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Stewing Hen Chicken Stock

Here's how you make Stewing Hen Chicken Stock
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 8h
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 (4 1/2 to 5 pound) whole stewing chicken
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/2 medium onions
  • 1/2 lemons
  • 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
  • Vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves
  • 1 tablespoon chopped dried parsley
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground marjoram
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Pat bird very dry, hook wings underneath body to form a rack, sprinkle cavity with salt and pepper, place onion and lemon in cavity, dot breast with butter or margarine. Place chicken in bottom of a 4 to 5 qt crockpot sprayed with veggy cooking spray

  • Step 2: In a small bowl, mix herbs and seasonings, sprinkle mixture evenly over chicken, cover pot. Cook on high setting for 2 hours, change setting to low, cook for a further 6 to 8 hours.

  • Step 3: If desired, the bird can be transferred to a roaster and browned in the oven.

  • Step 4: Alternately, stew the hen in a stock pot for about 6 hours in 8 cups of water following the ingredients list and following the instructions above in the intro for use of the stock and meat.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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