New England Sausage Stuffing With Chestnuts

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup chestnuts, bottled, coarsely chopped
• 16 ounces french bread, 1 loaf, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 6 ounces lamb sausage, mild
• 3 cups onions, chopped
• 2 cups celery, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups low-sodium low-fat chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon dried sage, rubbed
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• nonstick cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 arrange chopped chestnuts and bread cubes in a single layer on a jelly roll pan. bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 3 cook sausage in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until browned stirring to crumble. add onion and celery sauté 6 minutes or until tender. add broth, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
• 4 combine bread mixture, sausage mixture, sage, thyme salt, and pepper, tossing to combine. spoon into a 13 x 9 inch baking pan coated with cooking spray; cover with foil. bake at 375 for 20 minutes. uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes or until golden brown.