Stuffing for Thanksgiving (Dairy-Free & Gluten-Free)

This is my go-to Stuffing recipe when making my Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Thanksgiving meal. I make a ton of food for Thanksgiving, and for this recipe, I use 1 of 3 Giant Rack Roaster Pans (Handi-foil, Eco-Foil). The other two are used to roast the Masala Chickens and for the potatoes respectively. The original for this recipe is from KingAurthurFlour.com.

Ingredients

8 cups (539g) bread cubes, made from firm white gluten-free sandwich bread (2 Loaves Franz Gluten Free Mountain White Bread)

1/2 cup (113g) dairy-free butter (Earth Balance Unsalted Buttery Sticks)

3 cups (425g) peeled, diced onions (about 3 medium onions)

1 cup (128g) diced celery

2 Tbsp dried parsley, or 1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley (or more depending on preferences)

1 to 2 tsp poultry seasoning (Frontier Co-op Poultry Seasoning)

2 tsp salt

1/4 to 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, optional

2 cups (454g) gluten-free broth (Swanson Natural Goodness Less Sodium Chicken Broth or other low sodium, non-MSG Chicken Broth)

3 large eggs

1 Giant Rack Roaster Pan

Directions

Place the bread cubes on a baking sheet or in a roaster pan, if using, and let them sit uncovered, overnight, to become a bit stale. This will help give the stuffing a better texture.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Transfer the bread crumbs to a large bowl and lightly grease the large pan.

Melt the butter in a large frying pan, and sauté onions and celery slowly until soft, about 20 minutes., then remove them from the heat.

Place the bread cubes back into the large pan. Spoon the onion-celery mixture over the bread.

Add the parsley, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper, and toss the mixture until it's thoroughly combined. A large spoon or spatula works well for this task.

Whisk together the broth and eggs, and stir/fold into the bread mixture.

Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil.

Bake the stuffing for 1 hour, until it's firm and no liquid is evident. For a crusty top, remove the foil about 20 minutes before the end of the baking time. 

Enjoy hot. Once cooled, store extra stuffing in the refrigerator in a Ziploc gallon bag. To reheat, cover a baking pan with aluminum foil and heat under low broil until just sizzling on the top.

Please appropriately recycle washed and dried Ziploc bags with other plastic film materials.