How do you make Thanksgiving stuffing without a turkey?

Question

We aren't making turkey this year but still want to enjoy stuffing. Is there a way to make it without actually stuffing it inside a bird?

Answer 1

You can just put the stuffing in a baking dish. We always make at least 2 extra pans besides what is in the bird and many "experts" recommend not stuffing the bird anyway.

Answer 2

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How do you make Thanksgiving stuffing without a turkey?
We aren't making turkey this year but still want to enjoy stuffing. Is there a way to make it without actually stuffing it inside a bird?

Answer 3

If u make it in a crockpot it's easy and it comes out sooo yummy and you don't have to heat up the oven!!

Mama's Crockpot Dressing
1 cup melted butter
2 cups finely chopped onion
2 cups chopped celery
13 cups dry, crumbled bread
1 tsp poultry seasoning
1 1/2 tsp sage
1 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp marjoram
3 cups veggie broth
2 beaten eggs
Melt butter in a large roasting pan and saute onion and celery till limp. Dump in all seasonings and stir into the liquid. Next Dump in bread crumbs/cubes and toss together well. Pour in broth and toss together well. Add beaten eggs and mix together well. Pack lightly into a crock pot that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
Cover and cook on high for 45 minutes, then lower to low for 4 to 8 hours.

You can use an egg substitute if you like.
Enjoy!

Answer 4

you can make a cornbread stuffing make a simple pan of cornbread set a side when done in a frying pan add chopped onion chopped celery chopped carrots some parsly salt pepper some butter and cook till onions are soft set aside in a big bowl crumbly up the cornbread add the veggie mix that you cooked off mix together open a can of veggie stock beat 2 eggs add stock and eggs to cornbread and mix well butter or spay a baking pan put the stuffing in it and bake it at 350 for about 20 min or till golden brown eat and enjoy

Answer 5

Easy Thanksgiving: Replace turkey with Confit de Canard. Already cooked, comes in a jar. Put confit (duck hindquarters) in oven at 350 until brown, about 30 minutes. At the same time, roast two whole heads of garlic. Take grease the duck came in and get it hot, fry (dried off, cut in half) canned whole potatoes in that until brown. Put them onto paper towel to drain. Get equal amounts sweet potatoes and yams. Prick with a fork to prevent bursting, microwave those for about 9 minutes until a knife slides in easily. Skin them with a knife (easy after they are cooked). Separate the baked garlic (now brown and mushy) into cloves -- a couple for each person. Put these skinned into a bowl with the pieces of yams and sweet potatoes, mash. Add a tub of sour cream, salt and pepper, and a little dash of cinnamon. Mash again and stir until smooth enough, like baby-food. Assemble on dinner plates, microwave for a minute to bring everything up to temperature, decorate with a little chopped fresh parsley. Serve a little baby spinach salad with vinaigrette on the side, maybe with sliced radishes in it, to freshen up while eating. That's it. 1 hour or less start to finish, no real cooking to speak of, practically foolproof! You and your guests will think your wife has become a candidate for Top Chef.

Answer 6

Of course there is. The recipe is on the back of the bag. It's not even a good idea to cook stuffing in the turkey because there is a risk of cross contamination.

Answer 7

Boil the giblets in a pan,grind the meat that comes off them, along with some day old bread, onions, celery, sage,salt & pepper in a bowl. Mix it up. Use a little of the broth to moisten and put it in the oven at 350 degrees for about an hour.

Answer 8

Stovetop Stuffing!!

Answer 9

go to foodtv.com. they have a ton of thanksgiving recipes. search for stuffing/dressing recipes. pick any that sounds good to you. substitute any animal-based stock/broth with vegetable broth/stock and follow the baking instructions. almost all directions will be for baking the stuffing in a casserole dish.

Answer 10

i buy the Peppridge Farms stuffing....the one with herbs and white and wheat bread... it has no animal by products in it.....

stove top stuffing already has chicken or turkey broth in it....

anyway....on the stove top...i combine the Peppridge Farms stuffing with a can of vegetable broth (you can find both of these things anywhere...at Publix...at Walmart...wherever you shop)
and a little margarine and it makes delicious stuffing... it is vegetarian but not vegan because of the margarine....