Vegan Stuffing | Mexican Turkey Stuffing Made with Bolillos
This fusion Mexican turkey stuffing made with bolillos is going to become your favorite go-to stuffing recipe. It’s made with the traditional stuffing ingredients but given a Mexican and vegan touch.
The night before slice the bolillos in half (like if you were making a torta), then slice into even sized cubes. Set on a large tray or place inside a large paper bag and allow to sit overnight on the counter. This is to dry them out. The next day spread them out on a large baking sheet to make sure they’re hard and crunchy. Once dry place it into a very large mixing bowl or pot — large enough to mix it.
Melt the butter, then add the cebollitas and garlic and sauté until soft and translucent.
Add the celery and sauté until it’s soft and translucent. The onion and garlic may brown a bit and that’s ok, it’ll give your stuffing extra flavor.
Sprinkle in the poultry seasoning and the black pepper. Mix until well combined and cook for a minute.
Add a big splash of the vegetable broth to the pan to help deglaze it. Make sure to scrape up all the little burnt bits on the bottom.
Pour the pan contents into the dried bolillo cubes. Add another splash of the vegetable broth to the pan to get any bits left, pour into the bolillo and mix as best as possible until well combined.
Keep mixing and adding a little vegetable broth at a time until the bolillos are well hydrated.
Pour the stuffing into a baking dish. I used an 8×8 baking dish. Spread to an even layer.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 35 minutes or until firm. I have a convection oven and it may be quicker or slower than yours. Do check your stuffing after 30 minutes.
Serve as desired. If you’d like you can uncover the stuffing and allow it to brown a bit before serving.
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Notes
Notice that I didn't use salt, this is because the vegan butter and vegetable broth that I used are salty. But please feel free to use salt if you'd like -- specially if you're broth is low sodium.
The calories and nutritional information will differ according to the brand of vegan butter and broth you use.