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Chicken Bog

This Chicken Bog is a classic Southern Dish hailing from South Carolina. It's got tender chicken, sausage, onions and garlic all cooked in one pot in a rich broth. 
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken, comfort food, rice, sausage, Southern Chicken Salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Calories 195kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 package 12 oz, smoked beef sausage, sliced into 1/2" rounds
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 whole chicken uncooked, gizzards and innards removed
  • 6 cups water
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 3 cups white rice uncooked
  • salt and pepper
  • chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  • Place oil and sauce into a large Dutch oven. Heat over medium high heat, searing and browning the sausage on both sides.
    Sear sausage on both sides
  • Add onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until onion is translucent.
    add onion and garlic to sausage
  • Add whole chicken to the Dutch oven and cover with 6 cups water.
    Add chicken to chicken bog
  • Cover and heat over medium low for 60-90 minutes or until chicken is completely cooked. Remove chicken from the Dutch oven and set aside. Pick apart the chicken and remove the bone and discard. Set meat aside. In the Dutch oven, remove 2 cups broth and reserve. Set aside.
    cover and cook chicken bog
  • In a large skillet, combine and stir butter and rice and cook over medium high heat and brown rice. Remove from heat and add rice to Dutch oven. Heat on medium high heat until boiling.
    prepare the rice
  • Reduce heat to simmer and cover. Simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is cooked. Add reserved chicken and broth back into the pot and mix well until heated through.
    put chicken in chicken bog
  • Season with salt and pepper. Serve topped with chopped fresh parsley if desired.
    cook chicken bog in dutch oven

Nutrition

Calories: 195kcal