kepping roast chicken a few hours?

[Altair]

I just roast a chicken (it's 6PM now) and I'm making the sauce from the juice now. My partner won't be home until 9. I want it to still taste good when we sit down to eat then! I know not to refrigerate it, do I just keep it out covered in foil? Use the drippings sauce to make juicy? After 3 hours then can I still refrigerate it to make stock tomorrow? Or should I just throw in all in the crock pot overnight with water to cover it and veggie scraps? I leave for work early so I'd have to leave detailed instructions for my partner how to take the meat off and all... And I usually only do the bones that long, not the meat.

Any brillant ideas for the easiest way to go about this? I'd love to come home to stock tomorrow to make a quick chicken and brown rice soup.

[KatWrangler]

Hmm. Well I would wrap it in foil and put towels over it to keep it warm.

Personally, if you kitchen is cool, I think it would be fine. But thats just me.

[KatWrangler]

As far as stock goes. Throw the bones, skin, onions or whatever you want to season in the crockpot before you go to bed. Make sure you cover it with enough water. I came down one time to find almost all my water/stock gone. EEEKKKK!!!

[Magelet]

It's probably too late now, but I'd do the same thing as Katwrangler.

(I'd cook it til it was just barely done if you hadn't finished cooking it yet) then wrap it in aluminum foil, and some towels to keep it hot.

for the stock, I'd throw the bones and your acv and veggies in the crock pot with lots of water and cook it overnight.

[Arduinna]

You can cover it in foil and then wrap with towels and put in an ice chest to keep it warm.

[SashaBear]

Why not refrigerate?