How to Make Palestinian Musakhan

Ingredients

• Chicken — quantity as desired
• 4 onions
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Salt
• Ground cumin
• Sumac
• 1 tsp chicken seasoning
• Taboon bread or saj bread, whichever is available
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Method

1. We begin by cleaning the chicken well and rubbing it with lemon, then place it in a pot of water and simmer it with aromatics.
2. While the chicken is simmering, chop the onion either finely or coarsely according to preference.
3. Fry the chopped onion in olive oil. It is best to use only olive oil and not any other type of oil for this recipe.
4. When the onion softens and cooks, sprinkle on some salt, a pinch of cumin, and coarse baladi sumac.
5. The more sumac and cumin you add, the stronger and more tangy the flavor will be.
6. When the chicken is cooked, remove it from the broth.
7. Sprinkle the cooked chicken with a pinch of chicken seasoning and more sumac.
8. Prepare taboon bread and dip it in the chicken cooking broth; place it on a baking tray and top it with a layer of fried onion, a sprinkle of sumac, and a drizzle of olive oil.
9. Assemble the dish in layers according to the number of servings.
10. Finally place the chicken on top of the onions and bread, add an extra drizzle of olive oil, and put the tray in the oven until the chicken browns.