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Chicken Marbella Ottolenghi-style
Can be marinated for up to 2 days, or cooked straightaway. If cooking straightaway, rub chicken with 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper instead of placing those in the marinade. Adapted from Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins’s The Silver Palate, and Yotam Ottolenghi's Simple.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 509 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern , Israeli
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs, breasts or drumsticks skin on and bone-in, scored a few times
- 4 garlic cloves crushed
- ¾ cup fresh cilantro leaves chopped plus more for serving
- 3 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup pitted green olives
- 5 tablespoon capers plus 2 tablespoon of their brine
- 1 cup Natural Delights Medjool Dates pitted and quartered lengthwise (equal to 7 individual dates or 120g)
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup dry red wine (120ml)
- 2 large sweet potatoes or 4 small cut into wedges
- 2 TBs date molasses can be replaced with pomegranate molasses, regular molasses or maple syrup
Instructions
- Prepare a large baking pan or baking sheet by covering it with parchment paper.
- If you have time to marinate the chicken, place chicken pieces in a large bowl and add the garlic, cilantro, vinegar, oil, olives, capers, Medjool dates, bay leaves, 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon black pepper. If you are cooking the chicken straightaway, then rub the chicken with the salt and pepper prior to placing it in the marinade of garlic, cilantro, vinegar, oil, olives, capers, dates and bay leaves. Stir everything to combine, cover the bowl and let the chicken marinate for at least 2 hours, and up to two days.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Spread out the sweet potatoes along the sides of the baking sheet. Arrange chicken thighs, along with all the marinade ingredients, letting it overlap with the sweet potatoes. Whisk together the wine and molasses and pour over the meat. Drizzle sweet potatoes with 3-4 TBs of olive oil and sprinkle generously with 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper.
- Place Ottolenghi Chicken Marbella with dates in the oven and cook for 50 minutes, basting two or three times, until the meat is golden brown on top and cooked through.
- Remove tray from the oven, transfer chicken, sweet potatoes and everything else to a large platter, sprinkle with some fresh cilantro, and serve.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
509kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
36g
(12%)
Protein
50g
(100%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
145mg
(48%)
Sodium
1616mg
(67%)
Potassium
1299mg
(37%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
20g
(40%)
Vitamin A
11028IU
(221%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
72mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 509
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 509kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 36g | 12% |
| Protein | 50g | 100% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 145mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 1616mg | 67% |
| Potassium | 1299mg | 28% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 11028IU | 221% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 72mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.