Chicken With Fennel And Apples - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 chicken thighs, bone-in
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 organic apples, sliced
1 fennel bulb, sliced
1 large sweet onion, roughly chopped
1 cup dry white wine
2 cups apple cider
4 sprigs fresh thyme
4 bay leaves
1 pinch saffron, generous pinch
sea salt, to taste
ground pepper, to taste
2 cups cooked rice

Preparation

Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper, and brown on skin side only in a hot, large, deep saucepan. Remove and set aside. Sweat off onion, garlic and fennel in the same pan.
Add white wine and bring to a boil. Add apple juice and return to a boil. Stir in apples, thyme, bay leaves and saffron.
Return chicken to the pan. Simmer, cover and cook until chicken is done - approximately 20 minutes - or alternately bake, covered, in a 350\u00b0F oven until chicken is done. Season to taste. Serve over rice.