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Chicken Marbella
Note: The original recipe from The Silver Palate Cookbook uses four 2½ pound chickens – which serves a large crowd. We cut the amount of chicken back to one 2½ to 3 pound chicken but left the solids the same since the finished dish seemed like it could use more of the fruit and olives. Our version is a loose adaptation of the original recipe. In preparing this dish, make sure you leave enough time to marinate overnight.
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken, 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounds in weight, or purchase already cut chicken pieces (Note: When we shopped for this recipe, the only chickens left at the market were large roasters so our photograph is actually from a large six-pound chicken. Your chicken pieces will look smaller if you use the size of chicken listed in the recipe.)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic that has been passed through a garlic press (or finely minced)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dry oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup pitted prunes, left whole
- 1/2 cup green Spanish olives, pitted and left whole (stuffed or not doesn’t matter)
- 1/4 cup capers with a little liquid
- 4 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or cilantro
Instructions
- Remove the backbone from the chicken and freeze for later for stock. Cut the chicken into quarters with breast and wing together and leg and thigh together. Place quartered chicken pieces in a zip lock gallon size bag.
- In a small bowl mix garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, red wine vinegar, olive oil, prunes, olives, capers, and bay leaves. Mix together and pour over chicken. Seal the bag and marinate overnight.
- The next day, 90 minutes before you want to serve, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Place the chicken pieces in a shallow baking pan and pour marinate over chicken and let solids fall around the chicken pieces.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar over the chicken pieces and pour the white wine around the outside of the chicken.
- Bake uncovered for 50 minutes, basting every 15-20 minutes. Pierce thigh and if juices run clear, pull them out of the oven. If a little pink, cook for ten more minutes.
- Note: Our giant six-pound bird took one hour. We also put ours under the broiler for a few minutes to crisp the skin up but this is your choice.
- Remove to a platter and spoon prunes, olives and capers over each piece. Then sprinkle with chopped parsley or cilantro and serve the remaining liquid on the side.
- Another Note: We put our liquid in a gravy separator and skimmed off the fat before serving. The liquid is quite tasty actually and was good for dipping the chicken pieces in as we ate.
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