Sausage-stuffing Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs italian sausages (casings removed and cooked until well browned)
• 2 (10 ounce) cans low-sodium cream of mushroom soup, undiluted (divided, use low-sodium if possible)
• 1 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• grated parmesan cheese
• 3 (120 g) boxes turkey-flavor seasoned stuffing mix
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 large onion, finley chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic (or to taste)
• 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 -2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, well drained
• cayenne pepper, to taste (optional)
• 2 cups low sodium chicken broth (use only low-sodium broth) or 3 cups water
• 1 cup water
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 butter a 13 x 9-inch casserole dish.
• 2 for the stuffing; melt butter in a large skillet, add in onions, garlic, celery, green bell pepper and jalapeno peppers, saute, stirring with a wooden spoon for about 6-7 minutes or until well softened.
• 3 season with black pepper and cayenne (if using, do not add in any salt to the mixture the stuffing mixture already has added salt in it).
• 4 add in the mushrooms, then the 2 cups chicken broth and 1 cup water (or use 3 cups water) bring to a boil; remove from heat.
• 5 add in the 3 packages stuffing mix; toss with a fork to blend, cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
• 6 after 10 minutes toss again with a fork.
• 7 layer half of the stuffing mix into the bottom of the buttered baking dish.
• 8 then top/sprinkle with the cooked sausage; push the mixture down with a back of the spoon to pack evenly.
• 9 in a bowl whisk together eggs with milk and one can undiluted mushroom soup; drizzle over the sausage in the dish.
• 10 sprinkle/top with remaining half of the stuffing mixture.
• 11 sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese, then spoon and spread the remaining undulted mushroom soup on top (the soup does not have to cover the top completely, just use a spoon to spread out as best you can).
• 12 bake uncovered for about 1 hour or until the middle is set.