Palestinian chicken : Al mahloos
An ancient Palestinian chicken recipe that is so rich with olive oil and other warm spices. A great easy and low carb chicken recipe for dinners and meal prep.
Servings: 8 pieces
Calories: 532kcal
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken cut into 8 pieces.
- 1 ¼ cups olive oil
- 4 large yellow onion
- ½ Tablespoon salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 Tablespoons sumac
- 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- ½ Tablespoon 7-spic mix
Instructions
- In a small food processor, finely process all the onion.
- In a large bowl, add all the spices along with the chopped onions and mix well.
- Place chicken pieces in a baking dish then pour the onion mixture over.
- Rub chicken well with onion mixture, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a couple of hours or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Remove the plastic wrap and cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil
- Bake in the oven for about an hour or until chicken is done.
- Uncover dish and broil the chicken to get the skin crisper.
Notes
- You can use any bone-in chicken pieces you like.
- You will end up with a delicious rich chicken swimming in olive oil, do not throw the oil away, it will be so flavorful with onions too. Dip some crusty bread in this oil mixture or scoop it over rice.
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Nutrition
Calories: 532kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 49g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 31g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 506mg | Potassium: 270mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 136IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg