Chicken Marbella Ottolenghi-style

Name: Chicken Marbella Ottolenghi-style
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Middle Eastern, Israeli
Ingredients: 6 chicken thighs, breasts or drumsticks (skin on and bone-in, scored a few times); 4 garlic cloves (crushed); 3/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves (chopped plus more for serving); 3 tbsp red wine vinegar; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 cup pitted green olives; 5 tbsp capers (plus 2 tbsp of their brine); 1 cup Natural Delights Medjool dates (pitted and quartered lengthwise (equal to 7 individual dates or 120g)); 2 bay leaves; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp 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

Prep:10minCook:50min

Can be marinated for up to 2 days, or cooked straightaway. If cooking straightaway, rub chicken with 1 tsp 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.

Updated at: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:51:51 GMT