Chicken & Rice Sausage Burger

Chicken bog as a dish appears to have originated in the low country of South Carolina around Myrtle Beach.  It was the retirement plan for old laying hens (which goes to show that some retirement plans are better than others).  It is in between a pilaf and a stew in consistency and was an economical way to feed a crowd.  I re-imagined it as a sausage patty.  I used rice to carry the flavor of chicken stock.  The rice modifies the texture of the sausage and if the sausage is made into patties, it will form a thin crispy starch layer on the outside when fried.  The amount of cooked rice added as a ratio of the overall sausage can be varied according to taste and texture desired.

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A New Era

This site has suffered recently due to my health – even posts that were on the older version of the site haven’t made it across to this one as they need higher resolution photos making of the processes.

However, my very good friend and fellow moderator on the (now defunct) Sausagemaking.org forum, Paul Weipert, has just retired and has volunteered to help out.

Paul has a scientific background and knows all the terms that I refer to as thingies and other vague words – he knows all the posh names.

He knows his haemoglobin from his myoglobin!

His first couple of posts are chicken-based for all you health-conscious people out there.

Welcome aboard, Paul.

Picture of a chicken and R
rice burger in a bread roll for illustration purposes