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Chicken with Sumac and Onions

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Chicken with Sumac and Onions

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

1

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

2

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

3

Rub chicken with olive oil, sumac and salt.

4

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

5

Spread flatbreads on a large tray.

6

Spread half the caramelised onions over breads.

7

Lay chicken pieces over onions.

8

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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