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  • - Hey, dudes, I'm Hilah.

  • And today on Hilah Cooking, we're doing Thanksgiving

  • with cornbread dressing or cornbread stuffing.

  • This one has chorizo and sweet potatoes in it.

  • But, before we can get started on a dressing,

  • we need to get started on the undressing.

  • Just kidding.

  • I'm gonna wear clothes for this video.

  • (funky music)

  • (bell dings)

  • (funky music)

  • Now, I've already baked a batch of cornbread,

  • and cooled it, and crumbled it up.

  • It's behind me.

  • You can't see it.

  • Don't look.

  • But, first we need to cook some chorizo.

  • I've got some pork chorizo.

  • You could use soyrizo if you wanted to make it vegetarian.

  • And then all my vegetables,

  • which is onion, cilantro, poblano pepper,

  • sweet potato, and garlic.

  • So when we go back here,

  • we'll cook that together in a skillet.

  • 12 ounces of fresh chorizo

  • over medium-high heat

  • until it's about half-way cooked.

  • Once it's about there,

  • add in all your vegetables and stir 'em around

  • to get everything coated in chorizo

  • and chorizo grease.

  • Mmm, chorizo grease.

  • Then, stir every four to five minutes

  • for about 10 to 15 minutes

  • until all the vegetables are really tender

  • and you start to see some nice browned,

  • charred bits once in a while.

  • That's good.

  • That's flavor country.

  • Then, we're gonna add a couple tablespoons of tequila.

  • You can leave this out if you don't drink tequila.

  • But, it's the holidays,

  • and there's probably some drunk that's gonna show up

  • and polish off the bottle for you.

  • So, might as well buy it.

  • Then we're gonna add some spices.

  • Salt and pepper, little bit of thyme,

  • some oregano.

  • Get that all mixed up together.

  • And then, once it looks about like this,

  • we'll add it to the cornbread.

  • We've got some cornbread here.

  • You can use my recipe.

  • You can use your recipe.

  • You could use a box mix.

  • Frankly, it doesn't matter to me.

  • It does help if it's, like, a day or two old,

  • if it's a little bit stale.

  • If it's too fresh,

  • you can always toast it in the oven

  • a little bit to dry it out.

  • This is a little fresh.

  • I made it yesterday, but it'll work.

  • Just spoon this in.

  • And add some parsley.

  • You could do cilantro, I guess.

  • But, to me, cilantro seems like it might clash

  • with other more traditional Thanksgiving things.

  • Mix it up.

  • Okay, so I'm gonna add a little bit of chicken broth.

  • You could use turkey this time of year, obviously.

  • You probably have some of that laying around.

  • Just about 1/2 cup.

  • And for this, I'm gonna add one egg.

  • You could use two or three eggs.

  • You could use no eggs.

  • It just depends on, whoa!

  • It just depends on how much of a mess you wanna make.

  • It just depends on what texture you want, again.

  • So, eggs are gonna make it

  • (fork whisking)

  • more dense, I guess, (fork whisking)

  • and moist. (fork whisking)

  • Everyone's favorite word.

  • (fork whisking)

  • No eggs, you end up with a little bit drier stuffing

  • that may be better for, like, sucking up gravy

  • because it's not as moist. (fork whisking)

  • But, adding some egg makes it more

  • of a dish that can kind of stand on its own.

  • Once it's all mixed up,

  • we can put it into a pan.

  • I don't,

  • So that's the difference between stuffing and dressing.

  • A stuffing, you literally stuff inside a bird.

  • And dressing, you bake it separately

  • and serve it on the side.

  • It's the same ingredients,

  • it's just where you're baking it.

  • What is the baking vessel?

  • It's safer, food safety-wise, to just do it separately.

  • 'Cause then you make sure that it actually

  • gets up to the proper temperature,

  • which it should be 165 degrees Fahrenheit

  • in the middle when it's done.

  • And, I like it better because you get to have

  • the crunchy, crispy tops and edges.

  • If it's in a bird,

  • it all just ends up a little bit soft.

  • A little bit flaccid.

  • So, carefully get it in there.

  • And, I'm not gonna pack it in.

  • (laughs)

  • 'Cause it'll cook faster

  • if it's not all tightly packed together.

  • And, again, texture.

  • It'll be a little bit fluffier and not quite as cake-like.

  • Mmm, man, it smells good.

  • Okay, then, final touch.

  • Because it's the holidays,

  • we're gonna drizzle the top with some melted butter.

  • This is gonna make the top nice and crunchy.

  • Now, we'll put it in the oven and bake it

  • until it's crunchy on top and kind of firm and set,

  • and the inside reaches 165 Fahrenheit.

  • The oven temperature can vary a little bit

  • depending on what you need it to be at.

  • I'm gonna cook this at 400 for maybe, like, 20 minutes.

  • But, if your oven temperature was lower

  • because you were baking something else,

  • you could bake it longer.

  • Or, if it's a little bit higher, you could bake it shorter.

  • (funky music)

  • Dressing is done, man.

  • Check that out.

  • It's all crispy.

  • (pot holders hitting the floor)

  • Don't need those any more.

  • I'm gonna give this a taste.

  • It's very hot.

  • So this recipe, as are all my recipes,

  • are always available at hilahcooking.com

  • in printable format.

  • So, peep that.

  • This is gonna be so good.

  • My grandma would be proud of me.

  • (excitedly squealing)

  • Mmm, mmm.

  • You will love, love, love this.

  • I think, even with soyrizo, veggie broth.

  • It's so delicious.

  • You have some sweetness

  • from the sweet potatoes and the onions.

  • And then spicy from the poblano and the chorizo.

  • This is so good.

  • People are gonna flip their tops.

  • Thanks so much for watching.

  • Don't forget to subscribe.

  • Visit me on Instagram #hilahcooking.

  • Definitely, if you make any of my recipes,

  • I'd love to see that.

  • And, I will see y'all next time.

  • Bye!

  • (funky music)

- Hey, dudes, I'm Hilah.

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