Stella's Traditional Turkey Stuffing

A traditional Thanksgiving stuffing with ground beef, turkey giblets, and walnuts may take a little extra time to prepare but it's well worth the wait.

• Preparation Time: 40 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Calories: 285 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 bay leaf
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• turkey innards (gizzard, liver, heart, tail, and neck)
• 2 stalks celery with leaves, diced
• 1 loaf day-old white bread, cubed
• 2 cups chopped celery with leaves
• 1 medium apple, cored and chopped with peel
• 0.25 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.25 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 0.25 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 0.25 teaspoon dried sage
• 0.25 teaspoon dried thyme
• 0.25 teaspoon dried oregano
• 0.25 cup vegetable oil
• 0.25 pound ground beef

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine turkey innards, diced celery, diced carrot, and bay leaf in a pot. Season with salt and pepper and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 hour, removing liver after 30 minutes. Remove and discard neck, tail, and bay leaf. Remove remaining innards and put with the liver to cool. Keep broth in the pot.

Step 2

Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.

Step 3

Combine bread cubes, beef, chopped celery, apple, walnuts, poultry seasoning, oregano, sage, thyme, and rosemary in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

Chop cooled innards into small pieces. Add to the bread mixture and mix until everything is evenly distributed, adding in broth mixture (including cooked celery and carrots) and oil to moisten the dressing to desired texture. Stuffing is ready to bake in the oven or stuff in the bird.