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bread cubes
rice is not real stuffing.
I sautee a mince of onions, celery and mushrooms....well seasoned and mix into bread cubes.
Of course stale bread works probably the best but there are certain brands of bread cubes and certain kinds of bread cubes or croutons that work fine.
I find the best cubes are the smallest, hardest cubes.
I dont want mush, I want cubes when its done. SO you can tell the good stuffing cubes by squeezing the bag a litle to see which has the smallest , hardest, densest cubes that do not crumble and theres no powdery bullshit in the bag
Or make your own cubes with stale bread like some rye and sourdough.
I mix the sautee into the cubes with some melted butter and chicken stock.
I always make enough to stuff the bird and also do a 9x13 pan full.
The bird stuffing often gets too moist, and you can get it perfect in the 9x13.
I find a mixture of bird stuffing with the 9x13 is the perfect mix....as i like to get the 9x13 pan crispy on top and it works perfectly over the moist bird stuffing.
One key is that I like meat in my stuffing/ dressing. I will usually buy a smoked turkey leg or some andouille sausage and make sure that little bits of meat are mixed in thouroughly with the sauteed mushrooms and onions.
SOmetimes I will mix gravy in before baking the 9x13 also...
I'm pretty much the king of stuffing
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