Easy homemade sausage stuffing is the perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving dinner!
Made from scratch and with little prep, this stuffing recipe is simple and easy!
This easy homemade stuffing starts with some sourdough bread and turns into an incredibly flavorful dish. This is a perfect simple stuffing recipe for thanksgiving, made with only 7 ingredients and a couple of steps this recipe is super user-friendly. Unlike other stuffing recipes, this one is unique in ingredients and taste. It starts with freshly toasted bread crumbs and then adds mushrooms, artichokes, and of course, ground Italian sausage!
Easy Homemade Stuffing Recipe
While boxed stuffings are convenient, making your own homemade stuffing from scratch is always a little better. you can mix in as much or as little of any ingredient to adjust it to your own tastebuds. Not only that but making stuffing from scratch is far easier than you may think! especially if you use leftover bread or stale bread you may already have on hand.
Ingredients for Homemade Stuffing
- Sourdough bread
- Unsalted chicken broth
- Eggs
- Ground Italian sausage
- Mushrooms
- Canned artichoke hearts
- Sage
For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.
How to Make Homemade Sausage Stuffing
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and spray the inside of an 11×7 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large skillet, brown your sausage and break it up as it cooks. Remove the cooked meat from the skillet and set it aside.
- In the same pan add in the mushrooms, artichokes, and sage. saute until softened. This will be about 6-8 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the bread cubes, eggs, chicken stock, sausage, and cooked vegetables. Stir together to coat well.
- Pour the mixture into your prepared baking dish and bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until the mixture has set and the breading has turned a nice shade of brown.
- Serve warm with your meal and enjoy.
How to Toast Bread for Stuffing
Take your loaf of sourdough bread and slice it into 1 inch sized cube pieces. Lay those pieces out evenly onto a large baking sheet. there are a few ways that you can get your bread dried for stuffing:
- Let the baking sheet of bread rest at room temperature for up to 3 days (being kept clean and covered with a light kitchen towel or linen).
- Toast in the oven at 225 degrees F for about 30-40 minutes or until the bread has dried out.
You can prepare your bread cubes up to 4 days in advance and keep them stored in a cool dry place in an airtight container.
FAQs
What is the difference between dressing and stuffing?
Is stuffing better with or without eggs?
We use eggs to help bind the mixture together better. It helps to hold everything together well and gives the stuffing a nicer and fluffier texture as a result. Because of this, the stuffing should be cooked until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. Use an instant-read thermometer as a guide to help make sure that you have cooked tour stuffing properly before serving.
How stale should bread be for stuffing?
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Easy Homemade Stuffing
Easy homemade sausage stuffing is the perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving dinner!
Ingredients
- 6-8 slices sourdough bread, cubed and toasted
- 2 cup unsalted chicken broth
- 2 eggs
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage
- 8 oz mushrooms
- 14 oz can artichoke hearts, drained
- 1 teaspoon Sage
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray an 11 x 7 baking dish with non stick spray and set aside.
- In a large skillet brown sausage breaking it up as it cooks. Remove. Saute mushrooms, artichokes and sage in the same skillet for about 6-8 minutes or until vegetables have softened.
- Combine bread cubes, eggs, chicken stock, sausage and vegetables in a large bowl. Stir to coat. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Bake stuffing for 45 minutes or until set and breading has browned.
Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 283Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 53mgSodium 656mgCarbohydrates 29gFiber 3gSugar 4gProtein 15g
Karly Campbell says
I feel the same way about stuffing (but we call it dressing if it’s not actually stuffed in the turkey here) and even eat the leftovers for breakfast the next day. Best breakfast ever.
Lemonsforlulu says
I never remember the difference between stuffing and dressing. I’m all for trying ti for breakfast!
Lisa @ Wine & Glue says
Yummy Tanya! I loooooove stuffing too! I could easily be happy with just a giant plate of stuffing 🙂
Lemonsforlulu says
Great minds Lisa!
Julie Evink says
Oh my gosh can you bring this to my Thanksgiving? I also hate the pie. Love the stuffing! I’m seriously drooling!
Lemonsforlulu says
Yep, I’ll bring em over!
Heather @ Sugar Dish Me says
Why is Cooking Light always so awesome?!
Also- HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE PIE?! What is going on over there.
I love love love stuffing — and I have to make it this year because I am doing all the cooking at my sister’s house. Usually my mom makes it. I might need this recipe…
Lemonsforlulu says
I don’t know what it is about pie….we just aren’t that close. This stuffing made me very happy Heather!
Lisa@ Cooking with Curls says
I love the stuffing as well, but mine has bacon and pecans. 🙂 I will need to try your Italian sausage version Tanya, it sounds wonderful!!
Lemonsforlulu says
Can’t ever go wrong with bacon Lisa!
Heather @ French Press says
stuffing is the best part of the meal! and I LOVE mine with sausage.
Lemonsforlulu says
I agree!
Caroline | Taste Love & Nourish says
I am so on the same page as you…Thanksgiving is all about the stuffing for me! Yours looks gorgeous and just the way I like it, with that crunchy top! I need to try this with the sausage! I’ve never had it that way and it sounds delicious!
Lemonsforlulu says
MMm, the sausage is so good! You have to try it Caroline!
emilyd says
Tanya I’m loving these Thanksgiving recipes you’re sharing this week, this stuffing looks delish!
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Emily!
atasteofmadess says
Ooh! This looks great! I love stuffing, but I have only made one kind before. Maybe I’ll try mixing it up and making this
Lemonsforlulu says
THis is going to be my go to stuffing from now! Thanks for stopping by!
Gloria Phillips says
I have to say that stuffing is my ultimate favorite thing for the dinner on Thanksgiving. I could pass even on the pies…it’s all about the stuffing! This one is looking great!
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Gloria! Who needs pie anyway?
juliemurkerson says
Great stuffing recipe, Tanya! Stuffing is one of my favorite sides and I love to make a good one and try new ones. I made one a couple weeks ago that I’ll be sharing this week!
I love the sausage and mushrooms in your stuffing. And sourdough bread? HUGE WIN!
Hope you are having a great weekend, Tanya!
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Julie! I can’t wait to make this stuffing for “the big day”! Look forward to yours too!
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says
I love stuffing with sausage….but no one in my family makes it that way! I guess I’ll have to be like you and make a pre-Thanksgiving dinner of our own, complete with this yummy stuffing recipe!
Lemonsforlulu says
I couldn’t go back to plain stuffing again! I’m happy we had our pre Thanksgiving dinner, it was a lot less stressful!
kalamitykelli says
I have had sausage stuffing but never with mushrooms and artichokes – this is a must try! It will be great on a roasted chicken night.
Lemonsforlulu says
I couldn’t have sausage without stuffing, it’s so good!