Hiding what goes into chicken (8)
I believe the answer is:
stuffing
'chicken' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'hiding what goes into' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'into' could be 'in' and 'in' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stuffing that I've seen before include "Turkey's contents - taxidermist's work" , "See 1" , "Overfilling" , "accompaniment to turkey" , "Cushion filler" .)