Chicken with Onions and Sumac

Musakhan comes from the Tulkarm and Jenin areas north of Bethlehem. As a speciality, it certainly competes with mansaf and kidreh as the representative Palestinian dish. The secret of its success lies in the bread, which should be neither too thick nor too thin. The tabun is the famous clay oven that used to be the centrepiece of every garden or backyard hakura (kitchen garden). When this bread is not available, you can use kmaj bread, which is thick enough to carry the stuffing.

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