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Best stuffing recipe

Published November 16, 2021 | Updated November 19, 2022 | By Mandy & Jane

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Full of herby flavor and rolled into perfect little tasty stuffing balls, we’ve taken our classic stuffing recipe and tweaked it so it’s just the best stuffing recipe! Always a popular addition to a Sunday dinner and the kids love eating the ball-shaped stuffing!

A plate of stuffing made from scratch with fresh rosemary around it.

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The best vegetarian Thanksgiving stuffing recipe

What’s a Thanksgiving dinner without stuffing?

It’s important to realize that many stuffing recipes use chicken broth, which naturally makes them unsuitable for vegetarians.

Why you’ll love this recipe

  • It’s the perfect accompaniment to a Sunday lunch, Thanksgiving dinner, or Christmas dinner.
  • It’s so much better than store-bought stuffing.
  • They store well, so you can make them ahead of time.
  • They are perfect balls of stuffing baked on a baking sheet, so no baking dish is needed.
  • It’s 100% vegetarian.

Ingredients you’ll need

You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.

Ingredients for making a stuffing recipe, breadcrumbs, olive oil, eggs, onion, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper and butter.

We can’t have a Sunday lunch without these little tasty stuffing balls! Full of flavor, you’ll find people helping themselves to more…

How to make the best stuffing recipe with step-by-step instructions

Making our best stuffing recipe is easy if you follow our simple instructions.

A full printable recipe and the measurements in both US customary and metric are available in the recipe card below.

Preheat your oven to 350°F/180°C.

Heat the olive oil and butter in a frying pan over medium heat, add a pinch of salt, then fry your onion, occasionally stirring, until soft and translucent approximately 15 minutes.

Process shots for how to make a stuffing recipe, fry onion, add poultry seasoning and transfer to a large bowl.

Now add poultry seasoning, stir to combine, turn off the heat and then leave the mixture to cool for 5 -10 minutes, until the mixture is cool enough to touch.

In a large bowl, add the onion mixture, your breadcrumbs (not bread cubes), and the beaten egg, stir thoroughly to combine, and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Now, divide the mixture into 12 equal parts and then roll each piece into a small ball.

Process shots for how to make a stuffing recipe, add breadcrumbs and egg, roll into equal sized balls, place on prepared baking dish.

Place them on a prepared baking sheet and bake for approximately 25 minutes.

When the stuffing balls are cooked, they will be golden brown.

Remove from the oven and serve immediately.

Enjoy!

Recipe notes and tips

  • Here’s the link to our poultry seasoning recipe
  • Got leftover breadcrumbs?
    Why not try making this amazing lentil loaf?
  • Can I substitute the poultry seasoning dried herbs with fresh herbs?
    Most definitely! If you’re using fresh herbs, just taste and play around with the flavor.
  • Make ahead
    Make and keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.

What do I serve stuffing with?

Our stuffing recipe is great served with a nut roast, lentil loaf, or mushroom wellington.

Add roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, honey roasted carrots, green beans, Yorkshire pudding, and lashings of gravy and you’ve got a fantastic vegetarian Sunday dinner!

Thanksgiving stuffing balls from above with fresh thyme, fresh sage and rosemary fresh herbs.

Make your own poultry seasoning

Making homemade poultry seasoning is easy, it just takes 5 minutes and 6 ingredients, dried sage, dried thyme, dried marjoram, dried rosemary, freshly ground black pepper, and then finally, ground nutmeg.

Take a look at our easy poultry seasoning recipe.

Fresh herbs or dried herbs?

In our stuffing recipe, we’ve used dried herbs purely for ease, this recipe is store cupboard ingredients.

You can definitely use fresh herbs if you have them.

What’s the best bread to use?

We used wholemeal bread for our breadcrumbs, but you can use sandwich bread, white bread, or any bread that you have.

We’ve made our own breadcrumbs, rather than buying pricy store-bought breadcrumbs.

Breadcrumbs are easy to make, just place the bread slices in your food processor and blitz them until you have a fine consistency.

We don’t use dried bread cubes for this recipe, as these are stuffing balls.

A plate of homemade thanksgiving stuffing balls with fresh rosemary and fresh thyme around it.

How do I store them?

The great thing about our homemade stuffing recipe is that these tasty little balls will keep in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 3 days.

They will also keep in your freezer for up to 3 months.

This makes them an ideal Thanksgiving stuffing recipe when you want to batch cook and get ahead.

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Best stuffing recipe

These tasty little stuffing balls are full of herby flavor! Always a popular addition to a Sunday dinner and the kids love eating these ball-shaped stuffing! Perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, Friendsgiving, Christmas dinner, or any Sunday dinner. Suitable for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time35 mins
Total Time45 mins
Servings4
Calories238
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Worldwide
Author: Mandy Applegate | Splash of Taste
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Utensils

Large bowl
Roasting tin or baking sheet

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 Onion finely chopped
  • 1½ tbsp Poultry seasoning
  • 6 oz Wholemeal breadcrumbs
  • 1 Egg
  • Salt and pepper to taste
US Customary – Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F/180°C
  • Heat the olive oil and butter in a frying pan over medium heat, add a pinch of salt, then fry your onion, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent approximately 15 minutes. Now add poultry seasoning, stir to combine, turn off the heat and then leave the mixture to cool for 5 -10 minutes, until the mixture is cool enough to touch
    1 tbsp Olive oil, 1 tbsp Butter, Pinch of salt, 1 Onion, 1½ tbsp Poultry seasoning
  • In a large bowl, add the onion mixture, your breadcrumbs (not bread cubes), and the beaten egg, stir thoroughly to combine, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Now, divide the mixture into 12 equal parts and then roll each piece into a small ball. Place them on a prepared baking sheet and bake for approximately 25 minutes. When the stuffing balls are cooked, they will be golden brown. Remove from the oven and serve immediately. Enjoy!
    6 oz Wholemeal breadcrumbs, 1 Egg, Salt and pepper

Notes

  • Here’s the link to our poultry seasoning recipe
  • Got leftover breadcrumbs?
    Why not try making this amazing lentil loaf?
  • Can I substitute the poultry seasoning dried herbs with fresh herbs?
    Most definitely! If you’re using fresh herbs, just taste and play around with the flavor
  • Make ahead
    Make and keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 403mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 197IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 3mg

Disclaimer

Please note that nutrient values are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.

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  1. lynn polito says

    November 16, 2021 at 12:40 pm

    5 stars
    Yum!! What a great idea!! the crispy bits are the best part of the stuffing!!

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  2. Cindy says

    November 16, 2021 at 10:23 pm

    5 stars
    Very tasty! These were the perfect size to tuck in my kids’ lunchboxes too

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  3. Aimee B. says

    November 16, 2021 at 11:03 pm

    5 stars
    I love these tasty little stuffing balls!

    Reply
  4. Sherry Ronning says

    November 17, 2021 at 3:11 am

    5 stars
    A new recipe for my Thanksgiving table! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  5. Jenn says

    November 17, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    5 stars
    These are a fabulous snack that put us all in the mood for the holiday feast to come!

    Reply
  6. Kim says

    November 19, 2021 at 6:07 am

    5 stars
    This stuffing was so good!! I can’t wait to make it again for Thanksgiving!

    Reply
  7. Teresa says

    December 29, 2021 at 12:52 am

    5 stars
    This is a great idea! I might try making them with a flax egg or other egg replacer.

    Reply
  8. Doris says

    March 16, 2022 at 3:59 pm

    What is the oven temperature?

    Reply
    • Mandy from Splash of Taste says

      March 18, 2022 at 2:15 pm

      Ooopps we didn’t include this, thanks SO much for pointing it out, I’ve amended it now, but it’s 350°F/180°C depending on where you are in the world – hope you enjoy it!

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