Chicken With Cream Sauce

Chicken With Cream Sauce Recipe:

Chicken With Cream Sauce

1 large chicken                     
1 stalk celery halved (with leaves)   
1 small onion halved                  
4 sprigs parsley                     
2 whole cloves                        
1 carrot peeled and halved
1 tsp salt
1 small bay leaf
1/2 tsp thyme
water

Sauce:
4 Tbs    butter                        
1 cup    chicken stock                  
1/8 tsp pepper                        
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup chopped parsley

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

Melt 4 Tbs 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.

Contributed by Doreen Randal