Leftover Stuffing Patties

I love all holidays, but for someone who loves food and cooking, Thanksgiving is a day that is almost as perfect as you can get. Food and family are the absolute center of the day. You spend sometimes weeks in advance planning, buying groceries, and prepping for one meal that disappears in a matter of minutes. Well, maybe it doesn’t disappear completely. Thanksgiving has a way of giving us plenty to eat and there usually seems to be leftovers. Every year, I try to find new and inventive ways to use up extra turkey, mashed potatoes, and etc. This year, I am sharing this recipe for Leftover Stuffing Patties.

As much as I love stuffing or dressing (especially my recipe made in a Crockpot) there are very few ways to reinvent this side dish.

Until now that is.

A few years ago, I was staring at an unbelievable amount of leftover dressing in my fridge. Besides already being on day 3 of re-heating the whole Thanksgiving meal…turkey, potatoes, stuffing, casseroles, and pies.

I had also used part of the dressing in my favorite Leftover Thanksgiving Soup!

(Trust me that one is a tried and true leftover favorite!)

The idea came to me! What if I could use up some of this stuffing for breakfast.

So I took out some stuffing, crumbled it up into smaller pieces, tossed in a couple eggs and flour to bind the mixture, and shaped into patties.

After the patties were fried, I placed an over-easy egg on top with a side of pork sausage (or bacon!).

Ta-Dah! A delicious and hearty breakfast came to be!

I should put a disclaimer on this recipe.

Everyone’s stuffing/dressing recipes are different.

Some are dry and chunky. Others are moist and small pieces.

I find that the smaller pieces hold together better in this recipe. So if you have big pieces of bread or sausage in your stuffing. Try chopping them up a little finer and you should be good to go!