Crock Pot Chicken - Cooking chicken to use later

This is extremely basic - more of a technique than a recipe. It's how I usually cook chicken in order to use it in other recipes, or sometimes as lunchmeat. It also makes a lot of delicious chicken juice to use in soup and other things.

Chicken breasts or thighs work best. You can get the boneless-skinless, but you don't have to. If you do get bone-in chicken, you can use the bones to make stock.

Put the chicken in a crock pot. If you have a small rack to set it on, that will let it roast and keep the juice dripping down; otherwise half the meat ends up sitting in the juice. Which is okay, but I like the texture better if it's sitting up above.

Cook on low for 4-5 hours, maybe more if it's really packed. You can always check to make sure that it is cooked through, juice runs clear and it pulls apart easily.

Take the cooked chicken out and put it in a casserole or on a plate. Let it sit and cool for a while. After it is cool get a second plate and a container to put the meat in after you pull it apart. I like to pull it into fairly small pieces, to use with soup or noodles. This part gets messy.

Save the bones and some of the skin, and any dubious bits like cartilage that you wouldn't want to keep in with the main meat.

Carefully pour the juice from the crock pot into a jar or other container. Maybe dip most of it out with a ladle or measuring cup first, if there's a lot.

Take the bones/skin/weird bits and put them in a pot. Pour a cup or two of water into the crock pot and swish it around to rinse off any last drops of juice - and pour that into the pot with the bones. Add some more water until the bones are well covered, and sprinkle some salt in. Bring to a boil, then turn down to a medium simmer, put a lid on it, and let it go for an hour or so.

Use a slotted spoon to remove everything from the pot of stock except the liquid. You can either pour that into jars or containers to store (please do not pour boiling water into plastic. Let it cool!) or go straight into making soup or whatever. You can add the juice to the soup, or use it for other things.