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Taking inspiration from a classical French cooking plat du jour called “lapin aux pruneauxand” and one of most legendary dishes to ever to come out of The Silver Palate Cookbook in the 1980’s, this mediterranean chicken dish is a guaranteed crowd pleaser! The chicken is first marinated in olive oil, red wine vinegar, capers, olives, prunes, and oregano, and then baked with an addition of brown sugar and white wine. Sound delicious? It is! This is a fabulous dinner party dish with aromatic mix of sweet, salty and tangy flavors. Chicken never tasted better!<\/p>\n

Chicken Marbella – the perfect dish for entertaining<\/h2>\n

The fantastic part is…this simple and tasty recipe is best prepared at least a day ahead, making it a great choice for your next dinner party. The overnight marination is essential to the chicken\u2019s moistness and actually improves over 48 hours of refrigeration.<\/p>\n

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Prunes are signature to this dish, as are olives and capers. I use tiny nonpareil capers (in brine) which are delicate in flavor and texture. Translated from French, \u201cnon-pareil\u201d means \u201chas no equal.\u201d I love them. With their briny punch, they introduce a delicious complexity to anything you are cooking.<\/p>\n

Capers<\/a> are preserved a number of ways — either in salt, wine vinegar, brine or olive oil. Most capers we see in Germany are packed in a vinegar or salt brine. I always buy those in salt as I find that the vinegar packed ones taste much too acidic. Plus, it is generally considered that the smaller the caper, the better the taste. With larger capers, you need to be more discriminating as they are more intense in flavor and may overwhelm the very dish they are meant to complement.<\/p>\n

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Mediterranean Chicken Marbella<\/h2>
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