwards an airtight container.
- Bread can fifty-fifty live dried months inward advance together with frozen. Then thaw overnight earlier adding.
- You can as well saute the veggies the twenty-four hour period earlier, reheat briefly inwards the microwave and then butter becomes liquid again.
Tips for the Best Slow Cooker Stuffing
- For this recipe, I highly recommend drying your ain bread cubes. Today I did a side-by-side comparison of the version I dried myself (which is that pictured here) and then one using the shop-bought staff of life cubes.
- The homemade staff of life holds up much amend together with just had a amend flavour – and so I order a 24-hour interval or 2 before Thanksgiving dry your own in addition to they’ll live prepare to purpose Thanksgiving solar day. It’sec worth the extra attempt.
- I like to leave stuffing pretty basic just y'all tin can definitely add together inward or so mushrooms with this (if doing and then add inward along alongside the garlic), or yous could add together in a pound of cooked sausage when tossing it all together.
More Thanksgiving Recipes We Think You’ll Love
- Green Bean Casserole
- Honey Baked Ham
- Sweet Potato Casserole with Cinnamon Pecan Topping
- Butternut Squash Soup
- Winter Fruit Salad
Crockpot Stuffing
Ingredients
- ii lbs hearty white sandwich bread*, diced into pieces between i/ii too iii/four-inch thick, or fifteen cups shop-bought dried unseasoned staff of life cubes
- two - iii ane/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth, as needed
- two big eggs
- ane tsp poultry seasoning
- ane tsp table salt, or to gustation
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- iii/iv cup unsalted butter, diced into ane Tbsp pieces
- ii cups chopped yellow onion
- ii cups chopped celery
- i cup chopped carrot (die modest)
- ane big clove garlic, minced
- 1/iv cup chopped fresh parsley, summation more than for garnish
- two ane/ii Tbsp chopped fresh sage (or two one/2 tsp dried)
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme (or i tsp dried)
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh marjoram (or 1 tsp dried)
- ii tsp chopped fresh rosemary (or i/ii tsp dried, crushed)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Spread bread cubes evenly onto ii rimmed baking sheets.
- Bake inward preheated oven on alternating oven racks, until bread cubes are dried, piece rotating baking sheets as well as as well removing from oven as well as tossing staff of life cubes occasionally, about 45 - 55 minutes.
- Remove from oven together with let to cool.**
- In a bowl mix together ii cups of the chicken broth with the eggs, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper until well blended.
- Pour dried staff of life cubes (I had 17 cups) into a very large mixing bowl.
- Melt butter in a large not-stick skillet over medium-high oestrus. Add onion, celery together with carrot together with saute until soft, nigh 8 - 12 minutes, adding in garlic during last infinitesimal of sauteing.
- Pour onion mixture, along with parsley, sage, thyme, marjoram together with rosemary over breadstuff cubes in mixing bowl too instantly toss.
- Evenly drizzle chicken broth mixture over peak in addition to like a shot toss to evenly coat. Add in more broth just every bit needed to moisten bread.***
- Spray a six-quart dull cooker amongst not-stick cooking spray and so pour bread cube mixture into tiresome cooker.
- Cover in addition to ready on high rut xxx minutes and so trim oestrus to depression together with fix three one/ii - v hours longer. Sprinkle pinnacle amongst more than fresh parsley (almost ane Tbsp) and serve warm.
Notes
- If using shop-bought dried bread skip the drying inward oven stride.
- I recommend doing this stride (drying bread cubes) a twenty-four hours or ii earlier and storing cooled breadstuff cubes inwards a gallon size resealable bags.
- You don't want the breadstuff cubes soaked or it volition end upward soggy, the bread should hold it cast too doesn't call for to be only moistened all the mode through, I used nearly two 1/2 cups.
- Recipe makes well-nigh 12 cups.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 342
Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*