Musakhan

Name: Musakhan
Ingredients: 1 chicken (about 1.7kg), divided into 4 pieces or 1kg chicken supremes (between 4 and 6, depending on size), skin on, if you prefer; 120ml olive oil, plus 2–3 tbsp extra, to finish; 1 tbsp ground cumin; 3 tbsp sumac; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground allspice; 30g pine nuts; 3 large red onions, thinly sliced 2–3mm thick; 4 taboon breads (see headnote), or any flatbread (such as Arabic flatbread or naan bread) (330g); 5g parsley leaves, roughly chopped; Salt; black pepper

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Musakhan is the hugely popular national dish of Palestine made with lashings of olive oil.

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Ingredients

1 chicken (about 1.7kg), divided into 4 pieces or 1kg chicken supremes (between 4 and 6, depending on size), skin on, if you prefer
120ml olive oil, plus 2–3 tbsp extra, to finish
1 tbsp ground cumin
3 tbsp sumac
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground allspice
30g pine nuts
3 large red onions, thinly sliced 2–3mm thick
4 taboon breads (see headnote), or any flatbread (such as Arabic flatbread or naan bread) (330g)
5g parsley leaves, roughly chopped
Salt
black pepper