Microwave Thanksgiving in the dorms: White Castle Stuffing

 
Microwave Thanksgiving in the dorms: White Castle stuffing
By Jenna Johnson

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving — and let’s hope that you have already been invited to someone’s home for dinner. (If not, last year I wrote up directions for cooking Thanksgiving dinner in a dorm microwave.) If you are scrambling to come up with something to bring to that dinner, I suggest microwave-friendly White Castle stuffing. Seriously, it’s a thing. I made this for a group of friends last weekend for an early Thanksgiving — well, actually, my sister made this for my friends, while I wrapped up a Sunday story at work, but I helped. The recipe was winner of the 1991 White Castle Cookoff — so it should be near-perfect — but my sister and I decided to make a couple changes.

Here’s our recipe:

1 case of 16 frozen White Castle mini-cheeseburgers
2 cups of diced celery
2 cups of mushrooms
1 clove minced garlic
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon fresh thyme (or 2 teaspoons dried)
1 tablespoon fresh sage, finely chopped (or 2 teaspoons dried)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped (or 2 teaspoons dried)
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup of white wine (dorm dwellers, please must use chicken broth)
1) Throw the celery, mushrooms, garlic and butter into a microwave-safe bowl. Cover and microwave for about 2 minutes, or until the mushrooms and celery have softened.

2) If you are currently a college student, this next step will make you feel
like one: Nuke the little burgers in your microwave. We did each package of two for about 30 seconds.

3) Once the burgers are warmed, shred them into little pieces and add to the bowl of mushrooms and celery. Stir as you go. Add all of the spices and the pecans. Keep stirring.

4) Slowly pour the white wine (or just-as-awesome chicken broth) over the stuffing to give it a thicker consistency.

5) Throw the whole thing back into the microwave for one minute at a time, stirring in between, until the stuffing is thoroughly heated. (You will likely need to reheat it wherever you are headed.)

I should note that you can stuff this stuffing into a turkey — just as long as you don’t cook that turkey in a microwave.