Chicken Bog

Paula Deen's chicken bog

===== Ingredients =====
-3lb whole chicken, quartered
-1lb smoked sausage
-1c chopped onion
-1 stick salted butter
-2tsp seasoned salt
-1tsp garlic powder
-3tsp black pepper
-1tsp salt
-3 bay leaves
-8c water
-3c uncooked white rice

===== Instructions =====
1. Slice the sausage into pieces. Combine everything except the rice in a pot and cook at a low boil for 40 minutes.
2. Remove chicken from pot, pick meat from bones. Discard bones and skin.
3. Add rice to the pot and bring to a boil, stir frequently. Boil 10 minutes, reduce heat and cover, simmer until rice is done.
4. Once rice is done, return chicken to the pot. Remove the bay leaves and mix well.