How can you make a holiday meal without making any stuffing? In my opinion, I feel that the stuffing completes the meal. It usually doesn't get to be in the limelight, unlike the turkey but Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the stuffing. So, I have saved the best for last. This is the final part in my four part series of simple Thanksgiving recipes. It's been fun sharing those recipes with you and I hope you will enjoy making them as much as I enjoyed sharing them with you.
This is another really simple but yummy recipe. Start off my melting 4 tablespoons of butter in a large pan. Then, crumble and cook 1 lbs of sage sausage until brown.
Next, add in approximately two cans (14.5 oz) of chicken broth.
Once the chicken broth comes to a boil, turn off the heat and add in one package of herb flavored stuffing. Gently fold in the stuffing into the broth and sausage mixture.
Finally, add in about 1 cup of dried cranberry and gently mix it into the stuffing mixture. Once, it is all evenly mixed, transfer the stuffing from the pan into a casserole dish. Then, cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil and pop it into a 325F oven for about an hour. There you go, another simple holiday recipe. Now, who says cooking for the holidays needs to be stressful? :D
Start off by browning some skinless chicken breast on a pan. Sprinkle some salt and freshly crushed black pepper to season the chicken.
Once it's nicely brown (it doesn't really need to cook through, this is just to give it some color), remove from pan and set aside.
Now, pour in a can of condensed cream of chicken soup into a bowl.
Then, add in about half a can of milk.
Next, add in a few dollops of sour cream.
Mix it all together. At this point, you can choose to add in some sliced mushrooms or frozen vegetables if you like.
The next thing we need to do is combine everything together. Spread about half of the soup, milk and sour cream mixture on to the bottom of a deep baking dish. Then, placed the chicken breast on top of it.
Once you have done that, sprinkle some shredded cheese over the chicken.
Take the remaining soup mixture and cover the chicken completely.
Lastly, cover the soup mixture with stuffing. To make the stuffing, just follow the cooking instructions from the instant stuffing box. It's really easy, just add 2 cups of water with the stuffing mix and pop it into the microwave oven for 4-5 minutes.
Cover the baking dish with aluminium foil and pop it in a 400F oven. After about 30 minutes or so, your Chicken & Stuffing Bake is done!! Now, wasn't that easy? I served it up with a side of herb rice and some steamed broccoli. It's really yummy and easy to make, you should try it!