- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 12 cups fresh bread cubes
- 1 1/2 pints fresh oysters, coarsely chopped and liquor reserved
- 1 1/2 cups chopped celery with leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Heat butter in a Dutch oven or large heavy pot over medium-high heat; cook and stir onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove Dutch oven from heat. Stir bread crumbs, oysters, oyster liquor, celery, salt, black pepper, thyme, and poultry seasoning into onion. Spoon mixture into the prepared baking pan; cover tightly with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes; remove aluminum foil and continue baking until lightly browned, about 20 more minutes.