Southern Cornbread Dressing

• servings: 18 servings
• active time: 30 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

¼ cup butter

½ cup chopped onions

½ cup chopped celery

1 (1 pound) loaf cornbread, crumbled

1 (1 pound) loaf day-old white bread, torn into small pieces

1 pound shredded, cooked chicken breast meat

4 cups chicken broth, or more to taste

1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup

6 large eggs

2 teaspoons poultry seasoning

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

⅛ teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery; cook and stir until tender, 5 to 7 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine crumbled cornbread and white bread pieces in a large bowl.

Add cooked onions and celery to the bread mixture. Mix in shredded chicken, 4 cups chicken broth, condensed soup, eggs, poultry seasoning, pepper, and garlic powder. Blend with a potato masher until mixture is the consistency of gelatin. Add up to 2 cups more broth to attain the desired consistency. Transfer to a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Bake in the preheated oven until dressing is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition

• Calories: 182 kcal
• Total Fat: 8 g
• Saturated Fat: 3 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 90 mg
• Sodium: 599 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 15 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Protein: 12 g