Chicken Broth low yield

[skrone]

I just strained what was left in the crock pot overnight--approx 14 hours-- (remains of a whole chicken carcass, 2-3 onions, 2 carrots and the herbs and water as directed).  It yielded only 2 cups and looks very brown.  The recipe says it should yield 1 gallon.  Should I just add enough water to make up the difference?  Will this dilute it too much?

[QuilterInVA]

You need to keep adding water as it cooks. You can try diluting now but it may not taste as good.

[Tom Denham]

You lost a lot of liquid over those 14 hours. I normally use a pressure cooker and never have that problem, but I used my slow cooker once to see how it works. I had to add water once or twice to keep it at the right level until the end of the cooking period. 

[Rfallo]

I would keep it concentrated, freeze it in an ice cube tray then add water when you are using it in a recipe.  You got 2 cups, it should have yielded 16 cups, 2/16. So each 1/8 cup (that's 2 Tablespoons) would "reconstitute" to a full cup.