What on earth is chicken bog, you ask? I know you are thinking that, and so was I one day when I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and my friend Kiera had written on her page that she was making her all-time favorite comfort food. Chicken bog. It took me about 3 seconds to email her and say hey, what on earth is chicken bog, Kiera? And as it turns out, chicken bog is a conglomeration of rice and sausage and shredded chicken and onion, and once you make chicken bog for yourself everything will be right with your world. Which just goes to show you that scrolling through Facebook is an important activity in life, because if I hadn’t been scrolling through Facebook I might have lived my whole life without having known about chicken bog.
And to celebrate the face that this all happened, I’m going to give away a few sets of the most beautiful books I know, but first…chicken bog. Let’s make it!
[clickToTweet tweet=”Chicken bog is the ultimate in comfort food…chicken and rice and sausage cooked to perfection!” quote=”Chicken bog is the ultimate in comfort food…chicken and rice and sausage cooked to perfection!”]First things first: this is my friend Kiera.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen her without that beautiful smile and a bow or a flower in her hair. Besides being adorable and generous about sharing her chicken bog knowledge with me, she is also a writer. As in, a writer who has written a whole bunch of wildly romantic, heart pounding, GORGEOUS books. Oh, and by the way, every single one of them has been a New York Times bestseller. Because she is not only adorable and generous, she is also ridiculously talented – click here to get an idea of how wonderful she is.
That’s a box full of her amazing books (and more on that box in a little bit), but first, the chicken bog. When she sent me her grandmother’s recipe for this deliciousness, Kiera said “welcome to the comfiest of comfort foods…I called my mom today to see if she was okay with me sharing and she was like ‘Yes! Share it with the wooooooooorld!”” So I should say thank you to Kiera’s mom too (Thank you, Kiera’s mom!!) because it IS the comfiest of comfort food. Here’s how it goes.
You take some bone-in chicken pieces – Kiera’s original recipe called for chicken thighs, but I had chicken breasts in my freezer so that’s what I went with. Simmer them up in water or chicken broth (I like using chicken broth to ramp up the chicken-y flavor) until the chicken is fully cooked. Scoop it out and let it cool. Now you want to chop up an onion and slice up some kielbasa or other smoked sausage (Kiera uses turkey sausage) and pour it into the leftover broth. Turn up the heat and once things are boiling, pour in some rice. Cover the pot and let things simmer until the rice is done.
At this point, the rice will absorbed all the liquid and it will be delectably soft and flavorful. Shred the cooked chicken and stir it into the rice mixture along with some salt and pepper. At this point, you can get creative about what you want to add…Kiera’s husband likes to add barbecue sauces and her daughter likes shredded cheese on top. I decided to give the Southern husband his bowl of chicken bog with a drizzle of spicy Sriracha sauce, and he was about one hundred kinds of happy.
As for me? I put a dollop of soft Kerrygold butter on mine, and I pretty much wanted to die of chicken bog happiness. The last step on the recipe that Kiera sent to me said “Eat way too much because you just can’t help yourself.” And Kiera? I followed ALL the directions.
And if giving you the comfiest of comfort food recipes wasn’t enough, I’m going to celebrate the existence of chicken bog by giving away three of those beautiful box sets of Kiera’s beautiful SELECTION series books. I think reading THE SELECTION while eating a bowl of chicken bog might just be the ultimate in happiness. You can enter this delicious giveaway by leaving me a comment telling me what your favorite family recipe is, and in a week I will randomly pick three lucky, lucky winners. I’ll start: my favorite is my grandmother’s recipe for molasses cookies. Such scrumptious memories.
And in the meantime, with thanks to Kiera and her mom and her grandmother, let’s make chicken bog!
This giveaway is now closed…but you can still make the chicken bog!
PrintChicken Bog
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 70 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 bone-in chicken thighs or chicken breast halves
- 4 cups water or chicken broth
- 2 cups sliced kielbasa or other smoked sausage
- 1 sweet onion, peeled and chopped
- 2 cups rice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Your choice of toppings! Bbq sauce, shredded cheese, hot sauce or butter are all great.
Instructions
- Place chicken and broth or water in a heavy deep pot and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer until the chicken is fully cooked, about 45 minutes. Remove chicken and cool. When it is cool enough to handled, shred the chicken into bite sized pieces, discarding the bones.
- Add the sausage and onion to the broth and heat to a simmer. Add rice, cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Stir the mixture periodically, adding a little water if needed as the rice cooks.
- When the rice is done, stir in the shredded chicken and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve as is, or with your choice of toppings.
- Eat way too much because you just can’t help yourself.
Jessica says
My favorite family recipe is my grandma’s homemade sugar cookies. My mouth is watering just thinking about them!
Cathy S says
Hilarious name! If that’s not comfort food, then I don’t know what is! I think topping this off with an egg or two will put me in heaven! My favorite dish that my mom makes for me is oxtail. OMG! I drool just thinking about it. And wow, those book covers are gorgeous!
Sara says
My favorite family recipe is this pink jello my grandma makes ! It’s the best !!
Emmanuel Apolinario says
Chicken bog seems to be really delicious. I’m gonna tell my mom about that. She would surely love to try another recipe! Anyway, my favorite family recipe is lasagna. My mom always cooks it with a different twist. And when I ask her what that is, she just smiles back at me. Ah! I both hate and love that feeling. You know what I mean, right? My mom can’t just break the element of surprise. But above all else, I think I liked that idea. Trust me, I’ll tell my mom to do this too. ????
arthur martin says
Never heard of it. One of our family favorites is a New England clam boil and a steamed lobster to go with it.
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
I have never heard of chicken bog before, but a conglomeration of rice, sausage, shredded chicken and onion sounds delicious to me! So cozy and perfect for this crazy weather we are having! Your friend Kiera sounds wonderful and so talented! Love that she shared her family recipe! Cheers, friend!
Kylie says
Can’t say that I have heard of this name before either haha. Certainly looks like a delicious recipe to try, thanks for the share!
Christi Pike says
This may sound crazy, but vegetable soup is the favorite pass down recipe and the one that my son’s wives call me most often about! I think the secret ingredient in the soup is the homemade canned tomato juice! Makes it delicious. My next step is to teach my daughter-in-laws how to can so I am not continually passing out my treasured tomato juice to them!! :)
Lisa says
Sounds like the American version of congee
Amelia Sides says
My favorite family recipe is “Green Junk” or the healthy version of watergate salad made with yogurt, pineapple, pecans, and pistachio pudding. We leave out the whipped cream and marshmallows and eat this for dessert or breakfast year round.
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
I LOVE the sound of chicken bog! Such a funny name for something so delicious. I bet you are making this dish all the time now, and for good reason! What a great comfort food dish!
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen says
I have never heard of chicken bog, but it’s looking mighty delicious and incredibly easy! I’ll need to get this on the menu soon at our house. I bet my husband Tom will love this one!
Ginger Stark says
I didn’t have family pass down recipes to me, but learned to cook and bake from taking classes, watching an obscene amount of the Cooking Channel, and scouring recipe websites. Comfort food to me is homemade soup and bread (slathered with Irish butter,) or an all-day cooked meat sauce for spaghetti. With fresh bread and lots of butter. Okay- maybe the easy answer is fresh baked bread slathered with an obscene amount of Irish butter. LOL
Mary Bolton says
I just heard about this recipe on Diners Drive Ins & Dives. Will give it a try soon, always in need of comfort food!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
This is such a funny name! I’ve never heard of this before, but whatever you call it, it sounds DELICIOUS!! And how awesome for your friend with all the best selling books! I agree that curling up with a big bowl of this chicken bog and one of this books would be a fantastic idea….great way to spend the afternoon for sure. Favourite family recipe for me? So many, but I would definitely, hands down, say that the Christmas Day turkey dinner that my mother makes. I look forward to it every year! xoxo