Southern Cornbread Dressing

Traditional Southern cornbread dressing with chicken is easier to make than you think — you just need some basic ingredients and a great recipe. That's where we come in! You'll make this cornbread dressing year after year.

Southern Cornbread Dressing Ingredients

You likely have most of the ingredients you'll need for this cornbread dressing on hand. If not, here's what to add to your grocery list:

· Vegetables: This recipe starts with onions and celery.· Butter: The vegetables are cooked in butter, which adds extra flavor.· Bread: You'll need two kinds of bread: crumbled cornbread and day-old white bread.· Chicken: Cook one pound of chicken breast meat or use leftover chicken.· Broth: Four cups of chicken broth add savory flavor and welcome moisture.· Canned soup: A can of condensed cream of chicken soup makes this dressing extra rich.· Eggs: Four whole eggs lend moisture and help bind the dressing together.· Seasonings: This cornbread dressing is seasoned with poultry seasoning, black pepper, and garlic powder. You likely won't need to add salt, as the canned soup has plenty.

How to Make Cornbread Dressing

You'll find the full, step-by-step recipe below — but here's a brief overview of what you can expect when you make this top-rated Southern cornbread dressing with chicken:

1. Cook veggies: Saut? the onions and celery in butter until they're tender.2. Combine ingredients: Combine the crumbled cornbread and day-old bread pieces in a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and blend with a potato masher until the mixture is the consistency of gelatin.3. Cook dressing: Transfer to a prepared baking dish and bake in a preheated oven until the cornbread dressing is golden brown.

From-Scratch vs. Shortcut Options

This cornbread dressing with chicken is easy to make completely from-scratch, but you can also take a few shortcuts. Make your broth and cooked chicken by placing chicken breasts in a large pot, covering with water, bringing to a boil, and simmering until the chicken is fully cooked and tender (see the recipe notes for detailed instructions). Of course, you can always use store-bought broth and leftover cooked chicken.

How to Store Cornbread Dressing

Transfer the cornbread dressing with chicken to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for three to four days. Reheat in the microwave or in the oven, adding chicken broth for moisture as necessary.

Cookdap Community Tips and Praise

Outstanding Southern dressing,” according to Cherryberry. “I made a gravy out of the broth, flour, oil, and cream of chicken soup and we ate this for 3 days!”

“Comfort food at its best,” raves MMMICHELLE. “I only used half of my cornbread and [the recipe] still made enough to feed an army. I added steamed green beans for a one-dish meal.”

“Absolutely fantastic recipe,” says Jennifer Sierra-Quick. “The only change I made was to mix by hand, rather than with a potato masher. It gave a chunkier stuffing ? which I love! ”