3-4# whole chicken
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
2 large celery stalks, coarsely chopped
2 snack-size bags baby carrots, coarsely chopped
2 to 3 quarts water
1 cup rice
2 T dried parsley flakes
1 t salt
Recipe
Remove giblets from chicken. Place chicken in a 5-qt Dutch oven. Add vegetables and water, and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 1 hour, skimming fat as necessary. Transfer chicken to colander.
To Dutch oven, add remaining ingredients. Continue to simmer 5 min then turn off the heat, but leave covered. When the chicken is cool enough to handle,
discard skin and bones, pull meat apart, and return to soup. Reheat if necessary.