Pee Dee Lowcountry one-pot of bone-in chicken simmered with smoked sausage and rice, finished with enough chicken stock that the rice 'bogs' down. A communal dish for harvest dinners and church suppers in the Carolinas.
Chicken bog has been a Pee Dee Lowcountry tradition (just north of Charleston) since at least the 18th century, named for the way the rice becomes bogged down in chicken stock during the slow simmer. The annual Loris Bog-Off festival has run since 1979. Bertha's Kitchen and Hannibal's Kitchen serve the canonical Charleston interpretation alongside red rice and gullah staples.
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Bertha's Kitchen ★ 4.5
north-charleston · 2332 Meeting Street Rd, North Charleston, SC 29405
Bertha's Kitchen in North Charleston has run family-owned soul food cooking since 1979. Order the fried pork chops, okra soup over rice, the cornbread.
Hannibal's Kitchen ★ 4.4
eastside · 16 Blake St, Charleston, SC 29403
Hannibal's Kitchen on Blake Street in Charleston has run family-owned soul food cooking since 1985. Crab rice, lima beans over rice, smothered pork chops.
Dave's Carry-Out ★ 4.4
upper-king · 42 Morris St # C, Charleston, SC 29403
Dave's Carry-Out in Charleston runs a counter-only soul food and seafood window on Morris Street. Fried fish sandwich, shrimp platters, devil crab, all to go.
Page's Okra Grill ★ 4.3
mount-pleasant · 302 Coleman Blvd, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Page's Okra Grill in Mount Pleasant has run family-owned Southern cooking on Coleman Boulevard since 2008. Kitchen leans southern, lowcountry.