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How To Make Delicious Sage and Onion Stuffing!

Jan 1, 2022Last Modified: November 17, 2022

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Sage and onion stuffing in a blue Polish pottery dish with colorful corn cobs in the background.
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  • Homemade Sage and Onion Stuffing Is The Best!
  • What Ingredients Will I Need For This Sage and Onion Stuffing?
  • The Method To Make This Perfect Accompaniment To A Roast!
  • What To Serve Alongside Your Sage and Onion Stuffing
  • Some Other Recipes You May Enjoy!
  • How To Make Delicious Sage and Onion Stuffing!

Homemade Sage and Onion Stuffing Is The Best!

Have you ever made your own homemade Sage and Onion Stuffing? If not I strongly urge you to do so because:

  • Homemade stuffing is absolutely delicious!
  • The aromas while baking this stuffing are amazing and will get you salivating!
  • It's super satisfying, easy, and fun to make!

This stuffing will complement your holiday roasts or any of your delicious roasts throughout the year!

So, let's make some homemade Sage and Onion Stuffing!

What Ingredients Will I Need For This Sage and Onion Stuffing?

Here is what you will need to make your scrumptious homemade stuffing:

rustic bread slices, celery stalk, sprigs of thyme and sage, an onion, turkey broth, egg, garlic, butter, salt and pepper
  • Rustic sourdough bread (or other rustic bread)
  • Celery
  • Fresh sage
  • Fresh thyme
  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Egg
  • Turkey or chicken broth
  • Onion
  • Butter
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Cayenne (just a pinch or more if you dare!)

There is so much herby goodness here with the sage as well as thyme! I prefer using fresh sage and thyme, however, you could substitute dried if you wish.

Now that we know what ingredients are needed, let's move on to see the easy method to make this homemade sage and onion stuffing.

The Method To Make This Perfect Accompaniment To A Roast!

We must sort out the bread to begin with. First you will cut the bread into small cubes. Then you can leave them out to air dry overnight, or you can toast them in a 250F oven for an hour or so until they are dried out.

Toasted bread cubes
Toasted Cubes of Bread

Next we will sauté minced garlic, onion, and celery in butter until softened. Then we will add the thyme leaves and minced sage and stir until fragrant, then season with salt, pepper, and cayenne.

minced garlic, celery, onion, thyme and sage cooked in butter until softened

Now add the sage and onion mixture to the bread cubes in a large bowl. Whisk together the egg and broth, and then pour into the herb and vegetable mixture.

Sage and onion mixture combined with toasted bread cubes
Add sage and onion mixture to bread cubes
Egg and turkey broth in a white bowl with a whisk
Whisk broth and egg together

The final step before baking is to drizzle a generous amount of melted butter! Be generous, it's ok. 😊If the mixture seems too dry, you can add in a bit more broth prior to baking. You don't want the stuffing to be gummy, but you also don't want it too dry.

bread cube and sage and onion mixture in a bowl with a blue spoon and a white bowl containing a mixture of egg and broth
Combine the broth/egg with the bread and sage and onion mixture
sage and onion stuffing some of which is in a blue spoon ready to bake
Drizzle butter now we are ready to bake!

Now it's time to bake! Place the mixture into an 8"x8" baking pan which has been greased or lined with foil. Bake covered with foil at 350F for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, then bake for another 10 minutes or so until the top bread cubes are nice and toasty!

Be sure to enjoy the delicious herby aromas wafting through your kitchen as the stuffing bakes!

Sage and onion stuffing in an 8"x8" baking pan

What To Serve Alongside Your Sage and Onion Stuffing

This stuffing is absolutely perfect to serve alongside your favorite roast! Here I show it served with a roasted goose which we enjoyed for Christmas dinner.

Roasted goose on a white plate, sage and onion stuffing in a serving dish, ad a poinsettia in the background

Honestly I love this stuffing so much that I could just eat gobs and gobs of it on its own!

Sage and onion stuffing in a blue Polish pottery dish with colorful corn cobs in the background.

I do hope you will treat yourself to some delicious homemade Sage and Onion Stuffing with your next roast! It's not just for the holidays. 😉

Some Other Recipes You May Enjoy!

Enjoy A Rich And Delicious Roasted Goose!

Roasted Goose on a white serving tray with sage and onion stuffing and a poinsettia in the background

Roasted Broccoli With Parmesan

Roasted Broccoli With Parmesan on a plate with a fork

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Grace

age and onion stuffing in a blue Polish pottery dish with colorful corn cobs in the background.

How To Make Delicious Sage and Onion Stuffing!

Grace
Sage and Onion Stuffing is the perfect accompaniment to any roast! So aromatic and delicious your whole family will love it!
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 52 mins
Toasting Bread Cubes 1 hr
Total Time 2 hrs 7 mins
Course accompaniment, Side Dish
Cuisine American, English
Servings 6 people
Calories 247 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 8"x8" baking pan for baking the stuffing
  • 1 Skillet or cast iron pan
  • 1 baking sheet for toasting bread cubes

Ingredients
  

  • ½ lb rustic bread cut into small bite sized cubes; I used sourdough
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 small handful fresh sage leaves can also sub 1 tablespoon dried
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme can also sub 1.5 ts dried
  • 1 celery stalk diced
  • 6 cloves garlic minced
  • 1.25-1.5 cups turkey or chicken broth may need a little more or less depending on how dry your bread cubes are
  • 1 egg
  • ½ ts salt or to taste
  • ½ ts pepper or to taste
  • pinch cayenne pepper or to taste
  • 5 tablespoon butter split (2 tablespoon for sautéing and 3 tablespoon for drizzling)

Instructions
 

  • First you will cut the bread into small cubes. Then you can leave them out to air dry overnight, or you can toast them in a 250F oven for an hour or so until they are dried out. To toast the bread cubes, place them on a large baking sheet so that they don't crowd one another. Stir around every 20 minutes or so until they are toasted. Then increase your oven temperature to 350F for baking the stuffing.
    Toasted bread cubes
  • Next we will sauté minced garlic, onion, and celery in 2 tablespoon butter on a medium heat until softened for around 10 minutes. Then we will add the thyme leaves and minced sage and stir until fragrant (around 1-2 minutes), then season with salt, pepper, and cayenne.
    minced garlic, celery, onion, thyme and sage cooked in butter until softened
  • Now add the sage and onion mixture to the bread cubes in a large bowl.
    Sage and onion mixture combined with toasted bread cubes
  • Whisk together the egg and broth, and then pour into the herb and vegetable mixture and combine.
    bread cube and sage and onion mixture in a bowl with a blue spoon and a white bowl containing a mixture of egg and broth
  • Drizzle 3 tablespoon of melted butter over the mixture and stir. At this point if the mixture seems too dry, you can add more broth a little at a time. We don't want the stuffing to be gummy, but we don't want it too dry either, so use your best judgement here.
    sage and onion stuffing some of which is in a blue spoon ready to bake
  • Place the mixture into an 8"x8" baking pan which has been greased or lined with foil. Bake covered with foil at 350F for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, then bake for another 10 minutes or so until the top bread cubes are nice and toasty! Taste and adjust for seasoning at this time.
    Sage and onion stuffing in an 8"x8" baking pan
  • Your delicious Sage and Onion Stuffing is now ready to serve!
    Sage and Onion Stuffing in a bowl with greenery in the background

Notes

Enjoy the wonderful herby aromas as your stuffing bakes!
Probably the most critical step in getting this stuffing right is how much broth to add.  We don't want the stuffing to be gummy, but we also don't want it too dry.  So right before baking (just after drizzling the butter) if the mixture seems too dry you can add broth just a little at a time before baking. 
This is perfect to serve with your roasts at anytime of the year! 

Nutrition

Calories: 247kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 5gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 541mgPotassium: 169mgFiber: 2gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 81IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 43mgIron: 1mg
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