Slow Cooker Chicken

Name: Slow Cooker Chicken
Prep time: P1H
Cook time: 1 d
Total time: P1D1H
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: hen; salt and black pepper; schmaltz (chicken fat); olive oil; celery; turnip; onions; carrots; sugar; sage; tarragon leaves; chicken broth; vermouth; red pepper flakes; tomatoes

Submitted by hankg

Let the aroma of this tantalizing dish fill your kitchen by using this easy to follow crockpot recipe.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

1 hrs

COOK

8 hrs

READY

9 hrs

Ingredients

EACH HEN *

X SALT AND BLACK PEPPER *

X SCHMALTZ (CHICKEN FAT) *

X OLIVE OIL *

EACH CELERY
stalks, sliced thick

EACH TURNIP
quartered *

EACH ONIONS
thickly chopped

EACH CARROTS
sliced thick

X SUGAR *

X SAGE *

X TARRAGON LEAVES *

CUPS CHICKEN BROTH

CUP VERMOUTH
dry *

X RED PEPPER FLAKES
dried *

EACH TOMATOES
quartered

Directions

Rub salt and pepper all over and in the hen. Put chicken fat with a little olive oil and butter in heavy skillet. Brown hen whole on all sides. Be sure all is brown. Take out and put in grease celery, turnips, onion and carrots. Fry 5 to 8 mins. Put in bottom of slow-cooker set to high. Add a little sugar, sage, tarragon. Rinse out iron skillet with water. Add to the slow cooker. Add chicken broth and dry vermouth. Put browned hen in. Sprinkle with dried red pepper flakes. Place around and in hen the turnips and tomatoes. Turn pot to low and let cook all day.