For the ultimate roast dinner in the slow cooker, you must slow cook turducken. This three bird slow cooker recipe is easy prep, features all your favourite traditional sides and is perfect for a set and forget Christmas meal.
This three bird roast dinner in the slow cooker also features pigs in blankets, stuffing balls, potatoes, carrots and parsnips and is ideal for an easy Christmas lunch.
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Three Bird Roast
This three bird roast with all the Christmas trimmings is exactly what we had in the Milner house last Christmas and it was so easy, tasted delicious and led to a stress-free Christmas.
We cooked this slow cooker turducken, then we had mashed potatoes heated in the microwave, same for the gravy, as well as our favourite instant pot cauliflower cheese.
The idea for last Christmas came about because we wanted an easy delicious roast and both agreed that the turducken tasted the best, then we had some cheap sides we had picked up on yellow sticker and froze, and they became the Christmas sides.
All in all it was a great success and we wanted to share with you the slow cooker turducken so that you can rinse and repeat at home. Plus, if you are a smaller household its even better!
Today, I am going to be sharing with you first what a three bird roast is all about, understanding the turducken and why you will love it and then how our slow cooker turducken comes together to make a delicious one pot Christmas dinner.
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What’s A Bird In A Bird In A Bird?
A bird in a bird in a bird, has so many different names. It is a turducken, or a third bird roast or simply a 3 meat roast.
Its very popular in the UK around Christmas time and it is when you buy from the butchers a duck, chicken and turkey roasting joint that has been stuffed inside one another.
Three bird roast comes about because its three different birds (chicken, turkey and duck) that have been rolled up together to create an all in one meat. Ideal if you cant decide between chicken, duck or turkey and want a bit of everything.
The name turducken comes from combining the words turkey, duck and chicken into one.
What Does A Three Bird Roast Consist Of?
A three bird roast consists of roll of meat made of turkey, duck and chicken, it is then wrapped in bacon.
What is amazing about this easy turducken roll recipe, is that thanks to the way it is wrapped its very difficult to dry out the turkey, so you can kiss goodbye to dry turkey this Christmas.
Also, because you are slow cooking your turducken it will be very tender and moist and is wonderful for making ahead and then coming back to later.
What Sides To Serve With Turducken?
For sides to serve with turducken we are recommending the sides that we are adding to the slow cooker with the three bird roast.
- Pigs in blankets
- Sausage meat stuffing balls
- Roast potatoes
- Roast carrots
- Roast parsnips
And then can you believe that this all comes together in one slow cooker to make the ultimate 3 bird roast dinner?
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Turducken Slow Cooker Recipe Ingredients
Turducken – We used a smaller 850g turducken because we were feeding just four of us plus, we had all the sides going into the slow cooker as well. You can do the same or use a bigger turducken.
Veggies – We also had 6 potatoes, 4 carrots, and 3 parsnips so that we could get a good mixture going into the slow cooker.
Cheating – We also cheated with some butchers already prepared stuffing balls and pigs in blankets. You can also make your own and follow our air fryer pigs in blankets and air fryer stuffing balls recipes.
Oil – We also recommend a little extra virgin olive oil for mixing with the potatoes, carrots, and parsnips.
Seasonings – Then for seasoning our slow cooker meal we used salt, pepper, dried thyme, and dried mixed herbs.
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How To Slow Cook Turducken?
- Prep. Start by peeling and chopping the potatoes, carrots and parsnips and then adding them to your mixing bowl. Add the seasonings and oil and mix with your hands.
- Assemble. Next place the prepped veggies into the bottom of your slow cooker and add the turducken over. Slow cook turducken for 2.5 hours.
- Sides. Then after the 2.5 hours stir the veggies and add the pigs in blankets and the stuffing balls. Cook for a further 2 hours before serving.
And I am sure you can see now how simple and easy this turducken slow cooker recipe is prepare and cook.
How Long Does A 3 Bird Take To Cook?
The 3 bird roast slow cooker time is JUST 4.5 hours on high. Though note this is for the traditional three bird roast and the sides all cooked together in one slow cooker.
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Slow Cooker Turducken
Ingredients
- 850 g Turducken
- 6 Medium White Potatoes
- 4 Medium Carrots
- 3 Medium Parsnips
- 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Tsp Dried Thyme
- 1 Tbsp Mixed Herbs
- Salt & Pepper
- Air Fryer Pigs In Blankets
- Air Fryer Stuffing Balls
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Instructions
- Let’s make slow cooker turducken. Peel and slice the potatoes, carrots, and parsnips. We recommend the potatoes into roast potato size, then the carrots and parsnips into a similar size. Place into a bowl with the seasonings and oil and mix well with your hands.
- Place the bowl of veggies into the slow cooker creating a bottom layer, then place the turducken over it. Slow cook for 2.5 hours on high.
- After 2.5 hours, stir the veggies with a silicone wooden spoon and then place over the pigs in blankets and the stuffing balls.
- Slow cook turducken for a further 2 hours.
- Allow the turducken to rest, before slicing and serving everything together with some gravy.
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