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Musakhan

Name: Musakhan
Total time: 1h 30m
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Palestine
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, jointed; 4 large onions, sliced thin; 3 tbsp ground sumac (plus extra); 1/2 cup good olive oil; 1 tsp allspice, 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted; 4 large taboon or naan flatbreads; Salt, pepper, lemon

Palestine's beloved sumac chicken roasted with caramelized onions and pine nuts on olive-oil-soaked taboon bread.

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1h 30m 4 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, jointed
• 4 large onions, sliced thin
• 3 tbsp ground sumac (plus extra)
• 1/2 cup good olive oil
• 1 tsp allspice, 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 4 large taboon or naan flatbreads
• Salt, pepper, lemon

Method

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Marinate chicken in olive oil, sumac, allspice, salt and pepper for 30 minutes.

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1
Marinate chicken in olive oil, sumac, allspice, salt and pepper for 30 minutes.
2
Slowly cook onions in olive oil 25 minutes until deeply soft, stir in 2 tbsp sumac.
3
Roast chicken on a tray at 200°C / 400°F for 35-40 minutes until golden.
4
Warm flatbreads, spread thickly with the sumac onions, top with chicken and a spoon of pan juices.
5
Shower with pine nuts and a final dusting of sumac. Serve with lemon.