Braised Chicken Legs With Grapes and Fennel

Think of the grapes in this chicken recipe as something like a rustic way to braise chicken in wine. Here, though, you get all the flavor—while saving your wine for drinking. Red or green table grapes are sweet but also have just the right amount of acidity for this dish. I build on that with sweet fennel and honey, spicy Calabrian chile paste, and red wine vinegar for brightness. While half of the grapes are breaking down in the bottom of the pan, lending their juices to the sweet-spicy braising liquid, the remaining grapes rest atop the chicken and stay intact, emerging from the oven glistening and burnished.