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Seafood Cornbread Dressing For Thanksgiving!
Ever had Seafood Cornbread Dressing? Well if not you’re in luck! In this post I’m going to share my recipe for homemade seafood dressing packed with shrimp and crab. Just imagine a combination of super flavorful & buttery cornbread dressing, and a crab cake. Sounds pretty amazing right? Well let me tell you how I make my seafood dressing.
Let’s start off with the cornbread! For my seafood dressing, I like to make and use homemade cornbread. Sure, it takes a little longer to make homemade cornbread, but to me it’s worth it. You CAN use store bought/ boxed cornbread if you want to for this recipe , it won’t be as good as mine, LOL) .
The seafood that I use in this seafood cornbread dressing was budget friendly! I used salad shrimp, and canned lump crab. If you want to use fresh crab meat, and larger shrimp you can do so. This seafood dressing is super moist – so you don’t have to worry about the shrimp or crab drying out, just FYI!
This recipe for seafood dressing is pretty easy to follow, but be sure to watch the video tutorial down below.
Watch the video tutorial
Cornbread Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow corn meal
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add in the cornmeal, all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar. Mix or sift the ingredients together.
- Now add in 2 eggs, the vegetable oil, and the buttermilk. Whisk everything, until well combined.
- Grease a 9x13 pan, and pour the cornbread batter in the dish.
- Bake the cornbread on 400 F for 30- 35 minutes.
- Let the cornbread cool down
Seafood Cornbread Dressing
Ingredients
- 7 cup cubed/ crumbled cornbread
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 small bell pepper chopped
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 10 tbsp butter salted
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp old bay seasoning
- 1 lb crab meat
- 1 lb shrimp meat
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 F.
- lightly grease a cookie sheet or bake dish, then place all of the cornbread on the bake sheet.
- Place the cornbread into the oven for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, remove the cornbread from the oven.
- TURN THE OVEN UP TO 350 F.
- Let the cornbread cool down, then toss it into a large mixing bowl.
- Place a large pan on the stovetop, and turn the heat to medium.
- Add 2 tbsp of butter into the pan, and let it melt.
- Once the butter has melted, and starts to bubble, toss in the chopped vegetables.
- Cook the veggies until they are translucent , then toss them into the mixing bowl.
- Melt 8 tbsp of butter, then pour it into the large mixing bowl.
- Next add in the shrimp, and crab meat. Mix everything until well combined.
- Sprinkle in the garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, salt, and old bay seasoning.
- Fold all of the ingredients.
- Pour in all of the vegetable broth, and mix.
- Last, but not least, add in the beaten eggs, and mix everything until well combined.
- Butter a 9x13 dish, and pour all of the dressing into the dish.
- smooth out the dressing, then cover the bake dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake on 375 F for 40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Hey rosier can you PLEASE one of your best recipes for sweet potatoe pie. I need it like asap I enjoy your recipes.
Sorry, I won’t be doing a sweet potato pie this year, but I have something similar coming soon.
After you have cooked the homemade cornbread do you still put it back in the oven for 30 minutes
Yes. All the steps are in the directions 😀
I can see why she posted that question because you cook the cornbread to use for the dressing….and then you cook it again from your recipe. Sounds strange to do but it really was not explained why you did it and I am guessing to prep it for the mixing of the ingredients and so it can really absorb all the ingredients. Thank you I plan on making this recipe.
Hi Angela!
I actually mentioned in the video that I bake the cube the cornbread, and place it back into the oven to dry it out ” The drier the better”, because dry bread soaks up more flavor. Thanks
Yessss! You are so on point! This is so yummy!
I am so making this! Sounds Awesome ! Thanks ~
Renee
Hi Renee!! Go glad that you came by. Enjoy! XOXO
Hi Rosie
Can I was going to do the crockpot whole chicken with the dressing. Can u use the xhicken broth from there or does it have to be vegetable broth
Absolutely! You can definitely use that broth 🙂
Tried this recipe for the first time and it was DELICIOUS! My husband hates onions and bell peppers but it turned out great. Thanks!
Does the shrimp go in cooked or raw? Thanks!
The shrimp goes in raw. 🙂
This recipe was a huge hit this Christmas!!! Of all the dishes we made, this was the only one that we all agreed would be made next year as well. Awesome.
YAY!! SO glad that you liked it!
This was my first time making Seafood dressing after reading many recipes this one was the one I tried. My family is still calling letting me know how excellent the food was. I mixed all the ingredients the night before Xmas then cooked it Xmas day. This allows the seasoning to settle and it was so good my husband asks me to make it again for New Years. I’m from Louisiana so to have my family like this so much made me feel really good. I used scallops, shrimp, crab, oysters and lobster every bite had meat in it and it was so good. Thanks again for posting this recipe.
Thank YOU for trying my recipe! XOXO
Hi Rosie! Would your buttermilk cornbread recipe used in the chicken dressing recipe yield the same taste as this cornbread recipe? I noticed that the cornbread recipes vary slightly (with measurements, AP flour in this recipe vs. self rising in the other, etc…) thank you!
Yes, that cornbread would work just fine 🙂
Hi! I cant wait to try this dressing, But do you make a gravy to go over this or just serve it as is? Dont want to mess the taste or flavor up.
You can do either 🙂
Hey Rosie
Thanks for this recipe!!….I made this for the first time last year at Thanksgiving and needless to say, the seafood cornbread dressing has been requested this year.. On my way to the store now…
Awesome! Thanks for trying my recipe! Happy Holidays!
Hi,
Can this be made the day before then reheated on Thanksgiving day?
Absolutely.
I’m going to try it with crab and crawfish!
Enjoy!
I made this for Thanksgiving last year and it was a hit. I will be doing it again this year. Thanks for the recipes!
Thanks for trying my recipe!
The reviews have me super excited to try this recipe tomorrow! I’ll let you know how it goes.
How do you store the dressing afterwards?
In the refrigerator
I’m going to try this recipe tonight!
I’m trying this today!
I made this today and it was great! My family almost ate all!
Thanks for trying my recipe Elga!
What type of gravy or sauce would compliment this recipe? Not sure to use a regular gravy or something similar to an Alfredo sauce. Without having tasted this recipe yet i’m not sure which would compliment it better.
I actually don’t serve this with a sauce. 🙂
Mannn this seafood dressing gave me life! It was sooo good. The only thing i added to help
keep it moist was cream of shrimp. So far i love all the recipes that i have tried from your website but this by far is my fav. Keep doing your thing and added more recipes for me
to cook.
Thanks for trying Kimmie!
Girrrrllll!! I made your seafood cornbread dressing last night. It was oh so good. I mean REALLY good! I loved the fact that surprisingly I had most of the ingredients in my own kitchen. It was a lot of steps but it was well worth. OMGGGG sooooo good. I tried it for myself – cannot WAIT to make for others. This is a hit! Thank you, Hun!
Thanks for trying!
I made this and it was WONDERFUL. Wanna make it again sunday but what other items would go well with it? Looking for a complete meal to cook.
This is life. I made this To see how it would be for Thanksgiving this is amazing thank you Rosie for sharing. It is like a huge crab cake or mouse in my mind, they love it
What if you cannot find old bay seasoning. Can you use an alternate season
Yes, you can.
Delicious thanks cousin for sharing ❤️
What do you make along with this or is this a meal in itself ?
Hi Rosie, can you use shrimp stock instead of Veggie stock?
I made this recipe for the first time in 2021 for Thanksgiving and my family loved it. I do have a question you state to turn oven to 350 but at end of recipe you say bake at 375. What is the correct temperature? I always bake at 375 and it turns out perfectly.
375 F is correct.