We just take the skin off the chicken unless it's the whole chicken, and mix two envelopes of chicken gravy with only one cup of water. Salt & pepper the chicken, spray veg. oil in the crock pot, place the chicken and pour the gravy over. Simple and oh so good. You can also use just one envelope of chicken gravy with one cup of water and one can of either cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup. Many simple ways to a good crock pot chicken dish.