Sumac Chicken Casserole

Name: Sumac Chicken Casserole
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 lemon, for squeezing; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 bay leaf; 1 onion, quartered 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 potatoes, roughly chopped; ½ tsp ground allspice; 2 tbsp sumac; Undressed Herb Salad or White Cabbage Salad, to serve; 1 garlic bulb, crown sliced off and bulb halved; 4 chicken legs; 1 fennel bulb, quartered

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

The Jewelled Kitchen

By Bethany Kehdy

Published 2013

About

This is my brother Eli’s take on a popular dish called djej bel furn (chicken in the oven). It exudes simplicity and home comfort and requires only a little bit of preparation before everything goes in the oven.

Ingredients

4 chicken legs
1 fennel bulb, quartered
2 potatoes, roughly chopped

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Put the chicken legs in a large roasting pan with the fennel, potatoes, garlic and onion. Drizzle over the oil and season with the sumac, allspice, salt and pepper. Add the bay leaf and toss well.