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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Cook a Whole Chicken in the Crockpot

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.  I picked up a 5.68 pound whole chicken, and took it home to cook in the crockpot.

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I just rinsed it off, added 2 cups water and a little salt and pepper on top of the chicken. It just barely fit in my crockpot. The neck and giblets were still in there because it was still frozen solid.  I had to leave it because I had to go to work.  I cooked it on HIGH for about 4 hours (until I got home after work).  I was able to go home after about 2 hours and was able to get the giblets out, but couldn't get the neck out.  I figured it didn't matter since I planned on using the broth.
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Here is my chicken all cooked.  It looked and smelled really good.  Since it was late I sure didn't have enough time to let it cool and separate it off the bones.
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I pulled it out of the crockpot.  It lost a wing in the process, :-)  I set it on this plastic lid that goes to my glass cake pan.  The lid gets used for everything but the pan I think.  LOL!  I let it cool for a while then wrapped it in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge.  I also saved the broth.  I didn't get pictures (it was late) but I had one and a half cottage cheese cartons of broth.
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The next evening I separated the meat from the bone.  

This chicken produced 36 ounces of meat and about 2-3  cups give or take of homemade broth.

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