CHICKEN BOG - A Traditional of South Carolina Dish

Jason Hardee, Elite BBQ Smokers

HOW to cook A Traditional of South Carolina CHICKEN BOG One of the first dishes that I remember making when I was growing up. This is one of those Great Depression era meals that is cheap to make and feed a large crowd. Chicken Bog is a dish that is closely related to a Chicken Perlo. One key difference and that is where the Bog part of the name comes into play. You see, Chicken Bog is a very moist dish where as Perlo is normally a dryer dish. In addition to that, Chicken Bog is loaded with Chicken and Sausage that makes this almost a stew like meal. Print Recipe

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Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Equipment

Cast Iron Pot
Weber Grill
Royal Oak Charcoal

Ingredients

5 ea. Bone in and skin on Chicken Thighs
2 packs Beef Link Sausage
1 tbsp Black Pepper
1 tbsp Kosher Salt
1 ea. Medium Onion - Diced
4 cups Water
1-1/2 cups rice

Instructions

Light the charcoals
Place the Chicken Thighs into the Dutch oven
Add Black Pepper, Kosher Salt and Chopped onions
Add 4 cups of water & Mix everything together
When the charcoals are white hot. Place the Dutch Oven in the center of the grill and dump the hot coals all around the Dutch oven. Make sure to evenly spread them around the pot
Around an hour into the cook. The chicken should be done and fall off the bone tender.
Remove the pot from the coals and allow it to rest.
When the chicken has rested enough for you to use your hands and shred the chicken into small pieces and remove the bones.
Return the Pot to the Hot coals
When the water has returned to a boil, add in the 1-1/2” cups of rice. (You want to have a 2:1 ratio. 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice.
Stir to make sure that the rice is loose and not clumped together.
Once the rice has started to expand and absorb the water, add the sausage, and give another stir.
When all the water has been absorbed by the rice and the rice is done. Remove the pot from the charcoals and let it for about 10-minutes. Remember that the Cast-Iron pot will continue to cook even after it has been removed from the heat because of the residual heat.
Serve and Enjoy

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