Crockpot Stuffing

Around here, it’s not the holidays without stuffing. We love it so much that we make crock pot stuffing year round. It’s the best comfort food and makes an easy and delicious side dish.

It is such an easy side dish and we also love to make Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe. See more Thanksgiving Stuffing recipes.

You may also love this Easy Stuffing Recipe.

Best Bread for Stuffing

You can easily use any type of bread to make stuffing. We have even used leftover hamburger buns when we had nothing else.

My favorite bread to use is white and wheat bread. The best time to make stuffing is when the bread has dried out. This allows the best texture and add in your favorite seasoning.

You can also use store bought bread cubes from the store. But we really enjoying making our own. See Best Bread for Stuffing for more ideas.

Ingredients

• Cubed and Dried bread – I like to do half white and half Brown bread. We like rye bread or you can even do half dried cornbread.
• Chicken Broth – Check out these Chicken broth substitutes if you are out.

Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe and ingredients in the recipe card.

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1 – Cook Vegetables – First, heat butter over medium heat until melted. Next, add celery & onions and cook until softened (do not brown). Cook the vegetables in a large skillet.

Step 2 – Cool – Cool completely the vegetables before mixing with the other ingredients. Stir in poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Cool completely before mixing with the other ingredients.

Step 3 – Add in Eggs – Stir in eggs. Place dry bread cubes in a large bowl. Add cooled celery and onion mixture, parsley and fresh herbs if using.

Step 4 – Refrigerate – Cover and refrigerate overnight if making ahead of time. Grease a 5-6 qt slow cooker well. Place bread mixture in the slow cooker. Add chicken broth a little bit at a time just to moisten and gently stir.

• Step 9 – Cover and Cook – Turn onto high for 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to low and cook an additional 3-4 hours or until hot and cooked through.
• Step 10 – Serve and Enjoy – Top this crockpot stuffing recipe with more fresh parsley before serving.

Recipe Tips

• Stir Mixture – Make sure to check on the stuffing regularly and stir if needed. If the stuffing begins to dry out, add more broth.
• Turkey Dripping – You can use drippings from your turkey if making on Thanksgiving for even more flavor.
• Dry Bread – Make stuffing with dry bread. You can dry bread uncovered on the counter or in the oven. You want to use dry bread instead of fresh bread.
• Adding Chicken Broth – Add chicken broth until the mixture is moist. You do not want the mushy. If you add to much chicken broth, just add in more cubed bread or croutons.
• Refrigerate Mixture –After combining the ingredients, make to sure to refrigerate mixture.
• Prepare Slow Cooker –Before adding in the mixture to the slow cooker, make sure to spray cooking spray. This helps with clean up and serving the slow cooker.

Can you Keep Stuffing Warm in a Slow Cooker?

Yes! Just turn the crock pot to warm and it will stay warm until you are ready to eat. This makes is so convenient to keep warm for the holidays.

What is the Difference Between Stuffing and Dressing?

Many people use the words interchangeably. However, technically stuffing refers to a mixture that goes inside something such as turkey.

Whereas dressing is cooked in a baking dish or pan and not inside a turkey.

In my family we making dressing which is made outside of the turkey. But my family still calls it stuffing. It is delicious with roast turkey.