The Stretching Chicken

• 1 large stewing chicken (as Large as your crockpot will hold)
• 1 large onion
• 2 cups water or 2 cups chicken stock
• salt & pepper
• 1 -2 bay leaf

1. Put your old hen, onion, & bayleaf in the crock pot (cut up if necessary to fit but left whole is best), salt & pepper,add water (or chicken stock)& bay leaves.
2. Turn on crock pot to low and cook for 9-10 hours, do not open the crock pot.
3. Take out and cool the chicken.
4. Pour the stock through a strainer.
5. Remove fat, you can do this by pouring the sauce in a large flat bowl& refridgerate, leave for a couple of hours and spoon off the fat.
6. Save the jellied consumme.
7. You may portion it into freezer bags and freeze it for future use
8. Remove skin& bones from the chicken (You can reboil this and get more stock for chicken soup or discard).
9. Leave in chunks or shred the chicken Keep out what you are going to use now and portion freeze the rest.
10. If possible vacuum seal before freezing or get out as much air as possible befor freezing

stewing chicken, onion, water, salt, bay leaf

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/the-stretching-chicken-18900 (may not work)