This Vegan Stuffing is the perfect holiday side dish! Packed with carrots, leeks, and celery, it will impress even your meat-eating family!
VEGAN STUFFING RECIPE
The sides are the best part of the holidays for me, and this Vegan Stuffing is one I'm always making for Thanksgiving and Christmas! This rich, hearty side dish is packed with veggies and the must-have for stuffing: bread.
In this recipe, I use a mixture of dried bread and soft bread in my stuffing to help give it both a crunchy and chewy texture throughout. The bread is surrounded by sautéed carrots, leeks, and celery, for the ultimate fall flavor in a baking dish!
Need more vegan side dishes for your upcoming holiday spreads? Try these Vegan Mashed Potatoes — so smooth and creamy, no one will know they're dairy free!
INGREDIENTS IN VEGAN STUFFING
Butter - Use butter to saute the vegetables.
Celery - Celery is one of the main flavors of a traditional stuffing.
Leeks - I love the flavor and texture of leeks in my stuffing, but onions are a fine substitute.
Carrots - I like some extra veggies in my vegan stuffing.
Poultry Seasoning - this blend of herbs is delicious in any savory dish.
Dried Bread - cut into cubes.
Soft Bread - Also cut in to cubes, the two types of bread give this stuffing an amazing texture.
Vegetable Broth - We will use broth to moisten and flavor the bread.
Salt - A basic, necessary seasoning.
Pepper - Season to taste.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and I will get back to you.
HOW TO MAKE VEGAN STUFFING
- In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
- Once your butter is melted, add your diced celery.
- Next, add your diced leeks — or white onions, if you're out of leeks!
- Then, add your diced carrots. Sauté the veggies until they've softened.
- Once they're softened, add your spices: Poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- Finally, add the vegetable broth to moisten the bread slightly — but not soggy — and taste the mixture. If the flavors are right, pour your bread mixture into an oiled 9x13 baking dish and bake about half an hour or until your stuffing is golden brown. Enjoy!
These numbered steps match the numbered photos above and are for illustration purposes. For the complete list of ingredients and instructions, please see the recipe below.
WHAT BREAD IS BEST FOR STUFFING?
For this recipe, you can use just about any bread you have — white, wheat, gluten-free, multi-grain, you name it! The key here is to make sure you dice up half of the bread the day or two in advance so it gets that hard, crusty feeling on the outside.
Leave the bread in a bowl on your counter, and it should be ready to use after about a day! A large loaf of sandwich bread should give you around 9 cups, so that would be more than enough for this recipe.
I use half dry bread and half soft bread, so I dice the other half right before cooking. Want to do it all ahead of time? Dice up your bread and leave half out to dry and half in an airtight container to keep moist!
CAN I MAKE VEGAN STUFFING AHEAD OF TIME?
Holiday dishes are the best when they can be made, at least partially, in advance and then cooked on the big day!
For this recipe, you could definitely sauté your veggies the day before and mix them with your soft bread pieces. I'd wait to add the dried bread pieces and vegetable broth until cook time because the liquid could make the bread overly soft and break down in the fridge. No one wants gummy stuffing!
You can also just sauté the vegetables the night before and mix them into your bread the next day for the freshest partially make-ahead stuffing!
FOR MORE DELICIOUS VEGAN RECIPES, TRY THESE:
Vegan Green Bean Casserole is another holiday friendly casserole.
if you love squash, you'll want to try Air Fryer Butternut Squash. It's so easy to make!
Vegan Mashed Potatoes go perfectly with this vegan stuffing on your table.
Air Fryer Acorn Squash is another easy way to cook autumn squash in your air fryer.
Love your air fryer? You can also make this in your air fryer! Check out the instructions for Air Fryer Stuffing.
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Vegan Stuffing
Equipment
- Skillet
- 9x13 baking dish
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter vegan
- 1 ½ cups leeks or white onion
- ¾ cup carrots diced
- 1 ½ cups celery diced
- 3 tablespoons Poultry seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups dried bread pieces diced into squares
- 3 cups soft bread pieces diced into squares
- ⅓ cup vegetable broth to moisten
Instructions
- In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Once butter is melted, add the leeks, carrots, and celery. Sauté until soft.
- Once softened, add poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Add the dried and soft bread pieces to the mixture. Stir to combine.
- Add the vegetable broth to the mixture to moisten. Taste at this point to see if it needs more seasoning. If so, add more poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- Spoon mixture into an oiled 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Enjoy!
Stuffing is the best part of the holiday meal. I could eat this my the fork full. I know my family would devour this in no time.
I agree it is literally the best part, I look forward to it each year!
Stuffing is a must on any roast dinner and this vegan version looks amazing.
It is a MUST for sure!
Looks so delicious. Love it!
Thank you!
Love that this stuffing is so easy to make AND is vegan. I am saving this to make for my mostly vegetarian/ vegan family. Thank you for sharing.
It is a win win!
Yum! This stuffing looks absolutely perfect. 🙂
Thank you Carrie!