Air Fryer Stuffing

by: Air Fryer Eats Team
Updated: August 13, 2024

This Air Fryer Stuffing is the perfect holiday side dish! Packed with carrots, leeks, and celery, it will impress all your dinner guests!

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Recipe Overview

The sides are the best part of the holidays for me, and this Air Fryer Stuffing is one Iโ€™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 sautรฉed carrots, leeks, and celery, for the ultimate fall flavor in a baking dish!

Need more holiday side dishes for your upcoming holiday spreads? Try these: Air Fryer Creamed Corn Casserole, Air Fryer Green Bean Casserole and Air Fryer Sweet Potato Casserole.

How to Make Air Fryer Stuffing

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  1. In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Once your butter is melted, add your diced celery. Next, add your diced leeks โ€” or white onions, if youโ€™re out of leeks! Then, add your diced carrots. Sautรฉ the veggies until theyโ€™ve softened.
  2. Once theyโ€™re softened, add your spices: Poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. 
  3. Finally, add the vegetable broth to moisten the bread slightly โ€” but not soggy โ€” and taste the mixture.
  4. If the flavors are right, pour your bread mixture into an oiled oven-safe baking dish.
  5. Air Fry at 325F/170C for 22-24 minutes or until your stuffing is golden brown.
  6. Enjoy!
air fryer stuffing on a white plate on a white back ground with a white and red striped napkin to the left. On the right of the horizontal picture is a black air fryer basket with a pot of air fryer dressing with a wooden spoon.
Air Fryer Stuffing on a white plate and also in a black air fryer basket

How to make this 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 sautรฉ your veggies the day before and mix them with your soft bread pieces.

Iโ€™d wait to add the dried bread pieces and vegetable broth until cooking 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 sautรฉ the vegetables the night before and mix them into your bread the next day for the freshest partially make-ahead stuffing!

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What Bread is Best for Stuffing?

For this recipe, you can use just about any bread you have โ€” 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!

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5 from 6 votes

Air Fryer Stuffing (Air Fryer Dressing)

This Air Fryer Stuffing is the perfect holiday side dish! Packed with carrots, leeks, and celery, it will impress all your dinner guests!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time24 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 234kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 T butter dairy or vegan
  • 1.5 c leeks or white onion, diced
  • 3/4 c carrots diced
  • 1.5 c celery diced
  • 3 T poultry seasoning
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1/2 t pepper
  • 3 c dried bread pieces cut into cubes
  • 3 c soft bread pieces cut into cubes
  • 1/3 c vegetable broth or more to moisten

Instructions

  • In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Once butter is melted, add the leeks, carrots, and celery. Sautรฉ 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.
  • If the flavors are right, pour your bread mixture into an oiled oven-safeย baking dish. Air Fryย at 325F/170C for 22-24 minutesย or until your stuffing isย golden brown.

Notes

Pro Tip:ย This recipe can be made in theย air fryer unit with a basketย or theย air fryer oven. If you are using the air fryer oven, use theย middle rackย and select theย “Air Fry” function.

Nutrition

Calories: 234kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 624mg | Potassium: 274mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 3420IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 129mg | Iron: 3mg
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10 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    This definitely makes me want to reconsider getting an air-fryer. I’ve resisted up until now but this stuffing looks amazing!

5 from 6 votes (1 rating without comment)

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