Cornbread Stuffing With Sausage And Collard Greens Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease or spray 2 cookie sheets. Place cubed cornbread on cookie sheets. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until dry and crispy. Cool completely on cookie sheet.
• Meanwhile, in 6-quart Dutch oven, melt butter over medium-high heat. Cook sausage in butter 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until no longer pink. With slotted spoon, transfer sausage to large bowl; set aside. Add onion, bell pepper, celery and serrano chiles to Dutch oven. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender and lightly browned on edges.
• Add greens; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until wilted. Add broth; heat to simmering. Cook 1 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, using spoon to release browned bits from bottom of pan. Remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes.
• Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray; set aside. Add eggs, parsley and thyme to bowl with sausage. Stir in cornbread. Pour broth mixture over stuffing ingredients in bowl. Pour into baking dish. Cover with foil; bake 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until browned and crisp on top. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Place sausage, celery and onions in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine sausage mixture with cornbread, bread crumbs, chicken broth, poultry seasoning and sage. Mix well and transfer to a 9x12 inch baking dish.
• Bake, covered, for 45 minutes or until well set and cooked through.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Once the butter foams, add the chorizo and cook for 5 minutes. Add the vegetables and saute until tender, about 5 to 8 minutes more. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Add the cornbread to a very large mixing bowl. Pour in the stock, and the beaten eggs. Season the mixture with salt and pepper, to taste. Add the cooled vegetables and the parsley and toss everything together. Pour the mixture into a large 4-quart buttered casserole dish and cover with foil. Bake for 30 minutes, then uncover and continue baking for 15 minutes more.

Steps:

• In a large deep skillet, saute 1/2 pound diced andouille sausage in 6 tablespoons butter for 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and add 1 chopped onion, 3 chopped celery stalks and 1 tablespoon each chopped thyme and sage; cook 5 minutes, then add 4 cups sliced collard greens and let wilt. Pour in 3 cups chicken broth. Simmer until step 5. In a large bowl, mix 2 large eggs. Add to the bowl 8 cups toasted white bread cubes, 6 cups crumbled cornbread and the hot broth mixture. Gently toss the stuffing, then spread in a buttered 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Dot the top with butter or turkey pan drippings, cover and bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees F. Uncover and bake until golden, 20 more minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut bottom crust and short ends off bread; discard. Cut remaining bread with crust into 1-inch cubes (about 10 cups loosely packed). Place in very large bowl. Add oil, thyme, and garlic; toss. Spread cubes out on large rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake until golden and slightly crunchy, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Return to same very large bowl.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add next 3 ingredients. sauté until soft, about 10 minutes. Add crawfish; sauté 2 minutes. Transfer to medium bowl. sauté bacon in same skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to bowl with vegetables. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat from skillet. Add greens and 1 cup broth. Cover and simmer until greens are almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add greens and broth in skillet to vegetable mixture. Add parsley. DO AHEAD Bread cubes and vegetable mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately. Store bread at room temperature. Chill vegetable mixture.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Stir vegetable mixture into bread. Add remaining 3/4 cup broth; toss. Transfer to prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake until heated through, 25 minutes. Uncover; bake until top starts to brown, 25 minutes longer.