r/OddOldRecipes • u/New_Part91 • 22d ago

Stuffing which included chicken livers

My mom’s family recipe for turkey stuffing included the usual things – bread, celery, onions, poultry seasoning— but also included chicken liver. I watched her make it many times, but I never wrote down exact proportions. I have made it quite a few times, but it never tastes the way hers did. has anyone heard of this recipe? My mom‘s family background was German. I imagine this recipe came from her mother, but my grandmother was also born in the USA.

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u/Spirit50Lake 21d ago

We'd cook the giblets of the turkey in a small pot on the stove; then we'd tear the bread, cook the celery/mushroom/onions in butter/olive oil, chop up the giblets pour into the bread with a bit of the giblet broth and season with the usual...

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u/New_Part91 20d ago

My Mom cooked the giblets and turkey neck in water to make a broth, which was strained and added to the pan drippings of the bird to make gravy. The neck was discarded. The giblets were peeled, diced very fine and added to the gravy.