Turkey with Sausage-Pecan Stuffing
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The combination of sweet, savory, crunchy and spicy ingredients makes a fabulous stuffed turkey that's become a tradition at our Thanksgiving dinner. Leftover stuffing can be a meal in itself.
—Keri Scofield Lawson, Fullerton, California
SERVINGS: 12-14
CATEGORY: Main Dish
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 4 hours
Ingredients:
- 4 medium onions
- 1 pound bulk pork sausage
- 2 packages (6 ounces each) herb stuffing mix
- 1 package (15 ounces) golden raisins
- 1 cup pecan halves
- 6 celery ribs, diced
- 1/4 teaspoon each dried basil, oregano, curry powder, caraway seed, poultry seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper
- 2-1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 turkey (12 to 14 pounds)
- Melted shortening
Directions:
Slice two onions; set aside. Chop remaining onions. In a large skillet, brown sausage and chopped onions. Add herb packet from the stuffing mixes. Stir in raisins, pecans, celery and seasonings; simmer for 10 minutes. Add stuffing mixes and broth; mix well. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes. Place reserved onions inside turkey. Add 6-7 cups stuffing. (Place remaining stuffing in a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish; cover and refrigerate.) Skewer openings, tie drumsticks together. Place on a rack in a roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 4 to 4-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 185°, basting often with shortening. (Bake reserved stuffing, covered, for 1 hour; uncover and bake 10 minutes more.) When the turkey begins to brown, baste if needed and cover lightly with foil. Yield: 12-14 servings (12 cups stuffing).