Easy Chicken Marbella

By: The Food Hunter

Chicken Marbella is a classic 1970's recipe Mediterranean inspired chicken recipe. The original recipe requires marinating the chicken overnight. Since I seem to always forget this step until it is too late I can attest that the chicken turns out perfectly without being marinated. It is moist, juicy and extremely tasty. 

Give it a try!

 

 

Chicken Marbella
(adapted from Silver Palate)
serves 10-12

1 whole chicken
1 head of garlic, peeled
1/4 cup dried oregano
coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup pitted prunes
1/2 cup pitted green olives
1/2 cup capers, rinsed
6 bay leaves
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white wine
1/4 cup Italian parsley, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl combine the garlic, oregano, pepper and coarse salt to taste, vinegar, olive oil, prunes, olives, capers and juice, and bay leaves. 

Arrange chicken in a shallow baking pans and spoon above mixture evenly over the chicken. Sprinkle chicken with brown sugar and pour white wine around them.

Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, basting with pan juices, periodically.

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.