I’m beginning Thanksgiving plans. I’ve always wanted to serve Turducken, not as the main dish but in addition to a turkey. This one was highlighted on Food Network. Anyone tried it?
I am seriously thinking of making my own for Thanksgiving, which attempt will probably raise cooking insanity to new heights, or new lows. I have filleted a whole chicken and a whole turkey using the Julia Childs method, but never a duck. I was actually considering adding a goose to the mix and making a TurGooDucken, but that’s probably too dense to cook. Has anyone actually made their own?
As Cajun Specialty Meats says on its website: “… the Turducken isn’t a meal - it’s an experience.”
It wasn’t a bad experience, at all. We ate it, all of it, with some gusto. But it wasn’t the kind of special experience that made me long for an encore.
FWIW, it’s likely the Cajun Grocer turducken you saw featured on the Food Network:
Understood and corrected by post three. But, either way, it sounds like many are interested, and one who had it wouldn’t run back for more.
So for Thanksgiving, I was thinking a traditional Turkey, and a Turducken rather than a Ham.
My alternative, which I think is easier, is to serve Turkey, possibly a Ham, and BBQ some duck breasts.
+1 on Robert’s comments. In all honesty, a turducken simply isn’t worth the price or effort. It sounds better than it actually is. I’ve eaten turducken and many variations of stuffed chickens (dirty rice, jambalaya, cornbread dressing, broccoli dressing, crawfish etouffee) and there isn’t enough of the wow factor to justify the price of a turducken over a stuffed chicken. I’d buy several stuffed chickens over one turducken any day.
I would do the Turducken as a new experience. Order one to cook at home, don’t do it yourself. I’ve had it for Christmas one year with my in-laws in S. Louisiana. I had a similar experience to Mr. Fleming - liked it fine, but nothing I crave. I would happily eat it again, but I don’t seek it out.