It is made by baking a mixture of chicken legs and thighs, then sprinkling the meat with olive oil, sumac, cumin, spices and salt. Then the crispy chicken is topped with sumac-spiced red onions for color and flavor! Sumac is a typical spice in the Middle East and has a tangy spice flavor. It is almost too hard to describe due to its uniqueness!
The Levantine dish of musakhan is most definitely related to the culture and environment, here. Musakhan is popular amongst Israeli Arabs, Jordanian, and Palestinians. In Israel where I'm living, this dish is eaten by Israeli Arabs and by the Druze peoples in the Galilee; musakhan can also be found in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
