Chicken Musakhan

Name: Chicken Musakhan
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1.2kg chicken pieces, bone in; 4 large onions, thinly sliced; 3 tbsp sumac; 1 tsp ground allspice; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 80g pine nuts, toasted; 100ml olive oil; 4 large flatbreads; 1 handful fresh parsley

A Palestinian roasted chicken dish, seasoned with sumac and piled with caramelised onions and pine nuts on flatbread.

Total time

65 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mediterranean

Ingredients

1.2kgchicken pieces, bone in

4large onions, thinly sliced

3 tbspsumac

1 tspground allspice

1 tspground cinnamon

80gpine nuts, toasted

100mlolive oil

4large flatbreads

1 handfulfresh parsley

Instructions

Slowly cook onions in olive oil 40 minutes until very soft and caramelised.

Add sumac, allspice and cinnamon to onions, cook 5 more minutes.

Rub chicken with olive oil, sumac and salt.

Roast chicken at 200C for 35 minutes until cooked through.

Spread flatbreads on a large tray, top with half the caramelised onions.

Lay chicken over onions.

Top with remaining onions and pine nuts.

Scatter with parsley and serve immediately.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1278

Protein

92.6g

Fat

75.1g

Carbs

57.9g

Fiber

7.1g

Sodium

648mg

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