Cheeseburger Stuffing

Nov 05, 2022, Updated Nov 28, 2023

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If you love classic cheeseburger flavors, you’re going to love this easy stuffing – loaded with creamy cheese, ground beef, vegetables, and hamburger buns!

This is technically a dressing – not a stuffing – as we don’t recommend stuffing turkey with dairy – but we’re calling stuffing as its more often used for the dish.

picture of cheeseburger stuffing in a glass tray on a table with carrots and herbs on top

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Cheesy Ground Beef and Hamburger Bun Stuffing
How To Make Cheeseburger Stuffing
Tips and Tricks to Perfect Cheeseburger Stuffing
What to Serve With Cheeseburger Stuffing
Cheeseburger Stuffing Recipe

Cheesy Ground Beef and Hamburger Bun Stuffing

Stuffing is really just a combination of bread, butter, stock, eggs, and vegetables, baked to golden brown perfection. I decided to flip the script and give the iconic Thanksgiving side with the All-American classic – with the flavors of a cheeseburger!

We’re taking hamburger buns, ground beef, tons of delicious seasoning, cheddar cheese, and fresh vegetables to make this a stuffing side your family will want every holiday dinner – it’s packed with flavor, inexpensive, and so easy to make!

How To Make Cheeseburger Stuffing

To make this recipe, we will use the following ingredients:

Hamburger Buns
Ground Beef
Pub Cheese
Beef Stock
Carrots
Celery
Butter
Onions
Chives
Garlic
Montreal Steak Seasoning

Once you’ve gathered your ingredients, we will use this method:

Cook. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a large 9×13 casserole dish. In a large pan, brown ground beef and crumble. Cook to lightly browned while crumbling, do not burn. Do not drain fat. Remove ground beef from pan and set aside.

Cook Veg. Add onions, celery, and carrots, to pan and saute until lightly browned, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in garlic, Montreal steak seasoning, browned ground beef, and pub cheese. Stir in butter and stock. Cook, stirring often, until pub cheese and butter are melted and well incorporated.

Add Bread. Spread out stale cubed hamburger buns in casserole pan. Pour hamburger, stock, and vegetable mixture over buns, stir to mix.

Bake. Bake 45-60 minutes until bubbly and golden brown – there should be a little liquid left in the pan but not much – do not cook all the liquid off, as it will re-absorb into the stuffing as it cools (think just a tiny amount on the bottom of the pan.)

Tips and Tricks to Perfect Cheeseburger Stuffing

Toast buns. Using stale or toasted buns helps your dressing keep a nice texture without it turning mushy.

Swap cheeses. If you’d like to try a different cheese, you can swap the pub cheese for sharp cheddar, jack, or even velveeta.

Add more vegetables. Try tossing in jalapenos, bell peppers, crunchy onions, or any other traditional vegetables or burger toppings you like!

Make it spicy. Try using spicy Montreal steak seasoning, a spicy hamburger rub, or adding cayenne pepper – or add in diced poblano peppers, green chiles, or jalapenos into the stuffing for a bit more kick.

Make it vegetarian. You can swap the ground beef for a meat-free crumble.

Swap meats. You can use chicken, buffalo, pork, or turkey in place of ground beef in this recipe.

FAQs

When is stuffing done?

Stuffing is fully cooked when it has reached 165 degrees and bread has soaked up most of the liquid in dish. There will be a bit of liquid left in pan – do not cook to dry – it will soak up as it cools.

My stuffing is dry – how can I keep it from drying out?

Stuffing should be removed from oven when there is just a little bit of liquid left in the baking dish – it will absorb as the stuffing cools. Don’t cook to fully dry or your stuffing will dry out completely after cooling.

Can I skip the cheese?

If you’re not sure about adding cheese to this stuffing, you can skip it.

Can I use vegan cheese?

If you use vegan cheese for this recipe, you need to use one that works more like queso than shredded cheese – so it will mix more like a batter than into shreds.

Can I use this to stuff a turkey?

This is technically a dressing – NOT a stuffing. Don’t use dairy to stuff a bird, for best results. We are calling this a stuffing since more people call this dish stuffing.

What to Serve With Cheeseburger Stuffing

Cheeseburger stuffing is the perfect easy side for Thanksgiving recipes – easy, simple classics like Perfect Spatchcocked Turkey, Brown Bag Herb Roasted Turkey, Slow Cooker Turkey in Gravy, and The Best Easy Prime Rib!

You can also check out some of our twists on classic recipes, like Grilled Carrots, Turkey Butternut Squash Chili, Roasted Parmesan Green Beans and Pumpkin Hand Pies!