Apple Sausage Stuffing Recipe (2024)

Everyone needs a good apple sausage stuffing recipe that always turns out delicious. This dish would be the perfect side for Thanksgiving. Follow along for all my tips to make a delicious stuffing!

Have you check out our Thanksgiving recipe collection? Our homemade stuffing recipe and spiced turkey are family favorites and we love serving them with garlic mashed potatoes or cheesyscalloped potatoes and top it all with homemade turkey gravy! This sausage stuffing is another favorite that shows up at our Thanksgiving table year after year!

Ingredients

Sausage - I used chicken sausage for this recipe, but you can also use pork sausage if preferred.

Onion and celery - This would be the base of the stuffing. Make sure to chop the vegetables finely.

Apples - Granny Smith apples work best for this recipe because of their slight sourness.

Herbs - You need parsley and thyme to make apple sausage stuffing. If fresh thyme isn't available, you can use dried thyme.

Croutons - When it comes to croutons, both homemade and store-bought would work.

Stock - You can use either vegetable or chicken stock. Check out this homemade stock recipe if you'd like to make it from scratch.

Instructions

• Start by cooking the chicken sausage over medium high heat until browned and cooked. Break the sausage into crumbles as you cook it. Transfer the browned sausage to a plate and set it aside.
• In the same pan, cook onions, celery and apples. Add in the spices, salt and pepper. Add the cooked sausage back to the pan and stir to combine.
• Add the croutons and stir well.
• Mix in the chicken stock and transfer everything to an oven safe dish and bake in the oven at 350 degrees F until crispy on top, about 30 minutes.

Serving suggestions

As stuffing is part of a the Thanksgiving meal, it's usually served alongside roasted turkey or herbed turkey breast. If you don't have enough drippings, try my turkey gravy without drippings. Of course, you can't forget the cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole and creamy mashed potatoes. It's once a year but it's a good one!

Frequently asked questions

Variations

You can elevate this easy stuffing recipe quite simply:

• Sausage apple cranberry :leave the celery out and add cranberries instead. This one would have a tart flavor that would be perfect with apples.
• Apple stuffing:leave out the sausage and use sage to add more flavor.
• Vegetarian :use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock.
• Turkey sausage stuffing recipe:Leave out the chicken sausage and use turkey sausage instead.

Notes and tips

• You can use either store bought or homemade croutons. Store bought croutons are usually smaller and yield a denser stuffing whereas homemade croutons usually make a more sparse stuffing.
• Any kind of sausage would work in this recipe so go with what you love most. I personally prefer chicken or turkey sausage and award bonus points if it's spiced.
• Don't want to use the oven? Just cover the pan after adding the chicken stock and turn the heat to medium low and let the stuffing cook for 25 to 30 minutes.
• I used granny smith apples for this recipe because of the sweet and tart flavor they bring to the dish. Honeycrisp or pink lady apples would work very well, too. The apple should be crisp and not soft.

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