Slow Roasted Riesling Braised Chicken - alive magazine

Ingredients

• 4 strips turkey bacon, diced
• 2 Tbsp (30 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 bone-in, skin-on organic free-range chicken breasts
• Salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 4 large shallots, peeled and cut in half
• 4 carrots, chopped
• 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and diced into 3/4 in (2 cm) cubes
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/2 cups (350 mL) dry fruity Riesling
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) low-sodium chicken broth or stock
• 4 sprigs thyme
• 4 sprigs parsley
• 1 fresh bay leaf
• Finely grated zest from 1/2 lemon
• 2 Tbsp (30 mL) minced flat-leaf parsley