Recipe | Chicken
Quick Musakhkhan

Musakhkhan is a slow cooked Palestinian dish featuring Sumac and onions. This is a quick version of Musakhkhan. It doesn't result in the tender chicken of the original, but it is tasty.

1/3 cup olive oil
2 big onions, sliced

  • Fry the onion in a wok until golden

2 cloves garlic, chopped

  • Add

500 grams chicken breast, cut into cubes of 2-3 cm
1/2 teaspoon cumin
bit chilli (e.g. harissa)
salt and pepper
[Optional] 1/2 - 1 teaspoon Baharat *

  • Fry on high until the chicken changes colour

50 grams pine nuts

  • Add
  • Fry until the pine nuts are golden.

2 fresh tomatoes, cut into eigths

  • Add
  • Cook 1 minute.
  • Put into serving dish

1 teaspoon Sumac

  • Sprinkle on top

Fresh parsley or coriander

  • Garnish

* Baharat is an Arab spice mix. It comes in different combinations depending on the country. If you don't have Baharat then try a combination of any of these:

Mostly

fresh ground black pepper
paprika
ground cumin
ground coriander
ground cloves

and a bit of

nutmeg
ground cinnamon
ground cardamom