Why have I never heard of chicken bog?

I've never heard of it. Can you tell me about it?

No clue and I've lived in rural Texas or rural Louisiana my entire life.

Ahhhh, now you're speaking my language.

Chicken bog is southern comfort food.

Here's a recipe:

Chicken Bog
(Recipe courtesy of the Loris Chamber of Commerce)
6 cups water
1 tablespoon salt
1 onion, chopped
1 (3- pound) whole chicken
1 cup long-grain white rice
1/2 pound smoked sausage of your choice, sliced
2 tablespoons Italian-style seasonings
2 cubes chicken bouillon

Place water, salt and onion in a large pot. Add chicken and bring all to a boil; cook until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. Remove chicken from pot and let cool. Remove skin and bones and chop remaining meat into bite-size pieces.Skim off fat from cooking liquid and measure 3 1/2 cups of this chicken broth into a 6-quart saucepan. Add rice, chicken pieces, sausage, herb seasoning and bouillon to this saucepan. Cook all together for 30 minutes; let come to a boil, and then reduce heat to low, keeping pan covered the whole time. If mixture is too watery or juicy, cook over medium-low heat, uncovered, until it reaches the desired consistency. Stir often while cooking.

Desired consistency is pretty thick, but creamy -- think more like a loose casserole than a liquidy stew.

From the deep South and never heard of it. After seeing that recipe, I'm not in a rush to try it either!

Hmmm, I like the ingredients but would have to see what it looks like before I can say whether or not I would eat it!

I've never heard of chicken bog before, but I make my own version, usually without sausage (but Aidelle's chicken and apple sausage is good in it) , on a regular basis. I use whatever fresh herbs I have on hand.

We just call it chicken and rice

My parents are from FL but around the panhandle, they call it Chicken Purlieu

Someone needs to post the recipe on the recipe board.

Sorry, I'm with Miss Ang on this one. I could eat it, but I'd rename it first.

We call that chicken and rice! LOL Almost the exact same recipe.

It's so funny you posted about this. My boyfriend and I are from Orlando (which is NOT southern at all), but our friends who went to Clemson made this for a tailgate and now my boyfriend is so hooked that we made it for dinner He added hot sauce and I added some shredded cheese. I also added LOTS of Italian seasoning. It's pretty good

Yep!  Some of my fondest memories when we lived in N Florida was eating chicken purlieu cooked in a giant cast iron pot over a bonfire. We seemed to always eat it in the winter time or when it had gotten chilly during football season. I have never been able to make it *just right*, though.