Mediterranean Style Marinated Chicken (Mediterranean Recipes)

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Prep Time: 3+ hours | Cook Time: 30 minutes - 1 hour | Serves: 3
Dinner » Chicken » Mediterranean

Ingredients:

1 large ziploc (or other tough resealable) plastic bag
6 boneless thighs (or breasts if you prefer, thighs are much moister which I prefer)
16-18 Pimentoed green olives
8 Dried figs
4 cloves of garlic
Fresh cilantro
Dried basil (I couldn't find any so I ended up using oregano instead, I think I might actually like it better with oregano than basil)
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil
Brown sugar
Salt
Pepper (preferably fresh ground)
3/4 cup of chicken broth

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Step 1: Now we start the preparation. First, slice and dice the olives into nice little chunks like so:

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Step 2:

Dump 'em into the bag.


Next slice the dried figs in half:

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Step 3:

Add to the bag.


Now, grab a good bit of cilantro and chop it up. You'll need two [COLOR=#2B65B0 ! important]tablespoons
[/COLOR]of the minced cilantro and it loses a lot of volume once you start chopping. The amount in the picture is about 1 1/4 tablespoons.

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Step 4:

Add the 2 tbsp of cilantro to the bag.


Next it's time for the [COLOR=#2B65B0 ! important]garlic[/COLOR]. Grab four cloves (NOT heads), proceed to take the skin off like so:

And for the love of god, don't hit the knife too hard, it only takes one firm strike with the heel of your hand, you don't have to drive the knife through the cutting board and into the counter. Also, if you hold the knife so that it is not parallel to your cutting surface the garlic will have a tendency to shoot out from under and ricochet off random stuff in your kitchen.