Slow Cooker Chicken and Veggies With Lemon Tarragon Mayonnaise
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 27
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
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Chicken and Veggies
- 1 large stewing chicken
- 1 large onions (reserve the skin and put in cheesecloth below, adds good color to the broth) or 1 large yellow onion, cut into wedges (reserve the skin and put in cheesecloth below, adds good color to the broth)
- 1 large turnip, cut into wedges
- 3 large carrots, peeled and sliced thickly
- 2 lbs red potatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 lb portabella mushroom, sliced thickly
- 1 -2 large parsnip, peeled and sliced thickly
- 5 -6 cloves garlic, chopped
- 3 sprigs dill
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Tie in a piece of cheesecloth
- 2 -3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1 sprig fresh sage
- 1 lemon, zest of, peeled off in large strips
- 6 whole black peppercorns
- 4 whole allspice
- 4 whole coriander seeds
- 2 whole cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 whole cardamom pod, cracked
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Lemon Tarragon Mayonnaise
- 1 soft hard-boiled egg, room temperature
- 1 lemon, juice and pulp of
- 1⁄2 lemon, zest of, minced or grated
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground white pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dry mustard or 1 teaspoon prepared Dijon mustard
- 1⁄2 cup french fresh tarragon leaves
- 3⁄4 - 1 cup olive oil (or blend of olive and safflower oils, to taste)
directions
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Chicken and Veggies:
- Thoroughly wash the chicken inside and out, taking especial care to clean out clumps of blood in the cavities
- Reserve the giblets for another use
- If you can get the feet, clean them and add them to the pot; they add a wonderful richness to the broth
- Put the cheesecloth bundle into the cavity along with some of the garlic
- Scatter the slices of one of the carrots on the bottom of the slow cooker and put the chicken on top of it
- Put the rest of the ingredients around the pot
- Add enough water and/or dry white wine to come halfway up the sides of the pot
- Cover tightly and cook on high for at least 4 hours or medium for at least 6 hours, depending on the size of your chicken
- Meanwhile, make the lemon tarragon mayonnaise
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Lemon Tarragon Mayonnaise:
- Be sure to use French tarragon and not any other kind
- You really will notice the difference in flavor
- Place all the ingredients except the oil in a blender or food processor and whiz until smooth
- Start adding the oil a drop at a time, allowing it to emulsify
- After you have added a good soupspoonful of oil to the mixture, you can start adding it in a thin stream
- Keep adding the oil until the mayonnaise thickens enough to make a slurping noise (if using a blender, this sound does not happen in a food processor)
- Taste and adjust seasoning
- Chill until ready to use
- When the chicken is tender and done, remove it from the slow cooker and Let it rest at least 15 minutes
- If you plan to chill it, do so
- Remove the vegetables and let them cook to the extent you want, or keep warm
- Take the cheesecloth out of the cavity of the chicken and squeeze it Into the soup to get all the flavor out of ut
- Defat the broth
- Cook some super fine egg noodles to add to the soup
- Use some of the broth the braise the escarole
- Remove the chicken from the bones when it is at the temperature you want and arrange it with the vegetables on a large platter
- Depending on the size of you platter, you can also put the escarole there or on a separate one
- Nap with the lemon tarragon mayonnaise and serve the rest of the mayonnaise on the side
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
JustaQT
Camdenton, MO
In Memory of Maxie, a beloved pet who we love and miss so very much. Our sweet Maxie was a black lab who wss put to sleep because of stomache cancer. 1997 - October 31, 2007
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