Slow Cooker Homemade Chicken Stock

Cooked or raw chicken carcass, wings, necks, backbone, and giblets (do not use liver!), trimmed of excess fat, and cut into smaller pieces if necessary*

onion, peeled and quartered

large carrot, cut into large pieces

large stalk celery, cut into large pieces

small piece of cheesecloth or the dark green top of a leek

kitchen twine

sprig fresh thyme

sprig Italian flat leaf parsley

bay leaf

peppercorns