turduckin

[richerich]

Can you deep fry one? or bake it and then deep fry? I have read that you cant, for the center to be done you have to burn the outside. Has anyone tried anyway what was the result? I have seen it on utube doing it in steps but there has to be another way!

[Old Grump]

Originally Posted by richerich

Can you deep fry one? or bake it and then deep fry? I have read that you cant, for the center to be done you have to burn the outside. Has anyone tried anyway what was the result? I have seen it on utube doing it in steps but there has to be another way!

Turducken Recipe

By Peggy Trowbridge Filippone, About.com Guide

Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 5 hours
Yield: 12 to 14 servings
Ingredients:

* 2-3/4 cups prepared savory bread stuffing, at room temperature, divided use
* 2 cups prepared cornbread stuffing, at room temperature, divided use
* 1/4 cup chopped pecans
* 1/2 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
* 1 (10 to 12-pound) turkey, deboned
* 1 (4 to 5-pound) duck, deboned
* 1 (3 to 4 pound) chicken, deboned
* 4 Tablespoons butter
* 3 cloves garlic, cut in quarters
* 6 fresh sage leaves
* 2 Tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
* 1 Tablespoon browning sauce (such as Gravy Master® or Kitchen Bouquet®)
* 1 Tablespoon olive oil
* Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation:
Have the turkey, duck, and chicken already deboned (save the bones for stock) before you begin to assemble the turducken. Keep all of the poultry refrigerated until you are ready to use it. Do not assemble turducken until you are ready to bake it in order to avoid foodborne illness from contaminated stuffing.

Measure out 2-1/4 cups of bread stuffing and set aside. Place remaining 1/2 cup of bread stuffing in another bowl and add 1/2 cup of the cornbread stuffing along with the whole berry cranberry sauce, and pecans. Toss gently to combine. Place remaining 1-1/2 cups cornbread stuffing aside. You should have 3 separate stuffings.

In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, combine butter, garlic, sage, and thyme until herbs are finely chopped.

Run your hand under the skin to separate and make a pocket, but do not separate skin completely from the meat. Distribute the butter herb mixture evenly under the skin.

Rub the skin of the turkey with the browning sauce (promotes even browning but doesn't add flavor), then the olive oil. Sprinkle generously with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.

Flip the turkey over so it is open and skin-side down. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 300 F.

Spread 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. Skewer the back of the chicken closed. Bring up the sides of the duck to cover the chicken. Skewer the back of the duck closed. Repeat process with the turkey. Carefully turn the turducken over, so it is seam-side down and breast-side up. Remove all skewers except 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 that has been coated with vegetable spray.

Let turducken rest 30 minutes before carving. To serve, slice turducken across the breast to show off each layer.

Yield: 12 to 14 servings

http://homecooking.about.com/od/turk...blturkey13.htm

Looks like anything that takes 4 house in a oven would be demolished in a fryer if you kept it in there long enough to finish the inside. It would be a shame to go to all that work and expense then destroy $60 worth of bird/birds in the fryer.

[Bobitis]

I'm with Old Grump. Bake it.

I've never done a fryer, but if I did, It wouldn't be stuffed with anything.

Too much heat on the outside, and too much heat sink on the inside.
A recipe for crispy critters.

[jack404]

camp oven the thing

big cast iron pot with a lid bury it in hot coals , cook for 4-5 hours ( slow cookin)

mmmmmmmmm meat

[JLA]

Im with jack on this one, anytime you have a rather thick meat dish, low and slow is the only way to go... If I had a guitar id play that song al nite

[CHW2021]

Sorry, there are some things that can not be fried, turducken is one of them. My only comments are to put the bird(s) in a 400 degree oven and reduce the heat to 325 after 20 min. This gets the party started and brings the internal temps up faster, you may reduce cooking time by 45 min to 1 hr. Watch the browning and cover with foil and baste as needed (not too often 'cause you loose heat when the door opens) and concider flipping the whole thing to cook the back (dark) meat of the turkey more than is usually done.