Mama's Southern Style Cornbread Dressing

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• mexican cornbread mix
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion, diced (about half of a large onion)
• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 1 medium bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 medium red bell pepper, diced (optional)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 slices toast
• 1 chicken breast, baked and shredded
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 -4 cups chicken or 3 -4 cups turkey broth
• poultry seasoning and cayenne pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 prepare cornbread as package directs. i use a mexican cornbread mix. don’t use one that contains sugar.
• 2 when your cornbread has cooled, break it and the toast into a large bowl.
• 3 sauté onions, celery, and green bell pepper, optional red bell pepper, and garlic in butter until onions are transparent.
• 4 add the shredded chicken and the sautéed veggies into the cornbread mixture. use your hands to really mix it up.
• 5 add poultry seasoning and cayenne pepper, mixing well.
• 6 add in the broth a little at a time. add in just enough to make it thick and somewhat soupy. mix, well.
• 7 give it a taste. it should taste exactly the way you want your dressing to taste. if it needs more spices add them here.
• 8 when you are content with the taste, stir in the eggs.
• 9 pour into a buttered 9 x 13 casserole dish.
• 10 bake for 45 minutes or until set.