Creole Cornbread Dressing

Good Cook Wanda's Note:

A friend found a recipe for creole cornbread stuffing on allrecipe.com, which I adapted for cornbread dressing. It is spicy but not too spicy. Everyone enjoyed it at Thanksgiving along with the creole smoked turkey.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 45 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 4 -5 cups crumbled cornbread
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 3 tablespoons chopped basil
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion
• 3 tablespoons dried parsley
• 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded & minced
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 -5 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 cup evaporated skim milk
• 1 egg, beaten

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Finely crumble cornbread into a large bowl.
3. Combine salt, peppers, onion powder, oregano, thyme, basil, bay leaves in a small bowl.
4. Melt butter in a large skillet. Add onions, bell pepper, jalepeno pepper, and garlic. Saute until soft. Do not brown.
5. Add parsley and spices to skillet for a minute.
6. Add vegetables and spices to the bowl with cornbread.
7. Put broth in a large pot & bring to a boil.
8. Add hot broth, one cup at time, to cornbread mixture in bowl. Mixture should be somewhat soupy.
9. Mix egg & evaporate milk together. Add to cornbread mixture.
10. Grease a 9 x 13 pan. Pour dressing into pan. Cook at 375 degrees for 35 - 45 minutes until bubbly all through.

Reviews

[Baby Kato]

This was a wonderful dish. We loved it. I served it with Carribean BBQ chicken. So yummy. The only change i did was to use French Tart's Auberge Blend - Herbes De Provence in the dish. It worked really well in it. We loved all the different flavors. I will be making this again. Thank you for sharing.

[Stefnee]

Perfect side dish for our turkey dinner! It's on the spicy side but my entire family enjoyed it!