When you’d like a fulfilling southern-style meal, this Chicken Bog recipe is a must-have. It’s a tasty meal consisting of shredded chicken, smoked kielbasa sausage, and several other fresh ingredients.
Easy Chicken Bog Recipe
If you’re looking for a hearty meal that will satisfy the family, you need to try this flavorful Chicken Bog recipe.
The smoked kielbasa sausage brings a unique flavor to this dish that pairs perfectly with the rice, chicken, and other ingredients. It’s the kind of meal that keeps you full for hours.
Why You’ll Love this Chicken Bog with Kielbasa:
- Less dishes: You won’t need to worry about making a mess or dealing with a bunch of dirty dishes when preparing this meal.
- Full of flavor: The Chicken Bog is such a filling meal full of flavor that your entire family can enjoy.
- Picky eater friendly: Even your most pickiest of eaters will find something they love about this easy chicken recipe.
How to make Chicken Bog on the stovetop
Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!
- Grab your dutch oven, pour oil in it, and begin heating it on medium-high heat.
- Add your sausage to the dutch oven and brown it on both sides.
- Tossing in your onions and carrots and saute for 5 minutes.
- Add your garlic, pepper, salt, and rice, cooking for up to three minutes.
- Add your stock to the dutch oven, bring it to a boil, and then lower the heat to allow it to simmer.
- Cover your dutch oven and cook for about 20 minutes to allow the rice to absorb the water.
- Add your chicken to the dutch oven, mix well, and cook for an extra five minutes.
- Remove from heat, add your parsley and lemon juice, and serve.
What Is Chicken Bog?
Chicken Bog is a popular southern dish consisting of smoked sausage, shredded chicken, and white rice combined with flavorful seasonings. Although it’s popular in the south, anyone can make this meal.
What Kind of Pot Do I Need for This Recipe?
A cast iron dutch oven is the best pot to use for this recipe. It allows everything to cook perfectly on the stove top in a single dish. If you don’t have a cast iron dutch oven, any large pot with a lid will do.
What Type of Chicken Do I Need?
You can use rotisserie chicken for this meal. Simply shred it into pieces before adding your chicken to the dutch oven after cooking your rice.
However, if you don’t have a rotisserie chicken, you can shred any prepared chicken into pieces for this recipe.
Recipe Tips and Notes
- Use fresh juice from a lemon instead of bottled lemon juice to make this Chicken Bog to take best.
- If you don’t have rotisserie chicken, feel free to use leftover chicken that you have in the fridge, such as baked or grilled chicken.
- You can use any brand of chicken stock that you prefer. If you have homemade chicken stock, you can use that when preparing the Chicken Bog.
When you’re craving a wholesome meal using chicken as the main ingredient, try this Chicken Bog recipe. It’s easy, flavorful, and kid-friendly! It’s easy to make and a perfect way to use up leftover or Rotisserie chicken.
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Chicken Bog Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 14 oz smoked kielbasa sausage sliced into ¼ inch rounds
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add in the sausage and cook on both sides until browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add in the onion, carrots, and sauté until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic, rice, salt, and pepper, and cook until fragrant and rice begins to toast, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in stock and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Cover and cook until rice has absorbed all the liquid, about 15-20 minutes.
- Stir in the chicken and cook until warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- Off the heat, stir in parsley lemon juice and serve.
Notes
- Use any leftover cooked chicken in place of the rotisserie chicken.
- Or bake the chicken at home. Bake seasoned chicken breasts at 450 for 15-20 minutes or until they read 165 degrees on a thermometer.
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Dorothy says
We loved this recipe and have added this to my “keeper” recipes! The only change I made was to add more veggies (i.e., celery and mushrooms).
Becky Hardin says
Not a bad idea!
Marlene says
This was a good recipe with good flavor. I followed the recipe as written. Now that I have done that, this is what I would change for my family – use about half that amount of rice. Add way more veggies – green/yellow/red peppers, celery, spinach, more carrots and onions, garlic etc. Also a good addition may be to add a few sprinkles of red pepper flakes to the rice.
Becky Hardin says
Thanks for sharing what worked for you, Marlene!