Crock-Pot Chicken Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
3 carrots, sliced
1 onion, quartered
3 celery stalks w/leaves cut in 1-in, ch pieces
6 mushrooms, med size, sliced
2 garlic cloves coarsely chopped
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp basil leaves
1/2 cup water, chicken broth, or white win, e
1 whole chicken, about 3 lbs
Recipe Preparation
Put carrots, celery, and mushrooms in bottom of crock-pot. Place whole
chicken on top. Place onions and garlic around chicken, placing some
of each in cavity of the chicken. Top with the salt, pepper, and
liquid. Sprinkle the basil over the chicken. Cover and cook on LOW
for 8 to 10 hours (using HIGH, 3 1/2 to 5 hours using 1 cup liquid).
Remove chicken and veggies. I serve this with rice, but you could
also add some potatoes in the crock- pot (if you have room) and
that'll work, too. FOR A GRAVY, I've used 4 tb of flour in the
"drippings" and used a hand blender (it came out nicely)... Or you
can use 1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup blended into the "drippings."
Servings: 4
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