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Musakhan – Chicken on Bread with Onion and Sumac
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Musakhan – Chicken on Bread with Onion and Sumac

Chicken roasted on pitas that soak up the meat juices, covered with sweet onion and tangy sumac. A Palestinian dish eaten with your hands.

⏱ 1 hr 20 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Heat part of the olive oil in a large pot.
    StoveLarge pot
  3. 3
    Add the onion to the hot oil and fry for 15 minutes, stirring, until the onion is soft and browned.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  4. 4
    Add the sumac to the onion and stir.
    Stove
  5. 5
    Season the chicken with the cumin, paprika, salt and black pepper.
  6. 6
    Lay the pitas in a baking pan, and scatter half the onion over them.
    Baking pan
  7. 7
    Lay the chicken on top, drizzle it with the rest of the olive oil and cover with the rest of the onion.
  8. 8
    Bake 45 minutes, until the chicken is done.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  9. 9
    Scatter the pine nuts on top and serve.
938calories
52 gprotein
61 gcarbs
54 gfat
● protein 22%● carbs 26%● fat 52%

Per serving (429 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)

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