Palestinian Musakhan Wrap
Palestine's national dish — musakhan — in portable wrap form. Musakhan is slow-roasted chicken legs cooked with mountains of caramelised onions, sumac (the tangy dark red spice) and olive oil, traditionally served over taboon bread. Here wrapped in a flatbread with the chicken, caramelised sumac onions, toasted pine nuts and tahini.
- Total
- 50 min
- Serves
- 4
- Level
- Medium
Prep 20 min · Cook 30 min
Ingredients
Method
Rub chicken with 1 tbsp sumac, allspice, cinnamon, salt and olive oil. Roast at 200°C/400°F for 35–40 minutes until golden and cooked through.
About 5 min
Caramelise onions: cook sliced onions in olive oil over medium heat for 30 minutes until deeply golden and soft. Stir in 2 tbsp sumac; cook 2 more minutes.
About 14 min
Shred the roasted chicken; mix with the chicken's roasting juices.
About 14 min
Toast pine nuts in butter until golden.
About 14 min
Spread tahini on each flatbread. Pile on the sumac-caramelised onions, then the chicken. Scatter toasted pine nuts and parsley. Roll into a wrap. The combination of tart sumac, sweet onions and rich chicken is Palestine's most iconic flavour.
About 3 min
Nutrition per serving (estimate)
- Calories
- 540
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 44 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fibre
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 12 g
- Sodium
- 760 mg
Contains: gluten, nuts, sesame
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Recipe by Boon Tools.