This Low-Carb Pecan Stuffing recipe is a hearty thanksgiving dish that the whole family with be fighting over! It’s the perfect holiday side dish for people on low-carb, ketogenic, Atkins, Paleo or Banting diets.
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This low-carb pecan stuffing is Thanksgiving flavors in a bowl. Pecans combine with sage, onion, celery and thyme to make a filling, nutritious and delicious stuffing that goes perfectly with turkey, chicken, game hens or even pork. When this stuffing is cooking, your whole house will smell like Thanksgiving!
For most people, the highlight of Thanksgiving dinner is the turkey. For me, while I do like turkey, the Thanksgiving dish I really love has always been the stuffing. From an early age, this has always been the case. Perhaps it’s because my mother makes the World’s best stuffing. I love her recipe with savory herbs combined with onions and celery. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
Of course, traditional stuffing usually contains a large amount of carbs of some kind, whether it be cornbread or wheat bread or sometimes even rice depending on the recipe. The breadcrumbs or rice basically provide a canvas to paint flavors on. They soak up the butter and herb flavors and become vehicles of flavor.
In this recipe, I kept all of the traditional stuffing flavors based on my mother’s recipe, but changed the base. Instead of using breadcrumbs, I use pecans. The pecans not only provide a base to add flavors to, they offer a delicious flavor of their own. The nutty flavor melds perfectly with the sage, onion and celery.
I really love flavor and this recipe delivers. I layer the taste of celery by using both celery and celery salt.I layer the sage by using both dried rubbed sage and the more subtle fresh sage. Yes, some may think I’m a bit heavy handed with the herbs in this recipe, but I love it this way. To me there is nothing worse than bland stuffing. Not only is this recipe not bland, it’s is a wake up call for the senses!
Of course, you don’t need to wait until Thanksgiving to make this low-carb pecan stuffing. I love to serve it with roasted chicken and it works perfectly with pork as well. I confess that I like this stuffing so much I have made it and eaten it by itself on multiple occasions. Enjoy!
-Annissa
Low-Carb Pecan Stuffing
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons butter ghee or coconut oil
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 3 ribs celery chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
- 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 8 oz pecans whole or pieces
- 2 Tablespoons fresh sage leaves stacked and sliced thinly
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 Tablespoon parsley
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add butter.
- When butter has melted and has stopped bubbling, add yellow onion and celery.
- Cook onion and celery, stirring occasionally until the edges of onion begin to brown and onion is becoming translucent. Onions and celery should both be soft. Reduce heat to medium.
- Stir in thyme, rubbed sage, poultry seasoning and celery salt. Stir to combine.
- Add pecans and fresh sage. Stir and cook for about three minutes to soften the flavors of the sage and allow pecans to absorb the flavor of the herbs.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir in parsley.
Recipe Notes
Per serving:
Calories: 308
Fat: 31 grams
Carbs: 8 grams
Fiber: 4.6 grams
Protein: 4 grams
Net Carbs: 3.4 grams
Might sound and look weird but has the stuffing taste with a little crunch. Very good
Thanks! I really like this recipe too.
About how many servings are in this and what is the preperation/ cooking time?
There are 6 servings. Prep time would be about 10 minutes and cook time would be 10-15 minutes.
Would this hold and travel well? I am thinking of making a double batch of this and refrigerating it, putting it into a cooler for a trip several states away, and then warming it up on a hotplate a couple of days after making it. Do you think that it would be OK?
Nancy,
I think that would work fine. When you reheat it, do it gently and stir frequently, so you don’t over-toast the pecans and so it heats evenly.Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving!
Annissa
Made this last year for the 1st time, and it was legit my favorite dish at Thanksgiving!! So excited to make it again this year. It’s so much like a traditional stuffing. Fricking delicious.
Glad you enjoyed it so much!
I’m going to make this to take to a Thanksgiving dinner. Can I make it the day before? Today? LOL Thanks!
Lori,
I think this would be fine made the day before and reheated. Actually, it might even be better as it will give the flavors time to “get to know one another”, as my mother would say.
-Annissa
My husband and I have been counting carbs and feeling great. All of a sudden, he cannot have any gluten. This recipe looks like it should be the perfect solution for our family Thanksgiving meal.