Chicken Marbella Marvelous
This photo doesn’t do justice to just how stained and disgusting this page from my Silver Palate cookbook really is.
It’s pretty bad. Guess I should get one of those Plexiglas cookbook holders so the pages don’t get so splattered. Oh wait. I already own a cookbook holder. Do I use it? Uh, no.
The point in showing you this isn’t to make myself look like a slob, but to assure you this is such a great recipe since I’ve turned to it so many times over the last 25 years or so. I’ve made it for weddings, baby showers and potlucks. I’ve made it with wings for appetizers, and breasts for entrees.
This recipe feels 10 or more people.
It’s one of those recipes people always love so much that they’ll request the recipe. Without fail, everyone express surprise when I start reciting the ingredients, things like prunes, capers, Spanish olives, 1/4 cup oregano. Some turn their noses up at it. Trust me, I tell them. Try it. You’ll like it. Works every time.
OK, you try.
Here’s an adaptation of the Chicken Marbella from one of my Silver Palate cookbooks.
Doni Greenberg is an award-winning newspaper opinion columnist and food writer. Her writing excellence has been recognized by the Associated Press, the California Newspaper Publishers Association and E.W. Scripps. In 2007 Doni received the Woman of Achievement Community Award from the American Association of University Women. She's now an independent online journalist. Her life philosophy is "I think it's gonna be good!" Her website is www.anewscafe.com
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Thank you for a recipe that will be great for family dinners and can be prepared in advance, ready for the oven 1+ hrs. Prunes and all! Love new recipes. It seems to me from the ingredients this rec ipe can be cut in half for a smaller crowd. Probably some of you seasoned cooks can even think of some other ingredient to add..maybe cranberries for color.
Norma Lee