Mom's Holiday Sausage-pecan Stuffing

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb bulk sausage, sage-flavored
• 1 lb bulk sausage, spicy-flavored (hot)
• 2 onions, medium sized and chopped
• 6 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups pecan halves
• 2 (12 ounce) bags pepperidge farm herb seasoned stuffing mix (not the cubed one, but the crumbled)
• 2 cups chicken broth, warmed

Recipe

• 1 in a large, heavy bottomed dutch oven over medium high heat, brown both pounds of sausage. when cooked, add chopped onions and celery and saute in sausage drippings until softened, about 8 minutes. then add pecans and saute for another 7-8 minutes until the nuts have softened and absorbed the flavors of the sausage and veggies.
• 2 in a saucepan, warm the chicken broth over medium heat. add 1 and 1/2 bags of the stuffing to the sausage mixture and mix thoroughly until the bread is coated. add the rest of the stuffing if it looks too dry.
• 3 add chicken broth by the ladleful until the desired consistency is reached - you will likely not use it all.