Shelly's Recipe

CHICKEN WITH CREAM SAUCE - Crock pot

Category: Chicken

1 large chicken
1 each celery stalk halved
1 small onion halved
4 sprigs parsley leaves
2 each cloves whole
1 each carrot peeled, halved
1 tsp salt
1 small bay leaf
1/2 tsp thyme
Water

Sauce
4 tbsp butter
1 cup chicken broth
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup flour, all-purpose
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup parsley leaves chopped

Put the chicken in the crock pot and cover with water. Add celery, carrot, onion and salt. Tie parsley, bay leaf, cloves and thyme in a small square of cheese cloth, add to the pot. Cover and cook on LOW for 7-9 hrs.

Melt 4 tbso butter in a medium saucepan. Stir in flour and cook over low heat for several minutes. Gradually stir in stock. Simmer until smooth. Add salt, pepper, parsley and cream. Remove chicken from pot, slice and serve with the creamy sauce.