Turducken
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 20
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 298.6
- Total Fat: 12.0 g
- Cholesterol: 79.9 mg
- Sodium: 369.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 15.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
- Protein: 29.8 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Turducken calories by ingredient
Introduction
It’s a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey. The term turducken comes from the combination of tur(key), duck, and (chick)en. Each slice contains portions of chicken, duck, and turkey with stuffing in-between the layers. It’s a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey. The term turducken comes from the combination of tur(key), duck, and (chick)en. Each slice contains portions of chicken, duck, and turkey with stuffing in-between the layers.Number of Servings: 20
Ingredients
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2 ¾ cups prepared whole grain savoury bread stuffing, divided use
2 cups prepared cornbread stuffing, at room temperature, divided use
1/8 cup chopped pine nuts
¾ cup whole berry cranberry sauce (preferably home-made)
1 (12-pound) turkey, deboned except for legs and wings
1 (4-pound) duck, deboned
1 (3-pound) chicken, deboned
Directions
Preheat oven to 300 F.
Measure out 2 ¼ cups of bread stuffing and set aside.
Place remaining ½ cup of bread stuffing in another bowl and add ½ cup of the cornbread stuffing along with the cranberry sauce and nuts.
Toss gently to combine. You should have 3 separate stuffings.
Flip the turkey over so it is open and skin-side down. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Spread plain bread stuffing evenly over turkey cavity.
Place duck on top of bread stuffing, skin-side down.
Spread cranberry nut stuffing on top of open duck cavity.
Top with chicken, skin-side down.
Spread cornbread stuffing on top of open chicken cavity.
With a long skewer, thread the back of the chicken closed (keep skewer ends outside of the total meat surface so you can remove them).
Bring up the sides of the duck to cover the chicken. Repeat skewering process.
Repeat process with the turkey.
Carefully turn the turducken over, so it is seam-side down and breast-side up.
Remove duck and chicken skewers, leaving the last one holding the turkey together.
Place turducken in a heavy roaster.
Roast 3 to 4 hours, until meat thermometer inserted in the very center of the chicken stuffing reaches 165 F.
Baste once per hour with pan juices.
If turducken begins to get too brown, tent loosely with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Let turducken rest 30 minutes before carving. To serve, slice turducken across the breast to show off each layer.
Number of Servings: 20
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Measure out 2 ¼ cups of bread stuffing and set aside.
Place remaining ½ cup of bread stuffing in another bowl and add ½ cup of the cornbread stuffing along with the cranberry sauce and nuts.
Toss gently to combine. You should have 3 separate stuffings.
Flip the turkey over so it is open and skin-side down. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Spread plain bread stuffing evenly over turkey cavity.
Place duck on top of bread stuffing, skin-side down.
Spread cranberry nut stuffing on top of open duck cavity.
Top with chicken, skin-side down.
Spread cornbread stuffing on top of open chicken cavity.
With a long skewer, thread the back of the chicken closed (keep skewer ends outside of the total meat surface so you can remove them).
Bring up the sides of the duck to cover the chicken. Repeat skewering process.
Repeat process with the turkey.
Carefully turn the turducken over, so it is seam-side down and breast-side up.
Remove duck and chicken skewers, leaving the last one holding the turkey together.
Place turducken in a heavy roaster.
Roast 3 to 4 hours, until meat thermometer inserted in the very center of the chicken stuffing reaches 165 F.
Baste once per hour with pan juices.
If turducken begins to get too brown, tent loosely with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Let turducken rest 30 minutes before carving. To serve, slice turducken across the breast to show off each layer.
Number of Servings: 20
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.