For those of you who live in The States, you might be already familiar with this famous and delicious chicken dish created by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins. For those who doesn't, this recipe is a perfect recipe to entertain a large crowd, it can be serve straight from the oven or at room temperature. And, it is really delicious !
Chicken Marbella
adapted from The Silver Palate Cookbook
serve 10 or more
4 chickens, 2½ pounds each, quartered (I used Cornish hens)
1 head garlic, peeled and finely pureed
1/4 cup dried oregano
1/2 red wine vinegar (Thank you Naomi for your correction)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup pitted prunes
1/2 cup pitted green Spanish olives
1/2 cup capers
6 bay leaves
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white wine
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
In a large bowl, combine chicken pieces, garlic, oregano, red wine vinegar, olive oil, prunes, olives, capers, and bay leave. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let the chicken marinate overnight in a refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Arrange the chicken in a single layer in a shallow baking pan, pour the marinade over it. Sprinkle the chicken with brown sugar, and pour white wine around them.
Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, basting frequently with the pan juices. Serve hot or room temperature.
21 comments:
It does looks very delicious! And you make it sounds like it's so easy to put together although I know it can be time consuming having to bast the chicken every now and then while baking, but looks like it's worth the effort!
Strong flavors make this chicken totally tentalizing. I will remember it.
Nisrine
A magnificent dish! Succulent.
Cheers,
Rosa
YUM! I tried this once too, simple and so tasty!
It's seems yummy Elra.. as usual :)
A delicious flavorful chicken dish!
Wow, I love it and I had no idea of its existence.
I am taking the recipe along, beautiful and well favoured dish ♥
Great recipe, I love colors! Yammy!!
Yummy! This chicken looks so tasty! Love the golden brown color.
oh I love this recipe..
Funny...I just made this last night, what a coincidence!! But mine was not very flavourful, even though I followed the recipe to a T...should I try doubling the marinade?
What did you serve with it? I tried a lemon garlic orzo, and mixed in some olive oil and snipped parsley and it was good. But I had a hard time thinking of the perfect vegetable that wouldn't get lost in the flavours and that would complement well.
P.S. your ingredient list says just 'red wine' but your instrux say 'red wine vinegar'
Thanks for the inspiration, love your website!
I love this recipe and The Silver Palate is my favourite cookbook.
Naomi,
Thank you so much, yes I meant red wine vinegar. Thank you so much!!!!!!
You know what, I never had any problem with the flavor, but I should have mentioned that I only used Cornish hen. Not sure if that really make a different, but if you think about it, cornish hen is more flavorful and much smaller, perhaps that's why.
I serve this with rice pilaf and simple saute green, normally green bean, and baby tomatoes saute in olive oil. That's about it.
Thank you so much again for the correction. I need to mention that I used cornish hen.
Wonderful and colorful chicken :) I didn’t know it here, at least with this name.
All the best,
Gera
I've heard of this dish but have never tasted it before! Oooo so delicious!
This looks so amazing Elra. So rich looking with lots of flavor!
I love this recipe and think it's one of the best, most delicious ways to prepare chicken. I haven't made it in ages. Thanks, Elra, for reminding me how good it is.
I've made this many times and it never fails to satisfy. It's such a great party dish too.
A classic indeed, Chicken Marbella.... and your copper baking dish is simply perfect for it!
Beautiful photo, Elra...
Happy Holidays for you and your whole family!
Mmmm looks fantastic!
great Property in Marbella
I would love to see spanish salad
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