How To Make Corn-bread Dressing with Bacon & Pecans - Best Recipe | Charleston Magazine

Ingredients

• 1 cup small dice bacon
• 1 cup small dice onions
• 1 cup small dice celery
• 2 Tbs. chopped fresh sage
• 1 Tbs. fresh thyme leaves
• 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 3 cups turkey or chicken broth
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 16 cups corn bread, prepared in advance and crumbled into two-inch pieces (recipe follows)
• 2 cups pecan halves, toasted and rough chopped
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ cups stone-ground white cornmeal
• 2 Tbs. baking powder
• 2 tsp. kosher salt
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 11/3 cups whole buttermilk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil