Best Stuffing Waffle Recipes

STUFFING WAFFLE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add sausage; fry until just beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, onion, celery, garlic, and Italian seasoning. Cook and stir until soft, about 10 minutes. Pour mixture into a large bowl; let cool, about 5 minutes.
• Stir eggs into the sausage-mushroom mixture. Add bread cubes and 1/2 the chicken stock; stir until stuffing is well combined and moist. Add more chicken stock if necessary.
• Preheat a Belgian waffle iron according to manufacturers' instructions. Fill with stuffing mixture; cook until crisp and heated through, about 10 minutes. Repeat with remaining stuffing.

OPEN-FACED WAFFLE CORNBREAD STUFFING SANDWICHES WITH TURKEY, BRIE AND BACON

Steps:

• For the bacon: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Put the bacon on a baking sheet and roast until crisp, about 15 minutes. Set aside. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
• For the cranberry Dijon mayo: Whisk the cranberry relish together with the mayonnaise and mustard in a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• For the cornbread waffles: Preheat a waffle maker. Put a rack on a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, stir together the leftover stuffing, eggs, parsley and sage. Add 1/4 cup of the chicken broth and mix until well combined. Continue adding chicken broth as needed until the mixture is well moistened--it should just hold together in your hand. Season with salt and pepper.
• Using about 1/2 cup per waffle, shape the stuffing mixture into fat round patties; they should be smaller than the waffle grids.
• Spray the waffle maker with some nonstick spray, then add the stuffing patties and close the lid. Let the waffles cook until golden brown, crispy and cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. (The waffle maker should stop steaming when the waffles are cooked through.) Remove the waffles to the rack on the baking sheet, and repeat with the remaining waffle mixture.
• Put a few slices of Brie on each waffle, transfer to the oven, and warm just to melt the cheese a bit, about 5 minutes.
• For the turkey: Meanwhile, bring about 1 cup of broth to a simmer in a large skillet. Add the turkey and heat until just warmed through, about 5 minutes.
• For the eggs: Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the eggs and fry until the whites are set and the yolks still runny, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• To assemble: Dollop some of the cranberry Dijon mayonnaise on top of each waffle. Top with some warm turkey, then some bacon, and finally an egg. Serve immediately.

STUFFING WAFFLE OPEN-FACED LEFTOVER TURKEY SANDWICH (AKA THE GREATEST LEFTOVER THANKSGIVING SANDWICH IN THE WORLD OF ALL TIME)

Steps:

• Preheat a waffle iron. I use a mini, round waffle maker, that works best for stacking.
• In a large mixing bowl, add 1/2 cup of the stock to the stuffing at a time until the mixture is wet but not liquid; it should have the consistency of meatball mix and should be able to be rolled into a ball.
• Lightly oil or spray a waffle iron and, depending on shape/size of mold, place a nice-size disc of wet stuffing onto the hot waffle iron. Cook until golden brown and crispy, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove and repeat if leftover stuffing mix remains.
• Heat the gravy in a small saucepot. Take off the heat and place slices of the cold turkey in the hot gravy to reheat and rehydrate.
• Make a tower with a layer of the stuffing waffle schmeared with cranberry sauce. Top with a couple slices of warm gravy-kissed turkey, then a nice sprinkling of crispy bacon. Top with a single sunny-side up egg and garnish with the crispy sage, sea salt and cracked black pepper.

WAFFLE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute celery, onion, and apple in the hot butter until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in sage, thyme, paprika, salt, and pepper. Add chicken broth, brown sugar, and maple syrup; stir to combine and reduce slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Add waffles and toss until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in pecans and buttermilk; toss until completely coated. Stir in eggs to bind everything together.
• Spoon stuffing into a large casserole dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.