Chicken with Sumac and Onions

Name: Chicken with Sumac and Onions
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 or taboon bread; 1 handful fresh parsley

Palestinian musakhan chicken, braised with deeply caramelised onions, sumac and pine nuts, served 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 or taboon bread

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.

Spread half the caramelised onions over breads.

Lay chicken pieces over onions.

Top with remaining onions and pine nuts, scatter with parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

1046

Protein

85.4g

Fat

70.3g

Carbs

17.9g

Fiber

5.1g

Sodium

264mg

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