"Chicken Marbella is roasted chicken with a fantastic sweet and sour Mediterranean-inspired flavor! Adapted from classic The Silver Palate Cookbook...."
INGREDIENTS
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1 whole chicken, 2½ to 3 ½ 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
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1 ½ tablespoons garlic that has been passed through a garlic press (or finely minced)
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1 ½ tablespoons dry oregano
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½ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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¼ cup red wine vinegar
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¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
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1 cup pitted prunes, left whole
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½ cup green Spanish olives, pitted and left whole (stuffed or not doesn’t matter)
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¼ cup capers with a little liquid
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4 bay leaves
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½ cup brown sugar
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½ cup white wine
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3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or cilantro