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Oyster Cornbread Dressing
4.4 from 15 votes

Oyster Cornbread Dressing

With a rich savory flavor, Oyster Cornbread Dressing, will put your Thanksgiving turkey (or other meats) over the top! 

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 16
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups butter divided
  • 1 cup water
  • 16 ounces cornbread stuffing mix see note
  • 1 ½ pints oyster fresh
  • ½ cup onion chopped
  • ½ cup green bell pepper chopped
  • ½ cup celery chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon rosemary dried
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper fresh ground

Instructions

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  1. In a 6 quart Dutch Oven or casserole, heat water and melt 1 cup of butter. Toss with the cornbread stuffing mix and set aside.
  2. Drain the oysters, then roughly chop them (or just cut in half). Set aside.
  3. In a large frying pan, melt the remaining butter, then sautee the vegetables until tender.
  4. Add salt, pepper, rosemary and oysters, then cook a few more minutes until oysters are cooked through.
  5. Add the oyster mixture to the cornbread pan and mix well.

Notes

  • I couldn't find 8 ounce packages oof cornbreaad stuffing mix, so combined 3 6-ounce packaages and discarded the extras.
  • The original recipes says this makes 12 cups, enough to fill a 16 pound turkey.