Description

The marinade for this chicken makes this dish very tasty. The combination of spices, vinegar, prunes, green olives, capers, wine and brown sugar leaves it juicy, tender and so flavorful! Serve it with potatoes, rice or pasta with the gravy.

Ingredients

• 5 lb. chicken, quartered, bone-in, skin-on
• cloves from 1/2 head of garlic, peeled and finely pureed
• 2 T. dried oregano
• coarse salt, to taste
• freshly ground pepper to taste
• 1/4 c. chicken broth
• 1/4 c. olive oil
• 1/2 c. pitted prunes
• 8 large pitted Spanish green olives, halved or Kalamata olives
• 1/4 c. capers, rinsed
• 3 bay leaves
• 1/4 c. brown sugar
• 1/2 c. white wine
• 2 T. fresh Italian parsley, finely chopped

Steps

1. In a large bowl, combine garlic, oregano, salt and pepper, broth, olive oil, prunes, olives, capers, and bay leaves. Add chicken pieces and coat completely with the marinade. Cover and let marinate, refrigerated, several hours or overnight.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Arrange chicken in a single layer in a shallow baking pan or pans, and spoon marinade over it evenly. Sprinkle brown sugar over the chicken pieces and pour white wine around them.