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  Turducken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turducken fans say that it is complex and usually quite agreeable in texture and flavor, as the juices of the turkey and chicken baste the duck, and the more robust duck bastes the turkey and chicken.
Turducken is believed to be Cajun in origin, although it may also have originated in eastern Texas or northern Louisiana.
Turducken is generally associated with the "do-it-yourself" outdoor food culture also associated with true barbecueing and crawfish boils, although some people now serve them in place of the traditional roasted turkey at the Thanksgiving meal.
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A turducken is a partially boned turkey layered with a boned duck, then with a boned chicken and spread with layers of stuffing between each bird.
Turducken is not for the weak of heart, in more ways than just cholesterol, but fear not, concerned traveler -- you are not alone.
Turducken's popularity is surging, which shouldn't come as a shock, considering the "more is more" mentality that has emerged in the last two decades.
www.lycos.com /info/turducken--stuffings.html   (385 words)

  
 THE ROAD TO TURDUCKEN, PART 2.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The second day of the journey to the heart of turducken is one of brutality and strife, a far cry from the homey warmth of stuffing smells and southern comfort foods.
Three years ago, according to Lycos, "turducken" was a mere blip on the radar, regularly beaten by searches for "stuffing recipes." But now, turducken is a holiday tour-de-force, the third most-searched-for holiday item in 2003, trailing only "turkey" and "fried turkey" in the Thanksgiving holiday category.
The turducken's flight into popular consciousness can be traced back to two men: Paul Prudhomme, morbidly obese superchef and self-styled inventor of the dish back in the 1960s and John Madden, mordibly obese NFL football commentator and self-styled turducken missionary.
www.blacktable.com /turducken031223.htm   (2245 words)

  
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A turducken is a hybrid of a turkey, a duck, and a chicken, but you don't have to be a bioengineer or even a student of animal husbandry to make one -- turduckens are more about cramming than they are about science.
It is up to the turducken chef to season, stuff, wedge together, sew up, and, using string, primp the limp bundle into some semblance of a turkey.
Because the turducken is such a massive object cooking at such a low temperature, keeping it in the oven a little longer than necessary wouldn't hurt.
www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol17/issue12/food.turducken.html   (1728 words)

  
 THE ROAD TO TURDUCKEN, PART 1. (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Turducken is a dish, usually served around the holidays, that is made by cramming a boneless chicken into a boneless duck, which is stuffed into a boneless turkey.
The dish isn't found on many take-out menus, isn't sold in the frozen foods section at the local supermarket and must be made at home, for the most part.
This turducken is the ultimate test of the primal desire to feed, requiring baking, boiling, broiling, butchering, sauteeing, chopping, stirring, sifting and even sewing, but once you're seated with a plate and fork you will understand.
www.blacktable.com.cob-web.org:8888 /turducken031217.htm   (1976 words)

  
 Turducken Recipe
The Turducken will need to cook for approximately 9 hours at 225 degrees F so begin preparation well in advance.
Since the turducken has no skeleton, it must be trussed up or it may fall apart in cooking.
Remove the turducken from the oven and let cool in the pan for an hour before serving.
www.cajuncookingrecipes.com /turducken.htm   (1264 words)

  
 Turducken - Thanksgiving or Christmas Eating (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
TURDUCKEN (A CHICKEN IN A DUCK IN A TURKEY)
We saw a turducken recipe mentioned in a newspaper and tried it for the first time in 1990.
Heat oven to 225 degrees F. Temperature control is critical since the turducken is so massive that it has to be cooked slowly at a low temperature to prevent burning the outside before the interior is cooked.
www.thesalmons.org.cob-web.org:8888 /lynn/turducken.html   (1271 words)

  
 Hormel Foods - Glossary - Turducken
A turducken is typically prepared with a cornbread and sausage (andouille sausage) and/or oyster stuffing placed between the meat as it is layered together.
A popular food commonly served in the southern U.S., turducken can be purchased or made as a boneless, rolled roast that cooks within several hours or as a combination of meats that are layered within a whole turkey requiring longer cooking time.
For some homemade versions, the turducken is prepared with a boned turkey breast (skin on), a boned duck breast (skin on), and a boned chicken breast (skin on).
www.hormel.com /kitchen/glossary.asp?id=37027&catitemid=   (446 words)

  
 Turducken News
Turducken recipe The Turducken will need to cook for 12 or 13 hours at 190 degrees F, so begin preparation well in advance.
It's turducken, a rich melt-in-your mouth "food rainbow" that is taking the nation, and Waltham, by storm, according to Jake's owner Don Yovicsin.
According to National Geographic, the turducken celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, after a man in Maurice, La., requested the combination of a "turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken." While...
www.topix.net /food/turducken   (644 words)

  
 Turducken, How to cook a turducken, All about Turducken, Purchase Turducken
Turduckens cost about $50-$60 but the shipping cost for sending it overnight in dry-ice is what is going to cost you the most.
One possible origin dates back a bit and says the turducken is somewhat derived from the galantine, an 18th century French blend of a de-boned bird stuffed with a mixture of finely ground veal, poultry, fish, vegetables, or fruit with bread crumbs and seasonings.
NOTE: Use a food thermometer to ensure that all layers of the turducken and stuffing reach a minimum safe internal temperature of 165 °F. The thermometer should be placed at the center of the thickest part of the turducken to determine the safe internal temperature.
whatscookingamerica.net /Poultry/Turducken.htm   (1378 words)

  
 Turducken
In fact, it wasn't just a turkey at all; it was a Turducken -- a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken, with oyster dressing inside the chicken, andouille dressing between the chicken and the duck, and cornbread dressing between the duck and the turkey.
I'm told these folks make a "knock 'em dead" turducken, as well as a "primo" boneless stuffed chicken, which can be stuffed with dirty rice, shrimp stuffing, crawfish stuffing or an alligator stuffing.
Turduckens cost about $50-$60 at all three places, but shipping in dry-ice at UPS prices is what really runs the price up -- about $100-$130 just for shipping.
www.gumbopages.com /food/poultry/turducken.html   (3124 words)

  
 It's a turkey! It's a duck! It's a chicken! It's ... turducken!
And that's how 22 curious guests were invited to a turducken dinner with all the trimmings at Smartie Artie's.
The chef's menu included smoked corn and potato chowder, turducken with seafood rice stuffing and pan-gravy, roasted potatoes with rosemary, mushroom-stuffed zucchini, salad and fresh peach melba.
Morland neglected to mention, however, that the turducken was overstuffed and detonated in the oven, shooting rice all over the oven like a Chinese wedding.
www.post-gazette.com /food/20000319turducken3.asp   (1101 words)

  
 Turducken - Buy Turducken for $78 delivered. 35% savings | Fresh from CajunGrocer.com
From the outside, a turducken looks like a turkey, but when you cut through it -- the turkey is partly deboned, and the duck and chicken are boneless -- you get concentric rings of poultry and stuffing.
Turduckens date back at least to the mid-1960s, when Louisiana chef Paul Prudhomme says he invented them -- but their origin is still debated.
But Brian Buckley, an instructor at the Institute, says the turducken is likely based on the galantine, an 18th-century French combination of a deboned bird stuffed with forcemeat, a smooth mixture of finely ground veal, poultry, fish, vegetables or fruit mixed with bread crumbs and seasonings.
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 I was just really very hungry.: OMG, Turducken
In case you are not familiar with turducken, it is basically a Tur(key) stuffed with a duck(en) stuffed with a (chick)en.
The assembled Turducken was very, very heavy, and it took the two of us to turn the thing over onto its back, so that it didn't look so much like a Frankenbird.
Well seasoned all over, the Turducken finally went into the oven, at about 105° C (the recipe calls for 225° F) The timer was set for 4 hours.
justhungry.com /2005/12/omg_turducken_.html   (2810 words)

  
 Turducken - Chicken Stuffed Duck Stuffed Turkey (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
(NOTE: This pan size is ideal because the Turducken fits snugly in the pan and stays in the proper shape while cooking.) As you lift the Turducken into the pan, fold the sides of the turkey together to close the bird.
Place the Turducken pan in a slightly larger pan with sides at least 2½ inches deep, so that the larger pan will catch the overflow of drippings during cooking.
With strong spatulas inserted underneath (remember there are no bones to support the bird’s structure), carefully transfer the Turducken to a serving platter and present it to your guests before carving.
www.culinarycafe.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Holiday_Favorites/Turducken.html   (1210 words)

  
 Turduckens from Cajun Specialty Meats
The Turducken, seasoned to authentic perfection, makes it easy to prepare a spectacular feast that your family and friends are sure to remember.
Our Turducken is a semi-boneless turkey (we leave only the wings and legs) stuffed with boneless duck, boneless chicken, cornbread dressing, and mouth-watering Cajun-style pork sausage.
For the Turducken Breast, we follow the same procedure as the Turducken, except we use only the boneless breast of each bird.
www.cajunspecialtymeats.com /browse.cfm/2,52.html   (193 words)

  
 Turducken Recipe
Since the Turducken takes about 12 to 13 hours to cook (and then it needs to cool at least 1 hour before it’s carved), you will need to plan your time wisely.
Leave the Turducken breast side up in the pan, tucking in the turkey wings.Place the Turducken pan in a slightly larger pan with sides at least 2½ inches deep, so that the larger pan will catch the overflow of drippings during cooking.
Season the exposed side of the Turducken generously and evenly with the remaining salt and pepper, patting it in with your hands.
www.goodcooking.com /turduckr.htm   (1603 words)

  
 What's for Thanksgiving dinner? Why, "turducken," of course — JSCMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The turducken, featured on television broadcasts with football commentator John Madden and prepared annually by Louisiana celebrity chef Paul Prudhomme, has become a popular novelty dish among those seeking something unusual to serve on holidays, particularly Thanksgiving.
The original turducken included cornbread dressing for the chicken and two layers of a stuffing made of ground pork, onion and bell pepper.
Turducken lovers say the idea of combining fowl in a dish this way originated during medieval times, but there is a difference of opinion over who came up with the modern turducken in North America.
jscms.jrn.columbia.edu /cns/2005-11-01/mack-turducken   (953 words)

  
 How to Make a Turducken - WikiHow
A turducken is a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken.
It comes from a Chinese myth, in which an emperor’s court was fed by a goose that was stuffed with a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken, stuffed with a pheasant.
Flip the turducken over as you place it on top of the rack in the roasting pan.
www.wikihow.com /Make-a-Turducken   (930 words)

  
 Cajun Stuff Store
The turducken is frozen in a vacuum sealed bag to retain it’s freshness.
NOTE : After the Turducken is cooked, you may pour off the gravy drippings, place in pot and slowly render down the gravy to desired thickness using a tablespoon or 2 of either corn starch or flour.
I never tried a turducken before is there any way I could tr..
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 RecipeGullet - Recipe #192 - Turducken
The turducken is a mysterious bird that most people have long thought extinct.
Though they are hard to find, one can easily duplicate the flavor and texture of a turducken by assembling three different birds and stuffing one inside the next: a duck, a chicken and a turkey.
Cooking time depends on method, in a smoker at 225 F five hours is sufficient to bring the internal temperature to 155 F and the outside to 165 F which is perfect.
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 Chef Paul Prudhomme's Magic Seasoning Blends
First, be sure your oven temperature control is accurate by using (or purchasing) an inexpensive oven thermometer to monitor the oven’s temperature instead of relying on the oven temperature control.
Otherwise, your Turducken may take considerably less or more time than you have planned.
Place the Turducken pan in the larger pan with sides at least 2½ inches deep, so that the larger pan will catch the overflow of drippings during cooking.
www.chefpaul.com /turducken.html   (3758 words)

  
 TABASCO® Inspired Thanksgiving Turkey, Stuffing, Side Dishe and Turducken Recipes to Spice Up Your Holidays!
The turducken is a chicken stuffed inside a duck that is then stuffed inside a turkey, all of which have been de-boned.
A turducken is a great option for those who are looking for a new and exciting alternative to the run-of-the-mill turkey this holiday season, especially if you’re feeding a large group.
Other recent variations of the Turducken include the pigturducken, which, as the name suggests, is a turducken stuffed inside a boneless pig.
www.tabasco.com /taste_tent/menu_planning/letstalkturkey_hist.cfm   (512 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - The Turducken Blog - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment
Clearly, Turducken is not for the faint of belly or the religiously observant.
And for the amateur chef, Turducken is the culinary equivalent of climbing Mount Everest.
The Turducken is actually the result of a trial-and-error quest to create a perfectly moist bird.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,175233,00.html   (1037 words)

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