568896 Sat Nov 01 08:49:20 -0700 2008 5 31 Home Cooking 0 4142505 I came across this on another board discussing soups - cooking a whole chicken in the crockpot for making chicken broth. I am guessing you don't remove the skin? What do you think? Quote: "I cook my whole chicken in a crock pot with it's cavity stuffed with onions, garlic and jalapeno peppers (all discarded when chicken is done...I strain my broth before cooling). After cooling, I skim all fat from my broth then freeze or use immediately...hint I use the frozen egg noodles...very much like homemade (got that hint from a cowboy)...I use beer rather than water for cooking the chicken (got that hint from another cowboy)." http://www.delish.com/recipes/favorite-recipes/perfect-soup-chili?GT1=47001 I guess you could take the meat off the chicken after and use it in the soup or stew or whatever. Not sure how you would get broth - take the bones and boil after? I've been wanting to find a way to cook a whole chicken so I could use it for chicken enchiladas, chicken salad sandwiches, soups, etc. My oven is Poo so I can't use it for that, although stoneware seems to do well in it - everything else burns quickly. Crockpot would also make it easier since I work. Anyway, this comment looks interesting. Sat Nov 01 08:49:20 -0700 2008 91520 Bratdawg 1 4142600 This person is apparently making soup and the recipe offers the flexibility of clarifying the broth for a clear soup, using the broth with noodles or other starch, cutting up the cooked chicken and adding it to the soup or using it in other recipes. I don't think I'd want to make stock from chicken pieces cooked in beer but I might brown the bones a bit and use them in a stock along with the other bone remnants in my freezer at some future time if they were cooked in water. The fact that this contributor used a crock pot in place of some other variety of vessel really doesn't make much difference. Cooking a whole chicken in a crock pot produces pretty much the same result as cooking it in a stove top dutch oven. Sat Nov 01 09:59:25 -0700 2008 4142505 203621 todao 1 4142835 What you want is shredded, poached chicken. Cut up the chicken, removing the skin; cover the pieces in lightly salted cold water, bring to a low boil and turn flame as low as possible. Remove after 25 minutes at the most. Discard the water. Let cool and shred. Sat Nov 01 12:42:09 -0700 2008 4142505 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 4142981 Sometimes I put a whole chicken in the slow cooker to use for meals where I need cooked chicken. I just sprinkle it inside and out with salt and pepper, then cook on low for about 6 hours. As I pull the meat from the bones, I throw them back into the slow cooker along with the juices that cooked out of the chicken. I then add water and cook it to make a broth. I prefer a plain chicken broth without veggies but you could add your vegetables in at the same time as your bones. I've gotten some really strong gelatinous broths that way. Sat Nov 01 14:17:53 -0700 2008 4142505 78897 alliedawn_98 1 4143018 I've done it to make broth, if I don't have extra chicken carcass for it. I put the whole chicken, carrots, onions, celery, herbs, salt and pepper and cook until the chicken is done. I take the chicken out, pull off the meat and put the bones and the rest back in the crockpot, and reserve the meat for something else. The key is not to overcook the meat or it shreds and becomes watery tasting. Then, I simmer the bones and all for stock. Strain, refrigerate. Perfect stock. Sat Nov 01 14:43:35 -0700 2008 4142505 39874 chowser 1 4143209 I make a whole chicken in a slow cooker, and it comes out very much like a rotisserie chicken except the skin is not crisp. Take 4 or 5 small strips of aluminum foil and crumple them into little balls about 1 inch in diameter. Put these in the bottom of the crock pot. Then season your chicken as you please...I use Italian herbs and lemon pepper all over the chicken. Then set the chicken on top the foil balls and cook for several hours on HIGH. I usually use at least a 5-pound bird when I do this, and I cook it for 7-8 hours. Sat Nov 01 16:36:38 -0700 2008 4142505 203577 ChesterhillGirl