Easy Crockpot Stuffing
Thanksgiving dinner gets a whole lot easier when a few side dishes don’t need the oven. This Easy Crockpot Stuffing gives you that classic holiday stuffing flavor while freeing up valuable oven space for the turkey, casseroles, and everything else competing for room.
The bread cooks with butter, celery, onion, herbs, broth, and eggs until it’s tender and flavorful. Once it’s finished cooking, you can switch the slow cooker to warm and keep it ready until everyone is at the table.
Absolutely, if you want your stuffing to have the right texture. If there’s too much moisture left in the bread, it will be chewy and tough. If you don’t have time for this extra step, see if you can buy day-old bread from the bakery.
Any kind of bread should work, as long as it’s nice and dry.
No problem! Just set your Crockpot on the “warm” setting until dinner is served.
Ingredient Notes
- Unsalted butter: Adds richness and is used to cook the vegetables and herbs.
- Celery: Gives the stuffing its classic flavor and a little texture.
- Onion: Adds savory flavor throughout the stuffing.
- Fresh parsley: Adds a fresh herb flavor.
- White bread cubes: Half of the bread base for the stuffing.
- Wheat bread cubes: Adds a little more texture and flavor alongside the white bread.
- Poultry seasoning: A classic seasoning blend that works perfectly in holiday stuffing.
- Dried sage: One of the main flavors people associate with traditional stuffing.
- Dried thyme: Adds an earthy herb flavor.
- Dried rosemary: Adds another savory herb note.
- Dried marjoram: Rounds out the seasoning blend.
- Salt and pepper: Season the bread and vegetables.
- Chicken broth: Moistens the dried bread. The amount you need can vary depending on the type of bread you use.
- Eggs: Help bind the stuffing together as it cooks.
Easy Crockpot Stuffing
- Start by melting your butter in a skillet and then add in your onions, celery and all of your seasonings. Cook until softens, but not browned. One don’t cooking , place them in a large mixing bowl and allow to completely cool.
- Once the veggies cool down, add in your bread cubes. Next pour in your eggs.
- Now you are going to add your broth. NOTE: Too much leads to a very wet stuffing, too little and it will be dry. You just want your bread moist. If you do add too much, it’s okay just add more bread. For the sandwich bread I picked, I barely needed 2 cups of broth. If you picked a harder crustier bread you will need more.
- Pour your stuffing into a well-greased crockpot cook on LOW for 4 hours.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup of unsalted butter
- 2 cups of chopped celery
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup of chopped parsley
- 6 cups of white bread cubes see note
- 6 cups of wheat bread cubes see note
- 1 ½ teaspoons of poultry seasoning
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of dried sage
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon of dried marjoram
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
- 2-3 cups of chicken broth
- 2 eggs beaten
Instructions
- Start by melting your butter in a skillet and then add in your onions, celery and all of your seasonings. Cook until softens, but not browned. One don’t cooking , place them in a large mixing bowl and allow to completely cool.
- Once the veggies cool down, add in your bread cubes. Next pour in your eggs.
- Now you are going to add your broth. NOTE: Too much leads to a very wet stuffing, too little and it will be dry. You just want your bread moist. If you do add too much, it’s okay just add more bread. For the sandwich bread I picked, I barely needed 2 cups of broth. If you picked a harder crustier bread you will need more.
- Pour your stuffing into a well-greased crockpot cook on LOW for 3-4 hours.
Notes
Nutrition
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Originally Posted October 2019
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Updated September 2026
I made the dressing/stuffing today and thank goodness I had the foresight to make extra. This will be the only recipe I will ever use. My family thanks you!!
I have family members with Celiac. Would this work with gluten-free bread?
I have only tested the recipe as written, but I would have to guess that gluten free bread would work out just fine.
Hi there. Is 6 cups of cubes bread a whole loaf of standard bread?
It really depends on the size loaf you are using Lindsey. It is best to measure it out.
I don’t see how much onion to add in the recipe.
It’s 1 medium onion Nancy listed under celery 🙂