Chicken Chow Mein

Title: Chicken Chow Mein
Categories: Chicken, Crockpot
Yield: 8 servings

4 lb Fryer or hen, cut up
2 c Water
1 cn (6 or 8 1/2 oz.) water chestnuts, drained andsliced
2 lg White onions, chopped 
2 c Diagonally sliced celery
1/4 c Flour or cornstarch
3 tb Molasses
1/4 c Soy sauce
Chow mein noodles or fluffy rice
1 cn (16 oz.) bean sprouts, drained
Toasted slivered almonds
1 cn (5 or 6 oz.) bamboo shoots

Place chicken with water, onions and celery in Crock-Pot. Cover and cook on Low setting for 8 to 10 hours. One hour before serving, turn to High setting. Remove chicken bone and cut up meat into bite size pieces. Return to Crock-Pot. Combine flour with soy sauce and stir into Crock-Pot with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and molasses. Stir well until thickened. Taste for seasoning. Turn to Low until ready to serve, up to 4 hours. Serve over chow mein noodle or hot fluffy rice. Sprinkle with toasted slivered almonds. Makes 8 to 10 servings (about 3 1/2 qts.)