Hampstead Garden Suburb chicken

This is a variant on a dish that is actually called Chicken Marbella, made famous by a 1970s NewYork food shop called The Silver Palate. I renamed it because there was a time, when I lived in North London in Hampstead Garden Suburb, that you could not go to a dinner party without it being served. 30ml olive oil

60ml white wine

1 tbsp coriander seeds, crushed in a pestle and mortar

6 garlic cloves, crushed

2 bay leaves

1 tbsp dried oregano

1 cinnamon stick, broken into 3 pieces

60g soft light brown sugar A small handful each of chopped flat-leaf parsley and coriander

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