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So I got a wild hair up by arse and decided to make a Turduckhen for Christmas. I've never had a Turduckhen, I've never even had duck, but I decided to give it a go. This thread will document my progress as today goes by.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Terduckens (Like me, your faithful cook) it's a New Orleans recipe, said to originate in Chef Paul Prudhommes kitchen. I don't know if that's true but I read it somewhere. It is made by taking a chicken, de-boning it and stuffing it. Then you take a duck, de-bone it and stuff that. Then you take a turkey and debone it (except for the drumstick bones and the wings ends) and stuff that. Then you take the stuffed chicken and lay it on top of the duck and it's stuffing and wrap up the whole lot. Then you take the chicken/duck combo and lay that on top of the turkey and it's stuffign and bring the ends together and sew it all up.
I decided to make three different kinds of stuffing, a different one for each bird. I started with a sweet cornbread that I made on Monday. I cut that up and let it get good and dry. Then I cooked up a few onions, 4 andouille sausages and some spices. Mix it all in with some chicken stock and it was good to go. That is the stuffing for the chicken. I didn't think to take any pics of that part of the process.
This morning I made the stuffing for the duck. I had cooked up some wild rice yesterday and let that cool on the porch overnight.
This morning I cooked up some onions, added a pound (give or take) of small shrimp and the wild rice.
Some bread crumbs finished it off, It's cooling on the porch now.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Terduckens (Like me, your faithful cook) it's a New Orleans recipe, said to originate in Chef Paul Prudhommes kitchen. I don't know if that's true but I read it somewhere. It is made by taking a chicken, de-boning it and stuffing it. Then you take a duck, de-bone it and stuff that. Then you take a turkey and debone it (except for the drumstick bones and the wings ends) and stuff that. Then you take the stuffed chicken and lay it on top of the duck and it's stuffing and wrap up the whole lot. Then you take the chicken/duck combo and lay that on top of the turkey and it's stuffign and bring the ends together and sew it all up.
I decided to make three different kinds of stuffing, a different one for each bird. I started with a sweet cornbread that I made on Monday. I cut that up and let it get good and dry. Then I cooked up a few onions, 4 andouille sausages and some spices. Mix it all in with some chicken stock and it was good to go. That is the stuffing for the chicken. I didn't think to take any pics of that part of the process.
This morning I made the stuffing for the duck. I had cooked up some wild rice yesterday and let that cool on the porch overnight.
This morning I cooked up some onions, added a pound (give or take) of small shrimp and the wild rice.
Some bread crumbs finished it off, It's cooling on the porch now.