Old-Fashioned Recipe ⟶ Old-Fashioned Cracker Dressing

This old-fashioned dressing is a great side dish for the Thanksgiving or alongside roast chicken. Made with saltine crackers, celery, onions, and herbs, it's simple and satisfying.

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• ½ cup butter
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
• ½ teaspoon dried sage
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 2 ¾ cups chicken broth
• 1 pound saltine crackers, crushed
• ½ cup milk
• 1 egg

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and 1 teaspoon salt in melted butter until onion begins to turn translucent, about 5 minutes. season with black pepper, sage, thyme, rosemary, and cayenne pepper; cook and stir about 1 minute.
3. Remove skillet from heat and stir in chicken broth.
4. Combine crushed crackers and onion mixture in a large bowl. Add egg and cream; mix until combined. Season with salt and black pepper.
5. Spread cracker mixture evenly in a large baking dish and smooth the top.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories189.2
• carbohydrateContent21.9 g
• cholesterolContent28.5 mg
• fatContent9.6 g
• fiberContent1.2 g
• proteinContent3.7 g
• saturatedFatContent4.3 g
• sodiumContent704.6 mg
• sugarContent1.2 g