Oyster Dressing Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 24 ounce loaf of soft white bread

  cubed (I love French bread for this)
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion

  chopped
• 2 jalapeno peppers

  chopped (use bell pepper for less spicy)
• 2 stalks celery

  chopped
• 4 cloves garlic chopped

  or more as desired
• 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning blend

  or use Creole seasonings
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cups fresh oysters with their liquor
• 1.5 cups chicken broth
• 2 eggs

  beaten
• 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• ¼ cup parsley + more for garnish

Instructions

• 1 Heat oven to 275 degrees F. (135 C). Add cubed bread to a couple of baking
  sheets and bake them for 30 minutes, stirring here and there, until they get
  fairly dry. No need to toast them here, just dry them out. Drying them out helps
  the bread absorb more of the moisture. Remove and set aside.
• 2 While the bread is baking, melt the butter in a pan over medium heat. Add the
  onion, peppers and celery. Cook for 5 minutes, or until the vegetables soften
  up.
• 3 Add the garlic, Cajun seasonings and salt and pepper. Cook another minute.
  Remove from heat.
• 4 Add the bread cubes to a large bowl, then add the buttery vegetable mixture,
  along with the oysters with their liquor, chicken broth, beaten eggs, ¼ cup
  parsley, and parmesan cheese. Gently stir until everything is nicely mixed
  together.
• 5 Increase oven heat to 350 degrees F (175C).
• 6 Pour the stuffing into a large lightly oiled baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes,
  or until the top is nicely browned.
• 7 Garnish with chopped parsley and serve.

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