Monday, October 8, 2012

Chicken Musakhan


Ingredients:
2 chickens cut into quarters
Lemon juice
Salt as desired
1 tsp. allspice
3 1/2 c. finely chopped onions
1 tsp. sumac
1/2 tsp. cumin
Black pepper
Arabic bread
Fried pine nuts
Directions:
Rub chicken with lemon juice and salt and set aside for 10 minutes, then rub the rest of the spices too. Put chicken in baking pan, cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
Cook onions in oil until softened. Add allspice, sumac, cumin, salt and pepper. Cut arabic bread in two, making two flat rounds. Dip each half in the onion mixture covering the bread with oil. Put the coated bread in a baking pan and spread some of the onion mixture on top. Sprinkle some pine nuts on top.
Repeat with the pieces of bread. Remove the chicken from the oven. Put each chicken half, skin side down, on top of bread. Fill each chicken half with onions mixture. Sprinkle with fried pine nuts. Return to 400 degree oven until nicely browned. Serve hot with plain yogurt. Serves 4-6 people
You can serve it with plain yogurt on the side.

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