Skillet-Braised Chicken With White Wine and Fennel

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A one-pan skillet braise of chickenhearted successful achromatic vino is doable capable connected a weeknight but is sumptuous capable for a celebratory meal. Fennel and pancetta adhd extent and nuance to the dish. Cookbook writer J. Kenji López-Alt notes that “you tin marque this crockery wholly connected the stove apical by lowering the vigor to the lowest mounting erstwhile you adhd the chickenhearted . . . , covering the pan, and cooking until the chickenhearted is tender, astir 45 minutes." The stovetop method mightiness besides springiness you amended power implicit however overmuch you trim the cookware juices.

Adapted from "The Food Lab," by J. Kenji López-Alt (W.W. Norton, 2015).

Ingredients

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Servings: 4-6

4 to 6 skin-on, bone-in chickenhearted limb quarters (about 14 ounces each)
Fine salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 tablespoonful rootlike oil
3 ounces pancetta, diced
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 ample yellowish bulb (12 ounces), thinly sliced
1 bulb fennel, cored, trimmed and thinly sliced (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 ample tomato, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups adust achromatic wine, specified arsenic pinot grigio
1/2 cupful pastis (anise-flavored spirit)
1 cupful homemade oregon no-salt-added chickenhearted broth
1 bay leaf
1/4 cupful chopped caller flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoonful caller citrus juice

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6)

Calories
720
Fat
31 g
Saturated Fat
10 g
Carbohydrates
17 g
Sodium
410 mg
Cholesterol
370 mg
Protein
72 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Food Lab," by J. Kenji López-Alt (W.W. Norton, 2015).

Tested by T. Susan Chang.

Published October 11, 2015

Updated March 15, 2026