astray recipes: Southwestern-style spoonbread dressing

Categories: Side; Dressing; Stuffing; Southwest; Sthrn/livng
Yield: 8 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
2	(8.5 oz) packages cornbread mix
2 teaspoons	To 3 ts cumin seeds
¼ cup	Butter or margarine
2 cups	Celery; finely chopped
½ cup	Onion; chopped
½ cup	Sweet red pepper; chopped
½ cup	Green pepper; chopped
1	(8 oz) package herb-seasoned stuffing mix
2	(10-3/4 oz) cans condensed chicken broth, undiluted
2¼ cup	Water
2 larges	Eggs
½ teaspoon	Salt
½ teaspoon	Ground red pepper
	Garnishes: sweet red pepper strips, celery leaves

Prepare cornbread according to package directions; cool and crumble into a large bowl. Set aside.

Cook cumin seeds in a heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, 3 minutes or until seeds are more fragrant and lightly browned.

Cool seeds and crush; set aside.

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; add celery and next 3 ingredients, and cook, stirring constantly, until tender.

Stir celery mixture, crushed cumin, stuffing mix, and next 5 ingredients into crumbled cornbread.

Spoon into a lightly greased 13" x 9" x 2" baking dish.

Bake at 350F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Garnish, if desired. Yield: 8 servings.

On a Lighter Side:

To save 51 calories and 8.1 fat grams per serving, prepare cornbread mix using egg substitute and nonfat buttermilk. Substitute 2 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine for the ¼ cup butter. Substitute 5 cups plus 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium, ready-to-serve, fat-free chicken broth for condensed chicken broth and water, and ½ cup egg substitute for eggs.

Instead of greasing the baking dish, coat it with vegetable cooking spray.

Bake at 350F for 1 hour and 5 minutes. This version makes a firmer textured dressing than the original.

November, 1994"Southern Living" Typos by Jeff Pruett.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #196 Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 13:38:36 -0500 From: pickell@... (S.Pickell)

southwestern-style spoonbread dressing