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Bacon Spinach Stuffing

1 hr 31 min
25 min prep
1 hr 6 min cook

Serves 12

Unsaved Bacon Spinach Stuffing

Ingredients

  • 1 lb H-E-B Aloha Rolls, sliced into 1/2 inch cubes
  • 1 lb Slices H-E-B Original Thick Cut Bacon, cut into 1/2 inch strips
  • 1 1/2 cups Red onions, finely diced
  • 1 cup Celery stalks, finely chopped
  • 1 cup Fennel bulb, finely diced
  • 1 tbsp Fresh garlic clove(s), finely minced
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Cracked black pepper
  • 4 oz H-E-B Select Ingredients Sweet Cream Salted Butter
  • 1 1/2 cups Chicken stock
  • 1 cup Cashews, roasted and salted, roughly chopped
  • 5 oz H-E-B Baby Spinach, roughly chopped

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350ºF.
  2. Spread cubes of Hawaiian bread on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast 15 to 20 minutes, tossing halfway through, just to dry out bread. Set aside. (Leave oven on if cooking stuffing immediately.)
  3. Heat a large skillet on medium-high. Add bacon and cook until nicely crisp, about 8 minutes. Drain on a paper towel lined plate. Reserve about 1/4 cup bacon fat in skillet.
  4. To same skillet, add onion, celery, fennel, garlic, salt and pepper. Stir and cook until vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes.
  5. Add butter and stock, and heat until butter melts completely. Remove from heat.
  6. Pour toasted bread cubes into a very large bowl then add celery mixture, cashews and fresh spinach. Stir well. Spinach will wilt and shrink a little.
  7. Pour stuffing mix into a 9" X 13" baking dish and tap down gently. Bake uncovered at 350ºF for 30 minutes, just to heat through.
  8. Chef's note: Great make-ahead recipe. The list of ingredients looks long - but this is the best, most unusual stuffing ever. Really delicious. Interestingly, it makes delicious leftovers reheated in a waffle iron the next day.

Nutrition

31gCarbs
39gFat
18gProtein

Nutrition Facts

12 servings

  • Amount Per Serving
    Calories530
  • % Daily Value*
  • Total Fat
    • 39g
    • 60%
  • Saturated Fat
    • 17g
    • 85%
  • Trans Fat
    • 0.5g
  • Cholesterol
    • 95mg
    • 32%
  • Sodium
    • 1050mg
    • 44%
  • Total Carbohydrate
    • 31g
    • 10%
  • Dietary Fiber
    • 2g
  • Sugars
    • 10g
  • Protein
    • 18g
  • Vitamin C
    • 10%
  • Calcium
    • 6%
  • Iron
    • 15%
  • Vitamin A
    • 30%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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