Sausage jalapeño cornbread dressing
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: About 45 mins
  • Servings: 8 to 10
  • Preparation Time: 30 mins
  • 3/4 cup butter divided
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
  • 2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and minced
  • 1/2 pound spicy Italian sausage ( no casing)
  • 1 package cornbread stuffing mix
  • 3 cups dry bread crumbs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 cups warm chicken broth ( can add more if needed)
  • 1 egg beaten
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven 350 degrees
  2. Grease pan ( usually 9x9 )
  3. In a heavy skillet, melt 8 tbs butter over low heat. Sauté onion and peppers untill soft. Place sausage in skillet, crumble and cook over med high heat untill evenly brown. Drain & transfer into a large bowl.
  4. Combine sausage mixture, with stuffing mix, bread crumbs, warm chicken stalk, & egg.
  5. Add salt , pepper, & mix well. Place dressing in greased pan. Dot with remaing butter.
  6. Bake for about 45 mins. untill slightly brown.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
I found this recipe in a book. Sounded good. I tried, and loved it. I now make it every year. It's spicy without being hot!