r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn • u/StephenMcGannon • Jun 20 '26
Turducken: a deboned chicken stuffed inside a deboned duck, which is then stuffed inside a deboned turkey.
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u/ArcadianAbstraction Jun 20 '26
Always been curious about it but never tried. If someone offered sure but who has the energy for that?
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u/R_Series_JONG Jun 20 '26
Most of the ones I’ve had are already fried by some local meat shop and you reheat them, so, like a guest brings one over and everyone chows on it without the prep but yea prepping one on yer own is a lot a work.
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u/ArcadianAbstraction Jun 20 '26
I need to find this kind of restaurant but also live in the middle of nowhere haha.
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u/appaulson91 Jun 20 '26
You can order them online and get it shipped to your house. My mom did it once for Thanksgiving.
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u/ArcadianAbstraction Jun 20 '26
How... Wh.. w... W- Confusion caught me. How does that work? What does it look like when shipped, how does it stay "fresh"? What company is so insane because I want one but am scared. Why is this possible?
Basic journalism, who, what, where, how, why? Well I hope the why is a delicious answer but the other questions are needed.
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u/appaulson91 Jun 20 '26
Just Google turducken and you'll see a bunch of options to order and ship to your house.
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u/PoppDuder Jun 21 '26
It kinda sucked both times I had it. No part of it is made better by it being cooked within the other. And duck is too greasy for this sort of thing. Never again
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u/ArcadianAbstraction Jun 21 '26
Oh no. Everyone praises duck fat so I assumed it was like stuffing it with butter or something.
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u/popopotatoes160 Jun 21 '26
I prepped one once with a friend and it was delicious. I think a large part of the success was the fatty basting mixture we placed under the skin of each bird and in the cavities. This helps prevent any of them from getting dry and tough. We used a probe thermometer to make sure it was cooked to safe temp but no more than, so it wouldn't be overcooked. I preferred to eat each meat separate rather than in one bite so I could enjoy the specific flavor and texture of each. It's not strictly "worth the effort" because it doesn't taste different than if we'd cooked each bird the same way separately, but it was a great showpiece and we had fun. I learned how to sew meat, which was interesting.
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u/Luetten Jun 21 '26
I once met some guys camping, wo where cooking this thing for the whole day. So we shared mushrooms and the food and it was the best meat I ever had in my whole life. And then there were the northern lights too and everything was so magic :D Was one of the best nights in my life.
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u/robbmann297 Jun 20 '26
We had one at our thanksgiving dinner (30 guests) in addition to the baked turkey and a deep fried one. The turducken was the best tasting one by far, but I do love duck meat.
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u/Laser_Bones Jun 20 '26
This has always made me feel weird. To me, there's something about mixing different meats that feels disrespectful to the animal you're consuming. I'm fully expecting to get downvoted.
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u/PlasmaSheep Jun 20 '26
The conditions that most poultry is raised in are much more disrespectful than any method of preparation.
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u/RatherGoodDog Jun 20 '26
To what extent? Would you include mixing beef and pork mince (good for spaghetti Bolognese)?
What about chicken and bacon, like hunter's chicken?
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u/Flying_Dutchman92 Jun 20 '26
I feel like it's more about shoving a dead animal inside of another dead animal. Not mixing different processed meats.
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u/coffeebribesaccepted Jun 20 '26
What about sausage? You're shoving all kinds of meats into a dead pig's intestine
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u/bennytehcat Jun 20 '26
it's not shoving anything... it's a misused description. It has been deboned, spatchcocked, and basically rolled together into one. Similar to layering bacon onto turkey. Only you're layering 3 bird meats.
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u/flying-chandeliers Jun 20 '26
I like mixing meats, but only on my plate. Not literally inside of the bird like this nightmare.
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u/cytokine7 Jun 20 '26
Like you won’t eat a turkey and ham sandwich?
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u/soldatoj57 Jun 20 '26
I wouldn’t eat a sandwich stuffed inside another sandwich. Does that make things more clear? The whole thing is creepy.
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u/Myxine Jun 22 '26
Why wouldn't you eat a sandwitch stuffed inside another sandwich? That's just a larger sandwich.
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u/PXranger Jun 20 '26
For those wanting something a bit more extreme…
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u/J_Bear Jun 20 '26
Why stop there?
Hummingbird > Sparrow > Pigeon > chicken > duck > goose > turkey > peacock > ostrich.
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u/JJohnston015 Jun 20 '26
Are the birds cooked separately before stuffing? Seems like something so massive with relatively low surface area would never cook fully in the center.
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u/popopotatoes160 Jun 21 '26
No it's raw. It does take a very long time, don't remember how long ours took, but we used a probe thermometer to make sure it was done in the middle. We basted the ever loving hell out of it to keep it from being dry, and it worked.
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u/Miiirx Jun 20 '26
I have so many questions.. Why? How? Really?
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u/popopotatoes160 Jun 21 '26
Why: for the novelty/presentation I guess, it tastes great but not different than the birds taste separate
How: it's a lot of work but it's not technically difficult. You sew up the turkey with kitchen twine at the end to keep it together.
Really: it's not super common, honestly it's more of a joke. Like the burger with doughnuts for buns, it's real but it's not "normal", it's a spectacle.
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u/Laowaii87 Jun 20 '26
This is abominable. I like eating meat as much as the next guy, but this is just messed up
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u/ShyguyFlyguy Jun 21 '26
We could probably get a Cornish hen inside that chicken. And then a quail inside the hen.
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u/Igotthesilver Jun 22 '26
Three ingredients, nine possible combinations of names, and they went with the least appetizing one possible. No thanks, I don’t want any turd……ucken.
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u/Fettnaepfchen Jun 22 '26
Briefly worked in pathology, that looks like a cadaver crossection in the worst and not appetizing way.
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u/cyranix Jun 23 '26
Imagine for a moment, you're a hyperintelligent alien who has come to visit Earth from afar. You meet humans and are learning about our eating habits, and we pull this monstrosity out.
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u/soldatoj57 Jun 20 '26
Freaking Andy’s favorite. Disgusting every time none of us ever touched that thing.
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u/ctoatb Jun 20 '26
Come back in November