Slow-cooked Chicken Dinner

Total Time: 7 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 3 celery ribs, sliced into 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 (3 lb) whole chickens
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 chicken livers or 1 chicken giblets
• 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1/4 cup rolled oats or 3 tablespoons oat flour

Recipe

• 1 arrange two thirds of the carrots, onions, and celery in the bottom of a crock pot. add the stock or water and sprinkle with half of basil and thyme.
• 2 cut the chicken into serving pieces. remove the skin. place the 2 breast halves in a single layer atop the vegetables. sprinkle with 1 tbsp lemon juice and a little of the remaining basil and thyme.
• 3 add remaining chicken pieces and sprinkle with remaining lemon juice and basil and thyme.
• 4 cover pot thightly and cook on low setting for 5 to 6 hours. remove chicken and vegetables to a serving paltter. keep them warm in low heat oven while you prepare gravy.
• 5 pour cooking juices into a 2 cup measuring cup. if needed, add enough stock to measure 2 cups. reserve.
• 6 saute the chicken liver or giblets in the oil for 10 minutes. remove from pan and chop finely. if still pink on inside, saute for another minute or two.
• 7 blend the rolled oats in a blender to a fine powder. skip this if using oat flour.
• 8 add reserved stock and blend with flour for 20 seconds. pour into saute pan, add chopped liver or giblets, abd bring to a boil. stir as sauce thickens. taste for seasonings and then serve with chicken.