Teixeira's Chourico Bread Stuffing

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 lbs portuguese chourico
• 1 loaf bread
• 1 loaf whole wheat bread
• 2 medium yellow onions
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons bell's seasoning
• 1 teaspoon salt
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 open the bread bags and leave out for 48 hours. you can skip this step if you don't have the time and instead lightly toast both loaves to dry them.
• 2 tear the bread into small (nickle to quarter sized) chunks and set aside in a large baking pan. the disposable foil 18" x 13.25" pans w/ cover work well for this.
• 3 pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 4 grind the chourico, onion in a food processor or finely chop it by hand. do not liquefy!
• 5 melt butter in large skillet over low heat.
• 6 add chourico, onion, salt and seasoning to butter and saute.
• 7 add milk to chourico mixture.
• 8 pour the entire mixture over the bread in baking pan. combine thoroughly. start by tossing the mixture and as soon as the butter/sausage cools to a workable temperature combine by hand. the bread should be entirely coated with no dry spots.
• 9 spread the mixture evenly around the pan and bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes. the stuffing should start to brown on the top.