World’s Best Thanksgiving Stuffing

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The World’s Best Stuffing has the perfect texture and a delicious savory flavor profile. Make this recipe with breakfast sausage, onions, celery, and mushrooms.

You can omit the mushrooms if you choose.

You can make this recipe the day before and bake or re-heat it’s when ready to serve. I have even made it two days in advance!

There’s a full, printable recipe card for the stuffing below, but first I’ve got some insights that will help you master this super stuffing.

Thanksgiving Is For Stuffing

In the real world it is really early to be thinking about Thanksgiving stuffing.

But in recipe blogger world, if I want Google to show this recipe when people search for Thanksgiving recipes come November, I have to post it now, so please bear with me.

I live in Chicago but just came home from a long stay at my Mom’s home in Michigan where it was in the low 40’s and high 30’s some nights. I was in a fall frame of mind when I was there so I made this stuffing.

If you have followed me for some time you may or may not know that I worked as a brand ambassador for a local Chicago company called Chateau Foods, I no longer work for them but this delicious recipe I created lives on.

What Are Chateau Bread Dumplings?

Czech bread dumplings are slices of bread that are thicker, more absorbent ,and slightly spongier than regular bread. They serve as a base for pork roasts, beef roasts, or stews. They absorb the meat juices and gravies for you to eat without getting soggy.

Steam them before serving and they are absolutely delicious. Chateau Foods makes these dumplings and sells them frozen.

You Can EASILY Make Your Own Bread Dumplings

If you cannot find Chateau Dumplings and you want still want make the recipe as described instead of using a bread alternative, you can make bread dumplings at home by using Rhodes Frozen White Bread Dough.

I will add a full, printable recipe card at the end of this post to show how easy it is to make your own bread dumplings.

Another Delicious Dumpling Recipe

You can see an example of a traditional recipe using these bread dumplings in my Pork Tenderloin with Mustard Cream Sauce post.

It was my job to think up new ways to use the dumplings and one day last year I was thinking about stuffing and I had a light bulb moment. What if I use the bread dumplings to make stuffing?

I already knew they make great French toast, so why not stuffing?

I went ahead and tried it with my traditional stuffing recipe, replacing the white bread with the bread dumplings and thus was the World’s Best Thanksgiving Stuffing was born!

The greatest thing about these bread dumplings is that you don’t have to dry them out before making the World’s Best Thanksgiving Stuffing. You simply thaw, cube them, and carry on with the rest of the recipe.

What Else Can I Use Bread Dumplings For?

These bread dumplings can be used to make any stuffing recipe. As a home cook, I know that stuffing is very personal to every family.

I had twelve of my recipe blogging friends try the bread dumplings in place of the bread or croutons in their own personal recipes and the overall consensus was that the dumplings were PERFECT for their recipes and better than the bread they normally use.

If you don’t yet have your own personal Thanksgiving stuffing recipe, I encourage you to try this recipe World’s Best Thanksgiving Stuffing recipe and it may just become your new holiday tradition.

Dumpling Substitutes

If you cannot find these bread dumplings at a store near you, you can substitute 6 to 8 cups of French bread cubes.

I find the Turano Bread French Rolls work for this recipe as well. You can click the link to see what those look like.

Any French rolls will also do. You need a chewy roll that doesn’t have a super dense crust on it. I also make a stuffing with the Turano rolls called Butter Stuffing which is delicious as well.

Tipsy Tip: I do not include measurements for the spices.

Everyone has different taste buds and therefore I do not like to give measurements. Personally I prefer a lot of black pepper in my stuffing while some may not like.

I encourage you to start with a couple teaspoons of each spice and adjust after tasting the stuffing. Original Tipsy (my Mom) likes to add celery seed or celery salt to her stuffing and that is also delicious. You can also add sage if you like. This is just how I personally make this stuffing but you should add what you like and the amount you like.

Anytime Stuffing

This stuffing is perfect for the holidays, but it also makes a great Sunday dinner to accompany a roast chicken, pork roast, or any protein really. It can even be a complete meal because it has the veggies and sausage in the stuffing.

I have served this stuffing with some pan fried pork chops and even stuffed chicken breasts with it. You will see the stuffing is super moist, not soggy, and has a unique light and airy texture.

As I mentioned before, you can make this particular recipe if you choose, but you can also use your own recipe for stuffing and swap out your usual bread base for the dumplings.

Once you give the dumplings a try they are going to be your new holiday specialty ingredient just like how french fried onions and Campbell’s soup is to the green bean casserole and how the Jiffy Corn muffin mix is to the corn casserole.

I served this stuffing at a grocery store opening as a demo and many of the customers were asking if they could buy the stuffing already made.

It’s that good!

I hope you give this recipe a try and love it as much as we do. As always, thank you for reading and happy eating!

And if you want to make your own bread dumplings, here’s an easy recipe to try.