Caramelized Onion and Chestnut Stuffing
- 1 pound country-style French bread or regular French bread, crust trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 3 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 7- to 8-ounce jar vacuum-packed steamed chestnuts, quartered (about 2 cups)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 cup canned low-salt chicken broth
- 2 eggs, beaten to blend
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Spread bread cubes in single layer on large rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake until golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
- Transfer to large bowl; cool.
- Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onions and saute 10 minutes.
- Add rosemary; saute until onions are golden brown, about 10 minutes longer.
- Add celery and saute until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Add chestnuts and stir to blend.
- Transfer onion mixture to medium bowl.
- Mix in parsley.
- Add broth to skillet and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits.
- Add to onion mixture.
- (Bread and onion mixture can be made 1 day ahead.
- Cover separately.
- Store bread at room temperature; refrigerate onion mixture.)
- Stir onion mixture into bread.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Mix eggs into stuffing.
- Loosely fill main cavity with cool stuffing.
- Butter glass baking dish.
- Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish.
- Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down.
- Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish.
- Transfer stuffing to prepared dish.
- Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down, and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
countrystyle, butter, onions, fresh rosemary, celery stalks, chestnuts, parsley, chicken broth, eggs
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/caramelized-onion-and-chestnut-stuffing-100464 (may not work)