Easy to Make Potato and Bread Filling Recipe | Stuffing With A Twist
Potato Filling is a great side to serve with your ham or turkey for a holiday meal. This dish is a mixture of mashed potatoes and stuffing, baked to crispy perfection.
The best thing I love about this recipe is that it can easily be made a day or even two days in advance. This always helps me to get some pressure off in getting the holiday meals to the table.
Here is what you will need to make this:
There are two key ingredients missing from the photo: celery and chicken broth. I realized this after the photo was taken.
Potato Filling Recipe
Ingredients:
- 5 lbs med Russet potatoes – peeled and cubed
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 3/4 cup butter + 4 tbsps of butter
- 3 cups chopped celery
- 7 slices of bread – toasted and cubed
- 2 cups chopped Vidalia Onions
- 2 tbs. dried parsley
- 3 eggs (beaten)
- Salt and Pepper to taste.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
1. Boil Potatoes (just like if you were going to make mashed potatoes). When soft and tender, drain and place in a bowl. Mash with a fork adding 4 tablespoons of butter. Mash potatoes with milk until they are a thick, but creamy texture. Do not overwhip the potatoes – you want a thicker consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste.
2. While the potatoes are cooking, in a large pan saute onions, celery and parsley in the remaining butter for about 4-6 minutes, until tender.
3. Reduce heat and add in bread. Keep in pan for about 4-5 minutes and stir frequently to keep the bread from sticking to the pan.
4. Fold the bread mixture and chicken stock into mashed potatoes. Fold 3 eggs into the mixture. Stir completely together.
5. Put into a greased baking pan and cook for 45 minutes.
Notes: I like to put it under the broiler for 2 minutes to brown the top. If you prefer it a little more moist you can use more chicken broth. You can put a little butter on top to make it nice and crispy! I like to sprinkle the top of the dish with parsley for color as well.
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Updated 12/21/22
KyleneW says
yum! Made my MIL recipe on Thursday & froze it.
Bernadette says
Can I make this the day before and re-heat it? Any idea how long it would take to reheat?
Sounds relish!
Shannon says
I am not a huge fan of reheating it – it gets a bit mushy!
Anonymous says
my daughter made this for us the first time for Cristmas just after we movrd here from Ontario, Canada to the east coast. I have made it twice since. Very good.
Jeanie says
I also never heard of this until I married into a PA Dutch family. Now it is a must and my daughter’s boyfriends family now must make it as he complained every year till they tried it.
Jenna Schmitz via Facebook says
I am so sad I can’t find Copes Corn in MD. I used to be able too. :(
Anonymous says
You can order Copes corn online:)
Amy says
Totally going to try this, my friend! It looks delish. Thank you for sharing, and teaching this southern girls some new tricks ;)
Janey Clark via Facebook says
Yum!! Thank you for sharing! I am going to make this!
Stacy says
My pa dutch grandmother’s version doesn’t have the bread in it. It’s not a holiday unless we have potato filling, Copes corn and shoo fly pie :)!
Heather says
Awww my grandma used to make this. The recipe passed with her, I wonder if this is it!
Lisa says
OMG! My grandmother used to make this and taught my mom how to make it. It is my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner! You ladies don’t know what you’ve been missing.
Mandy Jones via Facebook says
Never heard of it
Cari Jo Howell via Facebook says
How’s that for Dutch!
Cari Jo Howell via Facebook says
I was raised eating PA Dutch food….but I’ve never had potato filling! Love me some warm bacon dressing (with dandelions!) and filled noodles for Christmas! Hoe
Lori Yoder Heydt via Facebook says
Bacon Dressing!!!
Jennifer Rafus-King via Facebook says
never heard of it but it sounds and looks amazing!!
Anonymous says
Made this tonight every one loved it thank you
Bonnie Nichols via Facebook says
I’d also love to see more PA Dutch recepies. We go to this one dinner that serves PA Dutch food and it’s so good. I’d love to be able to make it myself.
Laura Kennedy via Facebook says
In holiday tradition, I will be going to my grandmother’s house to help her make a giant batch of potato filling on Wednesday (no recipe required). Half will be used for Thanksgiving, the other half will be frozen for Christmas. All our holidays are heavy on the PA Dutch food, as 3/4 of my ancestry is German. It just isn’t a holiday without potato filling or lettuce with hot bacon dressing! :0)
Elin says
Usually my mother-in-law makes this which we all loves. However, we have had trouble with the timing on defrosting it or reheating it. This year it is being made on Monday before Christmas. Do you think it should be frozen and defrosted in such a short time. Or cooked and kept refrigerated and reheated?
For the Mommas via Facebook says
Oh yes Anne … Cope Corns
Brenda says
Okay I give up, what is Cope Corns?
I Googled it and got a bunch of medical links for dealing with calluses and corns. I am assuming this is not what you’re referring to!
John says
John Cope’s fancy evaporated Golden Sweet Corn is available as a “dried” product where you add milk to cream it up, or as my family prefers, in a can ready to heat and serve, if you are not in the PA region, i have seen it available online on various sites
Brenda says
Thanks John! Haven’t heard about it up in the Pacific Northwest, but might be curious enough to see if I can find it. I love corn and always enjoy new ways of serving it!
Jennifer Luchetta Anthony via Facebook says
I never knew what it was until I met my husbands family. They are from Berks county so this was a norm, but I had no clue.
Rosemary says
All my grandmother made was PA dutch recipes when I was growing up but this is a new one for me. One of the big ones she made is Potato Pie. Layers of thinly sliced potato and hamburger with salt, pepper and parsley in a nice thick crust. SO SO good but no one has ever heard of it.
Anne Hamilton via Facebook says
Displaced from PA, now living in TX….wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without it! And….Copes corn!!!!!
Missy Mae-Hor via Facebook says
her’s doesn’t have potatoes in it.. I had to send her a message with this recipe asking if she’s been holding out on me all these years haha
Michelle Sw via Facebook says
sounds good.
For the Mommas via Facebook says
Honey Badger Swieder — I love to cook, I would post recipes all the time if I Could. :)
For the Mommas via Facebook says
Missy Mae-Hor — some people add oysters to this recipe!
Jennifer says
Weird! I grew up in Pennsylvania and am actually part Dutch German, and have NEVER heard of this beautiful concoction! I am going to have to try this yumminess! Thanks for sharing!
Shannon says
So funny! My grandfather was Dutch German too –
Missy Mae-Hor via Facebook says
here’s the sad thing.. My mom is about as Pennsylvania Dutch as they come.. (were talking pig belly, tripe, etc)… and I’ve NEVER heard of this! My mom always made an Oyster dressing with turkey… Now I have to ask her about this lol :)
Honey Badger Swieder via Facebook says
Can you share recipes more often? We stop in PA Dutch area every time we go to NJ and eat. I’ve had more delicious food there than I can remember but I have absolutely NO authentic recipes!
Lori Scheirer via Facebook says
oh i love potatofilling we have it even on non holiday !
Lori Yoder Heydt via Facebook says
Same here, Kimberly! My ex husband (who was NOT raised in a PA Dutch area) had no idea what ‘Potato Filling’ was, but once he tried it, he loved it!. After we split, he actually asked me how to make it.
Sommer Emery via Facebook says
I have no idea what that is either!!!????!!
Kimberly Everett via Facebook says
that was the ONLY filling I knew for yrs…never had “stuffing”! LOL!