I'm preparing a special diet for my dog and I'd like to use a whole chicken.
My goal is to be able to cook the chicken in my crockpot (for convenience) and recover 100% (i.e., as much as I possibly can) of the meat and then strain the liquid and discard the bones.
I see a recipe ( https://www.100daysofrealfood.com/recipe-the-best-whole-chicken-in-a-crock-pot/ ) that specifically says that the chicken doesn't need any additional liquids to cook via this method in a crockpot ("Put prepared chicken on top of the onions in the slow cooker, cover it, and turn it on to high. There is no need to add any liquid"), but that seems a little hard for me to believe. Even in a crockpot, you'd still want to add some liquid, wouldn't you?
Has anyone tried cooking a whole chicken this way and if so, how did it turn out? Were you able to utilize most (all) of the meat off the bird?
Ed
My goal is to be able to cook the chicken in my crockpot (for convenience) and recover 100% (i.e., as much as I possibly can) of the meat and then strain the liquid and discard the bones.
I see a recipe ( https://www.100daysofrealfood.com/recipe-the-best-whole-chicken-in-a-crock-pot/ ) that specifically says that the chicken doesn't need any additional liquids to cook via this method in a crockpot ("Put prepared chicken on top of the onions in the slow cooker, cover it, and turn it on to high. There is no need to add any liquid"), but that seems a little hard for me to believe. Even in a crockpot, you'd still want to add some liquid, wouldn't you?
Has anyone tried cooking a whole chicken this way and if so, how did it turn out? Were you able to utilize most (all) of the meat off the bird?
Ed