Beer Braised Chicken

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This is an awesome, simple, make-ahead recipe- perfect for company. BUT ONLY IF you use good, dark beer. I tried to cheat and use a regular lagar and it was terrible. I recommend Yingling Black and Tan. I've also subbed onion for fennel and it works perfectly.

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This was one of the worst recipes I have ever tried. Had absolutely no flavor...I used all of the ingredients and was really excited for this one - what a let down.

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Oh My God - this is the best chicken recipe I have ever made. We had just three of us for Easter and thought this would be fun recipe to try - delicious and easy to make. I was so excited about the dish that I forgot the 5th ingrediant (apple cider vinegar but it was still delicious - can't wait to try it again but with the vinegar! I was worried the fennel would be too strong as we are not huge licorice fans but it is very subtle. Recommend for everyone to try. I did scoop some of the grease out of the pan at the end and then thickened the sauce with some corn starch which was easy enough.

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You killed it Claire! This dish was fantastic, and if you're scared of the licorice (like I was don't be! After braising it it's so subtle and meshes so well with the beer (I used Guiness extra stout. I didn't add the bacon, I used an onion with the fennel, a couple cloves of garlic, and poured a hefty "glug" of apple cider in the sauce for even more kick and it turned out delicious. A must-have in your recipe collection.

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This is such an easy recipe. The results were so good that my husband still swears that it came from a restaurant. My local market did not carry fennel bulb, so I used leeks and added some fennel seed.

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Awesome! Granted, I had no clue whether I would like the fennel or not. I made the recipe as written and glad that I did not substitute, it was to die for! I used a little corn starch to thicken the sauce in the end.

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I loved this dish. I used a half of a Vadalia Onion, and only half of a fennel bulb since I have never used it before. My only complaint is the bacon grease did get on everything: I ended up using a screen after I got popped with bacon grease!! lol which I'm sure cut down on most of the splatter. I would def make this again. Thanks Claire your my new fav chef, everything you make is so easy and tasty(:

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I made this recipe and I really liked it. I added a big vadalia onion with the fennel. Next time I make it(and it will be soon I will let it cook in the oven for an hour instead of the 35-45 minutes stated in the recipe.

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Delish!!!

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I had such high hopes for this dish. With so many rave reviews, I figured it would be great. I wanted to think the negative reviews were due to matters of taste, but I should have listened to those who said this was a greasy mess--it was. The flavor was good, but I didnt get the "fall off the bone" effect, and the chicken ended up in a puddle of beer and fat. Maybe I did something wrong? I thought I was following the recipe exactly.
I won't give up on Claire though. Her tips are always great, and I'm always impressed to see what she can do with so few ingredients. Her blue rosemary potatoes from this show were really good.