Chicken a la Vendemmia

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This recipie is no doubt my favorite ones from food network. The glaze transforms your boring, run of the mill, chicken dinner into something splendid. The combination of the slightly sweet grapes with the light acidity from the balsamic balances this dish incredibly. My husband, whom, is not a fan of fennel or anything new, fell deep in love with this surpurb dish. This is a dish you have to make! I promise you will not regret it. The only thing I found difficult was the fig. I was not able to find fresh fig in the area I live, so I omitted it from the recipe. Still fabulous.

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Should have known that the combination of Ina with Michael Chiarello would produce another big winner. Delicious. And I'm certainly glad I read these reviews so I could make the fennel spice blend myself and replace the figs with halved grapes (nice work "Loves-to-cook-for-family". Also stayed on the stove top with enamel cast iron. The fennel/coriander flavor profile made chicken night special.

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Wonderful, however, they ALSO left out the 3 black mission figs (quartered which will add additional flavor and texture to the sauce. I think the spice blend could make other dishes yummy too. It pays to watch the show you get all the details. In the winter I make my self Coriander tea with honey or agave. I agree this is a keeper! YUMMY :

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This is a wonderful recipe. However it's not as detailed as it was on TV. You need to make the toasted fennel spice to do this recipe justice. To make the spice:
1 cup of fennel seeds
3 tbs of coriander seeds
2 tbs of white pepper corns
3 tbs of kosher salt
Toast the above ingredients in a skillet until hot and fragrant the coriander seeds will begin to pop. Spread to cool and once cooled grind. I filled two empty spice jars with the contents and shared one with a friend; you will love using this in all sorts of dishes.

I also reserved a dozen grapes prior to putting the rest in the blender and added the grapes to the sauce; the presentation was lovely with the warmed grapes.
This is a keeper and easy to make.
 

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Absolutely the best chicken dish I have made recently! My husband only eats chicken at home, and he was completely overwhelmed with happiness eating this dish!! Having seen the episode, I knew to add the coriander...had only fennel seed, so toasted it and ground it...amazing dish for sure!!

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The fennel spice from NapaStyle has coriander in it. This dish is exquisite.

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As Christelle wrote, there are some things missing from this recipe that were shown on TV...Michael added some fresh sliced figs at the end lightly sauteed. Altho' I have nothing against figs, I thought using some whole grapes at the end would have been more in tune with the grape theme, so that's what I did and we loved it. Very simple, light, and tasty. I used boneless, skinless chicken cutlets lightly floured to keep them moist, and b/c they were not bone-in, I could prepare the entire meal on stovetop in less time.

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Oh my! The flavors are exquisite. When Michael Chiarello made this with Ina Garten, he added coriander which was omitted from the recipe. The combination of the grape juice, fennel, and coriander are totally lovely. I've never used grape juice as a sauce base before. I will definitely file this one away.