Southwestern Cornbread Stuffing
4 tablespoons butter
3 onions, chopped coarsely
1 cup celery, chopped
8 cloves garlic, chopped
2 cans chopped green chilies
2 recipes cornbread (about 6 cups)
plus crumbled leftover biscuits, if any
3 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon sage
2 red bell peppers, diced
2 pounds spicy sage-flavored bulk sausage
2 eggs, beaten
Generous shake cayenne pepper
4 cups chicken broth
Break cornbread into small pieces and crumbs. Spread on cookie sheet and dry.
Bake at 250 degrees F for 45 minutes or so if they're not dry enough.
Grease a 4-quart baking dish.
In a large skillet saute in butter the onion, celery, garlic, green Chile,
cumin and sage until lightly browned. Set aside.
In same skillet, fry sausage and red bell pepper, breaking sausage up with
fork. Cook until sausage is lightly browned. Drain any grease. Toss onion
mixture and sausage mixture with cornbread, adding the cayenne pepper (or 4
small dried hot chilies) and the beaten egg.
Spoon into greased baking dish, pour chicken broth over, and bake at 350
degrees F for about half an hour, covered, then return to oven, uncovered, for
another 10 or 15 minutes.
Makes 12 to 18 servings.
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