Musakhan

Name: Musakhan
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Palestinian & Jordanian
Ingredients: 1.5 kg chicken (jointed or whole); 1.5 kg onions; 200 ml extra-virgin olive oil; 4 taboon or markook bread; 6 tbsp sumac; allspice, cardamom; 80 g pine nuts

Palestine's national dish: taboon bread saturated with olive oil and a mountain of sumac-stewed onions, topped with roasted chicken and toasted pine nuts — sour, rich, and unmistakably of the olive groves.

1 hr 45 min · Serves 6 · Medium

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Base

1.5 kgchicken (jointed or whole), zabiha
1.5 kgonions, sliced — the quantity is not a typo
200 mlextra-virgin olive oil, generous
4 taboon or markook bread

Spice

6 tbspsumac, used lavishly, not as a garnish
allspice, cardamom

Garnish

80 gpine nuts, toasted

Method

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Time: Prep 30 min · Cook 75 min · 105 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Cook the sliced onions slowly in plenty of olive oil until completely soft, then add sumac generously and cook down further.
40 min
2
Roast the chicken with allspice and olive oil until golden and cooked through.
45 min
3
Lay taboon bread in a tray, saturate with the sumac-onion-oil mixture, top with chicken, return briefly to the oven, and finish with toasted pine nuts.
20 min