Chicken Marbella
- 4 chickens (about 2 1/2 lb. each), skinned and quartered or comparable amount of breasts
- 1 head (yes, a whole head) garlic, finely pureed
- 1/4 c. dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 c. red wine vinegar
- 1/2 c. olive oil
- 1 c. pitted prunes
- 1/2 c. pitted Spanish green olives
- 1/2 c. capers with a bit of juice
- 6 bay leaves
- 1 c. brown sugar
- 1 c. white wine
- 1/4 c. Italian parsley
- In a large sealable bowl (to keep your refrigerator from reeking), combine chicken quarters, garlic, oregano, pepper, salt, vinegar, olive oil, prunes, olives, capers and juice and bay leaves.
- Cover and let marinate overnight in the refrigerator. (Note:
- The chicken must be marinated overnight to blend the flavors and to keep the chicken moist.)
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Arrange chicken in a single layer in one or two large, shallow baking pans and spoon marinade over it evenly.
- Sprinkle chicken pieces with brown sugar and pour white wine around them.
- Bake for 50 minutes to an hour, basting frequently with pan juices.
- Chicken is done when thigh pieces pricked with a fork at their thickest, yield clear yellow (rather than pink) juice.
- With a slotted spoon, transfer chicken, prunes, olives and capers to a serving platter. Moisten with a few spoonfuls of pan juices and sprinkle generously with parsley.
- Pass remaining pan juices in a sauceboat.
chickens, head, oregano, salt, red wine vinegar, olive oil, prunes, green olives, capers, bay leaves, brown sugar, white wine, italian parsley
Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=903291 (may not work)