turduckenn.
/təːˈdʌk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌtərˈdək(ə)n/ U.S. Cookery.
A poultry dish consisting of a boned chicken inside a boned duck which is in turn placed inside a (partially) boned turkey, along with seasoned stuffing between the layers of meat and in the central cavity, the whole typically being cooked by roasting. Also as a mass noun.
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1982 Newsweek 29 Nov. (Life/Style section) 92/2 The main attraction at dinner this week is called ‘turducken’. To make it, Prudhomme stuffs a boneless chicken with a reddish sausage stuffing; the stuffed chicken is then stuffed into a boneless duck;..finally, the chicken and duck are stuffed into a boneless turkey.
1996 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) July (Culture Vultures section) I asked her whether she'd be having turkey or goose on the big day. ‘My daughter's doing a turducken,’ she replied.
2006 J. L. Morgan Culinary Creation 220 Invented in New Orleans to serve on festive occasions, the turducken has become popular in the United States during the last few decades.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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