Middle Eastern · Dinner
Sumac Roasted Chicken with Caramelized Onions
Chicken Msakhan Roasted One Pan
Palestinian sumac-and-onion roasted chicken on flatbread with deeply caramelised onions, pine nuts, and olive oil, baked golden in one pan with crackling skin.
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15 minsPrep
45 minsCook
60 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
725Calories
42gProtein
38gFat
58gCarbs
8gSugar
4gFiber
680mgSodium
115mgChol
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Instructions
1
Prep
Mix 2 tsp sumac, 0.5 tsp allspice, 0.25 tsp cinnamon, 0.25 tsp Aleppo pepper, 0.5 tsp salt, and 2 tbsp olive oil into a paste. Rub under chicken skin and all surfaces of both portions; rest 5 minutes. Halve and thinly slice 600g onions. Toast 30g pine nuts in a dry pan over medium 90 seconds to 2 minutes until pale gold; set aside.
2
Saute
Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a 28cm oven-safe pan over medium-high 1 minute. Add sliced onions with 1 tsp salt; cook 14 to 16 minutes stirring every 3 minutes until soft and amber. Stir in 2 tsp sumac, 0.5 tsp allspice, 0.25 tsp cinnamon; cook 60 seconds until deep mahogany and fragrant.
3
Build
Preheat oven to 200C. Brush both flatbreads with 2 tsp olive oil. Push onions to pan centre, lay oiled flatbreads over onions, place chicken skin-side up on bread.
4
Roast
Transfer pan to oven; roast 40 to 45 minutes until chicken skin is deeply burnished and crackling, juices run clear when pierced, and bread underneath crisps from chicken fat and onion oil.
5
Rest and plate
Remove pan from oven; rest 5 minutes. Cut each chicken portion in half on the bone. Scatter toasted pine nuts and chopped parsley across top, dust with finishing sumac, serve with lemon wedges.
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Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 640g (22.6 oz) chicken thighs, bone-in and skin-on
- 4 tsp sumac
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp Aleppo pepper
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 600g (21.2 oz) yellow onions
- 110ml (1/2 cup - 2 tbsp) extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 flatbreads
- 30g (1 oz) pine nuts
- 10g (small handful) flat-leaf parsley
- 2 lemon wedges