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1920s-present - South Carolina Pee Dee cooks, rice-country communities, and Gullah Geechee-influenced rice traditions

Chicken Bog

Name: Chicken Bog
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken or 3 pounds chicken pieces; 8 cups water; 1 pound smoked sausage, sliced; 1 onion, chopped; 2 cups long-grain white rice; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 bay leaf; Hot sauce, for serving

A Pee Dee and Horry County chicken-and-rice dish with smoked sausage, moist rice, and enough broth to stay boggy.

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Difficulty

Easy

Prep time

20 minutes

Cook time

1 hour 20 minutes

Total time

1 hour 40 minutes

Servings

8 servings

Region

Horry County, Pee Dee, and northeastern South Carolina

Era introduced

1920s-present

Introduced by

South Carolina Pee Dee cooks, rice-country communities, and Gullah Geechee-influenced rice traditions

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The Story

Chicken bog is South Carolina comfort food with rice at its center. It is especially associated with Horry County, Conway, and the Pee Dee region, where chicken, smoked sausage, and rice cook together into a moist one-pot dish. Like pilau and perloo, it sits in a larger rice tradition shaped by West African knowledge, enslaved labor, and South Carolinas long rice history.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken or 3 pounds chicken pieces
8 cups water
1 pound smoked sausage, sliced
1 onion, chopped
2 cups long-grain white rice
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 bay leaf
Hot sauce, for serving

Equipment

Large pot
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Directions

Simmer chicken in water with salt, pepper, and bay leaf until tender.
Remove chicken, strain broth, and shred meat.
Measure about 5 cups broth back into the pot.
Add sausage and onion and simmer 10 minutes.
Stir in rice and shredded chicken.
Cover and cook over low heat until rice is tender and moist, 20 to 25 minutes.
Rest covered 10 minutes.
Serve with hot sauce.

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