Amish Dressing

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 lbs bread, crusty, cut into 1/2" cubes
• 2 lbs chicken thighs, poached
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced
• 3/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 1 cup carrot, grated
• 1 1/4 cups potatoes, diced
• 3 teaspoons sage
• 3 teaspoons celery seeds
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper, ground
• 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
• 5 eggs
• 12 ounces evaporated milk
• 2 1/2 cups chicken stock

Recipe

• 1 boil potatoes until just barely tender. drain and set aside.
• 2 poach chicken and set aside to cool. when cooled, skin, debone and chop meat finely. discard skin.
• 3 in a large bowl add bread, chicken, parsley, onion, celery, carrot, potatoes, sage, celery seed, thyme, pepper and turmeric. toss well to combine.
• 4 in a medium bowl beat eggs, evaporated milk and chicken stock together. pour over bread mixture and mix well.
• 5 mixture will be quite moist. allow to stand for 1 hour at room temperature.
• 6 preheat oven to 325 degrees and lightly grease a 3 quart casserole. transfer dressing to prepared casserole dish and bake for 1 - 1 1/2 hours, or until center puffs up and top is golden brown.