The Best Oyster Dressing

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 1/3 cup celery, chopped
• 4 slices bread
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons parsley, chopped
• 1 pint oyster, drained
• salt
• pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon basil
• 1/8 teaspoon sage
• 1/8 teaspoon thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon marjoram
• breadcrumbs
• butter

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a skillet. saute onions and celery until transparent.
• 2 soak the bread in water. drain and squeeze water out of bread. tear into small pieces and add to onion mixture.
• 3 add egg, parsley and oysters.
• 4 season with salt, pepper and spices.
• 5 simmer until oysters begin to curl.
• 6 if the mixture is soggy, add bread crumbs; it should be very moist but there should be no excess liquid.
• 7 turn into a 2 qt casserole.
• 8 dot with butter.
• 9 bake 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.