Mama's Southern Cornbread Dressing

This Southern cornbread dressing combines Thanksgiving favorites like turkey, giblets, and cornbread into a side dish that everyone will enjoy.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 379 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, melted
• 3 large eggs
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 2 large bay leaves
• 8 cups crumbled cornbread
• 4 cups cubed stale bread
• 2 cups turkey broth, or as needed
• 4 large hard-cooked eggs, chopped
• 4 tablespoons self-rising flour
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage, or to taste
• 1.5 cups chopped celery
• 1.5 cups chopped cooked turkey
• 0.25 cup chopped, cooked turkey giblets

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x13-inch baking dishes.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and set, 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Step 3

Combine cornbread and stale bread cubes in a large bowl; set aside.

Step 4

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery; cook and stir until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 5

Add onion mixture, turkey broth, chopped turkey, soup, hard-cooked eggs, giblets, and flour to cornbread mixture; stir until all cornbread wet. Stir in parsley, sage, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Add beaten eggs; stir to combine. Mixture should be "soupy." Divide evenly and pour into the prepared pans.