Purlough

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Ingredients

  • 1 chicken
  • 2 to 6 c. chicken stock
  • 1 to 3 c. uncooked white rice
  • 2 onions, chopped fine
  • 1 lb. smoked sausage or kielbasa, sliced and cut in halves
  • 1 lb. bacon
  • 3 stalks celery
  • 3 bay leaves
  • salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Boil chicken with bay leaves and celery stalks until completely cooked.
  2. Debone chicken and retain stock for later use. Discard celery and bay leaf.
  3. Cut bacon strips in half.
  4. Fry in medium Dutch oven or heavy pot with a tight fitting lid until done but not crispy.
  5. Remove bacon from pan.
  6. Saute onion in bacon grease until transparent.
  7. Do not discard grease.
  8. Add sausage to onion and cool until sausage is warmed up.
  9. Add chicken and bacon; heat until all are warm.
  10. Add chicken stock (chicken bouillon may be substituted), 2 cups of stock to each cup of rice.
  11. (To serve 4 people use 4 cups stock and 2 cups rice.)
  12. Bring mixture back to a low boil.
  13. Cover tightly and cook until rice is done, stirring often to prevent sticking (approximately 20 minutes).

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

472 kcal 24% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 20g 40% DV
Total Fat 24.1g 31% DV
Carbs 48.8g 18% DV
Fiber 7.5g 27% DV
Sugar 1.8g 4% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 10777.5mg 100% DV
Potassium 428.5mg 9% DV
Cholesterol 55.5mg 19% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 77.8mcg 9% DV
Vitamin C 12mg 13% DV
Vitamin D 0mcg
Calcium 238.3mg 18% DV
Iron 13.2mg 74% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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