afoona
Chicken

Musakhan – Gluten-free version

A traditional Palestinian chicken dish with caramelized onion and sumac on gluten-free bread Gluten-free version: Gluten-free bread.

⏱ 1 hr 5 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Cut the onion into thin rings.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    Heat the olive oil in a large pot.
    StoveLarge pot
  4. 4
    Add the onion to the hot oil and fry 5–8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
    ⚙ 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.
  5. 5
    Add the sumac, cinnamon, salt and black pepper to the onion and stir.
    Stove
  6. 6
    Lay the gluten-free bread in a baking pan, and spread a generous layer of the onion on each gluten-free bread.
    Baking pan
  7. 7
    Lay the chicken on top.
  8. 8
    Bake about 45 minutes, until the chicken is golden.
    ⚙ 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.
727calories
43 gprotein
57 gcarbs
36 gfat
● protein 24%● carbs 32%● fat 45%

Per serving (380 g), of 4 servings

To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 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)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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