Sausage Stuffing

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 pound breakfast sausage
• 3/4 cup margarine, melted
• 3/4 cup finely diced onion
• 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
• 8 cups soft bread cubes, divided
• 3 teaspoons poultry seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• place sausage in a large, deep skillet; cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown, about 10 minutes. remove sausage from the skillet and let drain on paper towels. combine melted margarine with the sausage drippings until there is 1 cup of drippings and margarine combined.
• cook and stir onion and celery in the margarine-dripping mixture in the same skillet over medium heat until onion is tender but not browned, about 10 minutes . stir in about 1/3 of the bread cubes. pour onion mixture into a large bowl and stir in remaining bread cubes, sausage, poultry seasoning, and pepper. watch your hands, it's hot. mix well. this stuffing is ready for baking.