Carolina Chicken Bog – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, about 1 ½ pounds
• ½ cup whole black peppercorns
• ½ head celery, chopped
• 1½ pounds carrots, chopped
• ½ bunch fresh thyme
• ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
• ¼ cup smoked hog fat or ¼ cup (½ stick) butter
• 9 cups water
• 8 cups chicken bog stock
• Chicken meat from the stock recipe above
• 4 cups uncooked long-grain rice
• 1 pound smoked pork sausage (like kielbasa), sliced
• 1/4 cup black pepper
• 2 cups frozen peas
• Salt to taste