Keahon Stuffing (kinda)

Name: Keahon Stuffing (kinda)
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Ingredients: 2 loaves of bread (if you're making a turkey, or just 1 loaf if you're making a chicken. Preferably a mixture of bread types, like a hearty white bread, and a maybe a whole grain); 2 bags of frozen diced onions (which should be a total of 20-24 oz.); 24 oz. of celery hearts (2 heads, though you'll likely use 1.5); 1 stick of salted butter; a large bunch of thyme or 3-5TB; salt & pepper; optional: chicken broth or applesauce, up to 0.5 cup

AuthorHeatherLeighCategorySide DishDifficultyBeginner

I twisted Debby's arm to *roughly* give me the recipe for the Keahon Stuffing. She described this as a "nebulous recipe" and I really had to squeeze the basics from her (amounts, steps, ingredients, ya know, a RECIPE!). At any rate, make this your own (as you'll have to) and hopefully enjoy! I love it, hence my determination.
Editor's Note: my mom and I got a good laugh trying to make this recipe a reality, hope you have fun with it too!

Yields1 Serving

Prep Time1 hrCook Time20 minsTotal Time1 hr 20 mins

2 loaves of bread (if you're making a turkey, or just 1 loaf if you're making a chicken. Preferably a mixture of bread types, like a hearty white bread, and a maybe a whole grain)

2 bags of frozen diced onions (which should be a total of 20-24 oz.)

24 oz. of celery hearts (2 heads, though you'll likely use 1.5)

1 stick of salted butter

a large bunch of thyme or 3-5TB

salt & pepper

optional: chicken broth or applesauce, up to 0.5 cup

Let the bread sit out and get dry over the course of a day or at least 12 hours on cookie sheets in the oven, which is NOT turned on

Take the bread and cut/pick off the crusts of about half the bread

Break/rip the bread into chunks about the size of a quarter. Debby recommends while you're watching a movie 🙂

Chop up the celery in equal-sized chunks to the onions and of an equal amount as well

Melt the stick of butter in a really large saute pan or dutch oven

Add the celery and onions and saute on low heat for about 20 minutes until the veggies are soft and translucent

Now let cool to room temperature, 20 minutes or so. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Slowly add half of the bread mixture, stirring the veggies and bread continuously for about 5 minutes to thoroughly incoporate. Here's the "eyeball" part: if it looks too wet, add more bread (up to the whole 2 loaves), if it's too dry and a little chicken chicken broth or even applesauce. The intended consistency is all three ingredients should stick together without being too "gloppy"

Add salt & pepper and the thyme (a lot), stirring well, tasting it to check on quantities

Put the mixture in a large baking pan or casserole dish. Bake in oven for 20 minutes or so, stirring once or twice

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