Recipe - Chicken Braised With Fennel Tomatoes

1 pound Skinless, boneless chicken
breasts
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 small Fennel bulb, about 8 ounces
3 tablespoon Olive oil
1 cn Italianstyle stewed
tomatoes (16 oz)
1 teaspoon Fennel seed

From "The 5 in 10 Chicken Breast Cookbook."

Cut the chicken into 2 1/2" pieces and season with salt and pepper.
Cut fennel crosswise into thin slices.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large fry pan. Add chicken and cook over
mediumhigh heat until browned, about 2 minutes on each side. Remove
chicken to a plate, leaving the drippings in the pan. Add fennel to
pan along with the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil. Cook, stirring,
until lightly browned, about 23 minutes. Add tomatoes to the pan
along with One fourth cup water and fennel seeds. Bring to a boil, reduce
heat to medium low. Return chicken and any of the accumulated juices
on the plate to the pan. Cover and cook until the chicken is white
but still moist, about 57 minutes.

From Tuscon area newspapers, 1994, 3rd quarter, courtest Mike Orchekowski.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/tn94q3.zip