Oyster Stuffing and Dressing

Southern sausage oyster dressing.

A sure thing! Mom gave me directions to this recipe over the phone. Fast and easy; you and others will be pleasantly surprised and delighted at the wonderful taste!

This is my grandmother's oyster stuffing recipe that has been handed down. It is a favorite for Thanksgiving and Christmas and very simple to make. If you cook your turkey at 325 degrees F, it will be perfect if the stuffing is cooked alongside it at that temp as well. It can also be baked in a muffin tin for individual servings.

I could never find the right oyster stuffing recipe, so I made my own with bacon, onion, mushrooms, and oysters. It is great with grilled turkey.

This recipe is the only way I like oysters! And, the best stuffing ever!

Thirty-five years ago, a group of friends went to a little Italian restaurant south of New Orleans. We all fell in love with their oyster dressing. We ate it so often the guys made a bet to see who could duplicate the recipe. After many tries, one of our friends figured it out and won the bet. During this time I was pregnant with my son and I craved oysters any way but raw. My husband made this for me at least twice a week (35-year-old son came into this world loving oysters). Last year I found the original restaurant recipe in a New Orleans cookbook; our friend hit the nail on the head. This is his version.

Each year I am asked to make this wonderful dressing. The recipe has been in my family for years. Chopped oysters and chicken broth make it very moist and flavorful. For an even more moist dressing, use more chicken broth.

This quick and delicious oyster dressing takes the fuss and the mess out of the picture. It is all done on the stove top, and tastes like it has been cooking in the oven all day!

This is the stuffing recipe for the turducken. Chicken broth, beer, or water can be used in place of turkey broth.

Oyster stuffing. This recipe makes enough stuffing to stuff a 10 to 12 pound turkey. Originally submitted to ThanksgivingRecipe.com.

My mom makes this stuffing every Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's rich and delicious, we love it and always ask for more!

This has been a Thanksgiving tradition. Try using leftovers with poached eggs for breakfast. Mmmm.