Chicken Marbella from The Silver Palate Cookbook (page 86) by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

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    Requires marinating overnight.

  • debbie_ak4g65 on April 21, 2026

    This is a family favorite. We add more prunes and dried apricots.

  • rosasharne on March 23, 2026

    no garlic

  • shapije1 on March 08, 2026

    Very tasty, with crispy chicken skin and flavors that go together nicely. Didn’t have 4 whole chickens on hand (!!), so we reduced down the recipe—keeping the same ratios—and prepared it using a pack of chicken thighs. Would consider making again with other dried fruits.

  • carolyn_rj60q1 on February 13, 2026

    Use combo of thighs and breasts

  • kbrooks on February 07, 2025

    Wow! This is a go to for me when we have company. Need to marinate overnight. Rather than cut up chickens, I use all bone in skin on thighs.

  • Amyateit on November 20, 2021

    I make this often enough that I like to play around with it. Sometimes adding dried apricot, golden raisins and/or roasted red peppers.

  • themadladybug on July 11, 2020

    We love this recipe. I make it for special dinners with guests. I agree with the others only using enough sugar to sprinkle on the chicken. I am always amazed how people come back and dig around for all the prunes. Delicious. But I have noticed that people who do not like meat cooked with fruit do not like this recipe.

  • damazinah on June 28, 2016

    I wasn't crazy about this. It was really just another marinated chicken recipe.

  • lorloff on May 02, 2016

    Excellent dish used a combination of prunes and apricots. Doubled the garlic and used about 1.5 X the olives. A real winner delicious. used only chicken thighs bone in with skin

  • jenn on December 23, 2012

    As others have written, this is a great go-to recipe, but it is much better with only a small amount of brown sugar sprinkled over the top before baking.

  • ellabee on December 22, 2012

    This is excellent made with skin-on thighs. Original recipe is several times too sweet; restrict sugar to amt needed to dust the skins sitting above the braising liquid (so that they glaze and crisp; if necessary, run them under broiler to do so).

  • KarenS on September 18, 2011

    Love this recipe! The play of sweet, sour, salty, savory flavors is marvelous. Plus it's a great make ahead dish for a crowd -- marinate it the night before, dump on a baking sheet and stick in the oven. I use a generous variety of dried fruits, especially apricots, not just prunes, and I quarter them so they scatter more nicely. I use skinless, bone-in chicken thighs rather than a whole chicken. I'm pretty generous with the capers and olives. And I never put the brown sugar on (which isn't even on the EYB list) -- I accidentally left it off the first time, and thought the dish was plenty sweet without it.

  • Laura on November 05, 2010

    I know this is a really popular dish, howver, I have to say, I'm just not crazy about it.

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