Orange Stuffing Muffins
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These orange stuffing muffins use only four ingredients and can be served with chicken, beef, turkey or pork.
Chopped onion and celery are sauteed in a pot, then simmered with orange juice, and mixed with stuffing. Everything is divided into a muffin pan and baked. These can be served alongside some favorite holiday side dishes.
Why We Love This Recipe
- Straightforward ingredients from the grocery store can be combined to create a flavorful side dish recipe.
- It’s super easy to prepare, just sautee, mix and bake!
- Using a stovetop stuffing mix cuts down on time.
- It’s cheap to make using budget-friendly ingredients.
- Serve these stuffing muffins with roasted turkey, our popular cranberry sauce with orange zest, mashed sweet potatoes, and baked cinnamon sweet potato and squash for an easy holiday dinner.
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Recipe Ingredients
Just four simple ingredients are used for this easy recipe! Here’s an overview of what you’ll need:
STUFFING: This recipe uses two boxes of stovetop stuffing mix. You can use any flavor of stuffing mix. I used chicken.
ADDITIONS: One chopped yellow onion, one celery stalk, two juiced oranges, and 1 tbsp orange zest are all combined to create this simple recipe. Orange zest is optional but adds a nice citrusy flavor.
How To Make These Stuffing Muffins
Here’s a quick overview with full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Zest the peel of one orange, then juice two large navel oranges.
- Saute chopped onion and celery in a pot over medium high heat.
- Add in orange juice and water. Bring to a boil, then let simmer. Stir in the stuffing, cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Divide the stuffing into a greased muffin pan. Bake 12 minutes, then serve and enjoy!
The leftover stuffing muffins can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 4-5 days. Feel free to reheat them in the microwave or oven.
Leftover stuffing can be added to our turkey leftover casserole recipe.
More Stuffing Recipes
- Wild Rice Stuffing is a great alternative using wild rice as the base without any breadcrumbs.
- Low Carb Stuffing uses vegetables, apples and pears to create a flavorful baked stuffing.
Ingredients
- 2 boxes stovetop stuffing mix - any flavor
- 1 yellow onion - diced
- 1 celery stalk - diced
- 2 large navel oranges - Juice squeezed from them
- 1 Tbsp orange zest - optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease the inside of a muffin pan with cooking oil.
- Grate the peel off of one orange using a cheese grater. Squeeze the rest of the oranges to create juice.
- Chop the onion and celery into small pieces. Add it to a pot over medium high heat with a bit of cooking oil. Saute for 1-2 minutes, until the onion turns translucent.
- Add the orange juice and enough water to measure out 2 ¼ cups. Add 1 Tbsp of orange zest and mix in. Bring the liquid to a boil then remove from the heat.
- Add in the stuffing and toss with the liquid. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes. After, you can fluff with a fork.
- Divide t¼ cup of stuffing into the muffin cups. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown. Let cool then remove, serve and enjoy!
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