Sourdough Stuffing with Kielbasa and Bacon

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If you’re looking for an impressive, unique stuffing to add to your holiday table, look no further than this Sourdough Stuffing with Kielbasa and Bacon! With loads of smoky flavor and crispy sourdough, this stuffing is a surefire hit!

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While I love a good, classic stuffing or dressing, there’s something extra special about my Sourdough Stuffing with Kielbasa and Bacon.

With loads of tender-crisp sourdough, and smoky bacon and kielbasa flavor- this stuffing has certainly got it going on.

Prepping the stuffing ingredients

This stuffing is loaded with flavor, but not with extra steps and tricky directions.

You’ll start by toasting the cubed sourdough. This helps give the bread that “stale” texture, and gets it ready to receive all the moisture from the stock and beaten eggs.

While the bread toasts, you’ll cook up some chopped bacon, drain it, and cook up a bunch of kielbasa and aromatics in the same pan. Once everything is cooked down and homogenous, you’ll add the cooked bacon, kielbasa and veggies to a large bowl with the toasted bread cubes.

Next up- add in a few spices, the beaten eggs, and stock, and mix everything together. You want the bread moist, but not saturated.

Baking the stuffing

Once the stuffing mixture is ready to go, you’ll spread it out into a greased baking dish, and top it off with some butter. The butter not only adds more flavor, it also helps the stuffing to get nice and crispy on top.

Once the top is studded with butter pats, cover the whole dish in foil, and bake it covered for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, uncover the stuffing and bake it for an additional 30-35 minutes. This is where the crispy magic happens.

Once the stuffing is cooked through, crisp, and golden brown- it’s ready to eat!

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Looking for more great recipes? Why not try my Crockpot Beef Stew with Dumplings, World’s Best Pot Roast, Short Ribs with Root Vegetable Purée, or Mouthwatering Mushroom Gravy!

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Sourdough Stuffing with Kielbasa and Bacon

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time1 hr 15 mins

Total Time1 hr 35 mins

Course: Holiday, Side Dish

Keyword: bacon, holiday, sausage, stuffing

Servings: 8

Equipment

• 9×13 ceramic or glass baking dish

Ingredients

• 24 oz (1 1/2 lb) sourdough bread, cut into small cubes
• 5 strips bacon, chopped 
• 8 tbsp butter (reserve 4 tbsp for topping)
• 1 lb smoked beef or pork kielbasa sausage, cut into small cubes 
• 1  rib celery with leaves, finely chopped 
• 1 medium shallot, finely chopped
• 1 8 oz package baby bella mushrooms, finely chopped 
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped 
• 2 1/2 cups chicken or turkey stock
• 3 beaten eggs
• 2 tsp poultry seasoning 
• 1 tsp garlic powder 
• 2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

  2. Spread cubed sourdough onto 2-3 large sheet pans for 8-10 minutes, until bread is well toasted, crunchy and dry. Once bread in toasted, transfer to a jumbo mixing bowl.

  3. While the bread toasts, cook the bacon over medium heat in a deep non stick skillet until crisp, about 8 minutes. Remove to paper towels to drain.

  4. When bread is toasted, reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

  5. Add 4 tbsp butter to the pan with the bacon fat, and melt. Add the Kielbasa, celery, shallot, mushrooms.

  6. Season with salt and pepper, and cook 10-12 minutes, until liquid is mostly evaporated.

  7. Add the garlic, and cook 1 minutes until just fragrant.

  8. Our off the heat, and transfer the mixture to the mixing bowl with the toasted bread cubes.

  9. Add cooked bacon, chicken stock, beaten eggs, poultry seasoning, and parsley and toss to combine until all bread is well coated. If mixture seems a bit dry, add more stock as needed.

  10. Transfer the mixture to a greased 9×13 baking dish, and cover with reserved butter, in slices over top. Cover dish with foil and bake at 350° for 20 minutes.

  11. Uncover; and bake 30-35 minutes more, until brown and crisp on top, but most in the center.

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