Classic Low-Country Pulao with Chicken and Bacon

This easy classic South Carolina pulao recipe yields a huge platter of flavored rice topped with tender pieces of chicken and bacon that easily feeds eight, with a vegetable or salad on the side. The rice is rich with the flavors of simmered chicken and bacon, and made more aromatic with a little bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.

The recipe is an adaptation from several recipes for Carolina pulao that appear in Karen Hess’s facsimile edition of