Chicken Marbella Derivative Recipes

CHICKEN MARBELLA

Steps:

• Arrange the chicken in a large baking dish and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Combine the olive oil, vinegar, dates, olives, capers with their brine, parsley, oregano, garlic and bay leaves in a large bowl. Pour the mixture evenly over the chicken. Flip and rotate the chicken to coat it completely. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• When you are ready to cook the chicken, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Let the chicken sit at room temperature while the oven preheats.
• Arrange the chicken pieces so that they are all skin-side up. Spoon the marinade from the bottom of the dish over the chicken. Sprinkle the chicken with the brown sugar. Pour the wine around the chicken. Bake, basting every 10 to 15 minutes with the pan juices, until the chicken is brown on top, the juices run clear when pierced and the internal temperature is 165 degrees F, 50 to 60 minutes. Baste the chicken with its juices, then transfer it to a large platter. Spoon the olives, capers and dates over the chicken with a slotted spoon, only including a little of the sauce. Serve the remaining sauce on the side, if desired.

CHICKEN MARBELLA, UPDATED

Steps:

• Combine the olive oil, vinegar, prunes, olives, capers, bay leaves, garlic, oregano, 2 tablespoons salt, and 2 teaspoons pepper in a large bowl. Add the chicken to the marinade. (You can also place the chicken and marinade in a 2-gallon plastic storage bag and squeeze out the air to make sure the chicken is fully covered with the marinade.) Refrigerate overnight, turning occasionally to be sure the marinade is getting into all of the chicken pieces.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the chicken, skin side up, along with the marinade in one layer in a large (15-by-18-inch) roasting pan, sprinkle with the brown sugar, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper, and pour the wine around (not over!) the chicken. Roast for 45 to 55 minutes, until the internal temperature of the chicken is 145 degrees F. Remove the pan from the oven, cover tightly with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes. Discard the bay leaves. Transfer the chicken, prunes, and olives to a serving platter, sprinkle with salt, and serve hot with the pan juices.

EASY CHICKEN MARBELLA

Steps:

• Combine chicken, wine, prunes, olive oil, vinegar, capers and liquid, brown sugar, oregano, parsley, olives, garlic, bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Transfer into 2 resealable bags and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours, the longer the better.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Pour chicken and marinade into a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink inside and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.

CHICKEN MARBELLA DERIVATIVE

Steps:

• Seperate the garlic into cloves, then peel and coarsely chop.
• Place garlic into the food processor (do not process yet!).
• Coarsely chop the prunes.
• Add half of them to the food processor, and set the remaining chopped prunes aside.
• Add vinegar and 1 cup of the wine to the food processor.
• Whirl everything around until the mixture is almost (but not quite) a puree.
• Add remaining prunes, remaining wine, oregano, capers, and half of the brown sugar to the mixture.
• Pulse food processor for a few seconds, just enough to thoroughly mix the ingredients.
• Poke holes in chicken.
• Place chicken and bay leaves in a plastic bag, and pour wine mixture over chicken.
• Marinate 12-48 hours.
• When it's time to make dinner: Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray non-stick spray on a shallow baking pan.
• Arrange chicken onto pan.
• Remove bay leaves from marinade mixture& discard them.
• Pour marinade over chicken.
• Sprinkle remaining brown sugar over the chicken.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350* for 45-60 minutes, or until chicken is fully cooked.
• Serve over noodles or rice, and enjoy!