Musakhan (Sumac Chicken with Onions on Flatbread)
By Joe
Source: Bon Appétit — Rawia Bishara, Musakhan (Sumac Chicken With Onions and Flatbread).
A musakhan (sumac chicken with onions and flatbread) recipe for 4 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
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Bake. Heat oven to 350°. Mix allspice, cardamom, cumin, and Sumac in a (2 Tbsp) little bowl to mix. Season chicken all over using salt in a big bowl. Rub using half of spice blend, pressing plus working it in the meat. Heat ¼ cup oil in a big ovenproof skillet over medium-high. Cook chicken, turning now and then, till a deep gold on both sides plus some fat is released, 3–5 minutes per side. Move chicken to a big plate, leaving fat in skillet. Return skillet in order to medium-high heat. Heat onions, scraping any browned bits on bottom of skillet plus adding one splash of water if pan gets dry, till softened and golden brown, 18–25 minutes. Scatter with leftover spice mix and carry on cooking, mixing often, till fragrant, around 30 seconds. Add ¼ cup water, add salt till it tastes right, and bring to a gentle simmer. Nestle chicken back in skillet, skin side up, plus move to oven. Bake, uncovered, till liquid is mostly evaporated plus chicken is cooked through, 30–35 minutes. Leave till it is cold 10 minutes in skillet. Toast pine nuts in leftover 1 Tbsp while chicken is cooking. Oil in a little skillet over a mid-sized flame, mixing often, till a deep gold and fragrant, around 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add salt till it tastes right. Arrange warmed bread on a platter and top using chicken and onions. Strew pine nuts over and scatter using extra sumac. Squeeze juice off one lemon half over chicken. Cut leftover lemon half into wedges to serve alongside.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
Why this label?
17.2 g protein for 344 kcal = 5 g per 100 kcal, so protein gives about 20% of the energy. High protein needs at least 20% (5 g per 100 kcal), the condition in the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
0 g per serving
0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- baking tin or tray
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 344 kcal |
| Protein | 17.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 13.5 g |
| of which sugars | 4.3 g |
| of which free sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 25.6 g |
| of which saturates | 4.2 g |
| Fibre | 4.4 g |
| Salt | 0.39 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
5 g meets High protein (≥ 5 g per 100 kcal = 20% of energy, and ≥ 10 g per serving)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
