Musakhan Sumac Chicken

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 bone-in chicken quarters

  or skin-on chicken breasts or 6-8 thighs
• 3 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp peppercorns
• 3 bay leaves
• 5 cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 Tbsp salt
• 17 cups water
• 2 Tbsp sumac
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 lb red onions

  8-10 medium-sized, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup sumac
• 1/2 Tbsp salt
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 2-4 flatbread

  like taboon bread or naan bread
• fresh parsley

  chopped (for garnish)

Instructions

• 1 Cook the chicken using your preferred method:
  
  Baked chicken: Rub the chicken thighs with sumac and olive oil. Marinate in the
  fridge for 20-3 minutes (or overnight). Bake in a preheated oven at 400ºF/200ºC
  for about one hour until cooked through.
  
  Check for doneness: internal temperature should be 165ºF/75ºC, or the juices
  should run clear, and the meat should not be pink.
  
  Poached and broiled chicken: Heat the olive oil in a pan and sear the chicken
  thighs on all sides. Add the peppercorns, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon,
  salt, and water. Boil over medium-high heat and poach for 25 to 30 minutes until
  fully cooked.
  
  Check for doneness: internal temperature should be 165ºF/75ºC, or the juices
  should run clear, and the meat should not be pink.
  
  Place the poached chicken quarters on a baking tray. Brush with sumac and olive
  oil. Broil for 4 to 5 minutes until golden in color.
• 2 Peel and finely slice the onions.
  
  Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced onions and
  cook for about 10 minutes.
• 3 Add the sumac and salt to the onions. Cook for another 15-20 minutes until the
  onions caramelize. Remove from the heat.
• 4 In a small dry pan, toast the pine nuts until golden brown.
• 5 Place one flatbread on a serving plate. Spread some of the caramelized onions on
  it. Add another flatbread and more of the onions, making two to four layers.
• 6 Arrange the cooked chicken over the flatbread and top with pinenuts and chopped
  parsley.
  
  Enjoy the Musakhan hot!

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