Chicken Bog - Rice Recipes | Anson Mills - Artisan Mill Goods

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken (3 to 3½ pounds), washed, liver and gizzard reserved for another use, and neck bone, if present, along for the ride
• 2 medium yellow onions, chopped fine
• 1 large or 2 small carrots, peeled and chopped into ½-inch lengths
• 1 celery rib, chopped into ½-inch lengths
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 6 fresh thyme sprigs or 1½ teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 Turkish bay leaf
• Handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley stems
• 4 cups Rich Homemade Chicken Stock
• 4 cups spring or filtered water
• 10 ounces smoked sausage (½ inch in diameter), preferably dry-cured, cut into ½-inch rounds
• 7 ounces (1 cup) Anson Mills Carolina Gold Rice
• 1½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• Fine sea salt
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 scallions
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves