[Homemade] Musakhan – The National Dish of Palestine. Roasted chicken, sumac onions, and pine nuts.

Continuing my mission to cook every national dish in alphabetical order! This is **#153/206: Musakhan from Palestine.** 🇵🇸

The combination of the tangy sumac and the jammy caramelized onions is incredible.

Musakhan from Palestine

Ingredients

For the chicken

– 4 chicken leg quarters

– 2 Tbsp Olive oil

– ½ tsp salt

– 1 tsp allspice

– ½ tsp cinnamon

– 1 Tbsp sumac

– the juice of ½ a lemon

For the onions

– ½ cup olive oil

– 3 red onions chopped

– ½ tsp salt

– ¼ tsp pepper

– 1 Tbsp sumac

For the rest

– ¼ cup slivered almonds

– ¼ cup pine nuts

– sumac

– 4 flat breads

 

– place the chicken leg quarters on an oven safe container and add 2 Tbsp olive oil, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp allspice, ½ tsp cinnamon, 1 Tbsp Sumac and the juice of ½ a lemon. Rub it all over the chicken until is well coated.

– bake at 350 F for 55 minutes.

– meanwhile for the onions, in a pan heat ½ a cup of olive oil over medium heat. Add 3 chopped red onions and cook for 15 mins mixing often

– to the onions add ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper, 1 Tbsp of sumac and mix. Cook for 5 more minutes and set aside.

– in a pan over medium heat toast ¼ cup of slivered onions and ¼ cup pine nuts for 5 mins moving often. Set aside.

– for serving add 1 flat bread to a plate, sprinkle some sumac, lay a bed of onions, add a piece of chicken and sprinkle some toasted nuts.

– Enjoy.

If you want to see the process, I have a link to the video series in my profile!

Recipe and description is 🔥. Photo is rough.

I have tried them in sandwich form. Easily top tier.

Pine nuts are so expensive by me. Whole Foods wanted $15 for a small package…

Needs a splash of colour but I bet itastes divine

I would tear into this like a caveman

Looks amazing