Looking for the best vegan Thanksgiving stuffing to serve on your holiday dinner table? Our mushroom stuffing, inspired by Tasty-Yummies, is not only delicious and vegan-approved, it will also make guests on a gluten-free diet weak in the knees.
Chockfull of earthy-rich cremini and wild mushrooms, this Thanksgiving stuffing is made with your favorite gluten-free, vegan bread and a simple but aromatic combination of onions, celery, vegetable broth and fresh herbs. The intensely flavored mushrooms don’t need much help when it comes to making this palate-pleasing holiday side-dish a rave.
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First a word about cremini mushrooms. Though the white button mushroom is the most common and economical fungi at the grocery store, it is actually just the young variety of mushroom that ages and becomes the brown-colored cremini mushroom. If it ages some more it morphs into the oversized portobello.
We love the cremini mushroom because as the button mushroom matures, it gets richer in flavor. The cremini may be a bit more expensive than its younger counterpart, but the boost in earthy flavor it gives is indispensable — and worth the extra cents.
Why wild mushrooms? In addition to the widely available cremini, our mushroom stuffing puts wild mushrooms on at the forefront. Certainly, cremini mushrooms lend a lovely earthy flavor but wild mushrooms show up with mouthfuls of coveted umami flavor that turn this vegan stuffing into a soul-satisfying side-dish that even meat-lovers will devour.
If available, use fresh wild mushrooms, such as chanterelle, truffle, morel, porcini and shiitake. You can also find gourmet mushrooms in dried form. Simply reconstitute dried mushrooms with boiling water until tender. Drain and chop before adding to the stuffing.
Easy to prep. Not only is this vegan stuffing delicious and nutritious, it is delightfully straightforward and quick to prepare. All of the vegetables are sauteed on the stovetop, tossed with the gluten-free bread and broth, then baked to perfection. The hands-on time is minimal and then your oven takes over. Easy peasy!
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Cook mushrooms
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add cremini and wild mushrooms, onions, celery and fresh herbs to the skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, for six to seven minutes or until the onions are soft and translucent. Set the mushroom mixture aside.
Mix bread cubes and mushroom mixture together
In a large bowl, combine the bread cubes and one cup of the vegetable broth. If the mixture is dry, add more broth in small increments until the bread is wet but not soggy. Add the mushroom mixture to the bread and mix well.
Bake mushroom stuffing
Transfer the stuffing to a large baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes to one hour or until the top of the stuffing is beautifully browned and crispy.
Serve hot
Bring the mushroom stuffing to the table hot out of the oven.
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Mushroom stuffing
Yield 6-8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces fresh cremini mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 1 cup wild mushrooms, fresh or reconstituted from dried, roughly chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely diced
- 2 stalks celery, finely diced
- 1-1/2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced sage
- 1 loaf of gluten-free, vegan bread, cut into two-inch pieces, dried or toasted
- 1 to 1-1/2 cups vegetable broth
- 1-1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet over medium-high, heat olive oil. Add mushrooms, onions, celery, thyme, parsley, sage, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, for six to seven minutes, or until the onions are soft and translucent. Remove from heat and set the mushroom mixture aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the dried bread cubes with one cup of the vegetable broth. If the mixture is too dry, continue adding broth in small increments until the bread is wet, but not soggy. Note: You may not use all of the broth.
- Add the mushroom mixture to the bread mixture and mix well.
- Pour the stuffing mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 45 minutes to one hour or until the top of the stuffing is browned and crispy. Serve hot.
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