Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas is a flavorful and aromatic dish that combines tender pieces of chicken seasoned with sumac, a tangy and slightly citrusy spice, along with a medley of carrots and chickpeas. The sumac adds a unique and zesty flavor profile to the chicken, enhancing its taste and adding a vibrant color to the dish. It’s the perfect fall or Sukkot dish, with warm welcoming flavors. I can’t stop making this chicken…everyone is crazy about it!!!
Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas
I was searching for new and exciting chicken recipes using the awesome sumac I got from Pereg before Rosh Hashanah. I found Sumac Roast Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas on the Washington Post website and it looked SO good I knew I had to make it. I did make some minor modifications to it resulting in my version of Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas.
This is the Washington Post Sumac Roast Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas.
Making Sumac Chicken with Carrrots and Chickpeas
This chicken is insanely flavorful! It’s got a little bit of a kick from the crushed red pepper flakes, but the slightly citrusy flavor of the sumac and lemon really balances it out.I also substituted garlic oil for the garlic, as garlic doesn’t agree with my digestive system, and it turned out great. If you don’t want to make that substitution you can alway use 2 cloves of garlic and traditional extra virgin olive oil instead.
Things to pay special attention to
There were a few small details that if you don’t read the directions carefully you might miss. Here they are.
Save the peel from the squeezed lemon half
Nothing goes to waste in this recipe. It calls for the juice of half a lemon in sumac rub, but make sure to save the peel. You actually cut it into half and put it on the bottom of the pan with the unsqueezed half to give additional lemony freshness to the chicken and vegetables.
Nothing goes to waste in the recipe for Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas. The whole lemon gets cut into eight pieces, including the juiced half.
Don’t use baby carrots in the Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas
It’s going to be incredibly tempting to use baby carrots in the recipe as a quick substitute. I know because I did it in the first pass of making this recipe.The carrots ended up hard.
Just because they’re fun.
The second time I made the recipe I bought a pound bag of the thinnest carrots in the pile, peeled and cut them into 2-inch pieces, and that worked way better. The original recipe calls for “young carrots” (small and thin, not baby-cut carrots), so I felt like the ones I used would be fine, and the were.
I used the thinner fresh carrots from the one pound bag. They cooked perfectly.
The dry white wine adds a lot of flavor to the Sumac Chicken
Since the chicken is roasted uncovered the liquid has a tendency to dry up. I found adding the 1/2 cup of dry white wine around halfway through the roasting worked very well and helped to make a great gravy for the chicken.
Adding white wine to Sumac Chicken makes a great gravy!
Tying up the Sumac Chicken legs
I always find that the chickens roast better when the legs are tied with cooking twine. I also use a bluetooth thermometer like The Meatstick (affiliate) that lets me know when the chicken is done roasting. I generally don’t assign a “done” time, but a temperature as it’s the most accurate way to determine if the chicken is done.
Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas before roasting. Note The Meatstick bluetooth thermometer in the meatiest part of the thigh. When it hits 165°F you know it’s done.
The Hazelnuts
The original recipe calls for serving with hazelnuts. I just didn’t do it. It was fine.
Here’s the recipe for Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas
The first time I made this recipe I used three smaller hens and doubled the recipe. That was the right thing to do. However, when I made two small chickens I used a single recipe and that worked as well. I think the tipping point is more than two, and then you need to double the recipe.This chicken is really good cold or hot and is beautiful served with the carrots and chickpeas spooned over the top.
Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 90 minutes
- Total Time: 110 minutes
- Yield: 1 chicken 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Roasting
- Cuisine: Gluten Free
- Diet: Kosher
Description
Sumac Chicken with Carrots and Chickpeas is a flavorful and aromatic dish that combines tender pieces of chicken seasoned with sumac, a tangy and slightly citrusy spice, along with a medley of carrots and chickpeas. The sumac adds a unique and zesty flavor profile to the chicken, enhancing its taste and adding a vibrant color to the dish. It’s the perfect fall or Sukkot dish, with warm welcoming flavors. I can’t stop making this chicken…everyone is crazy about it!!!
Ingredients
For the Sumac Paste
- 2 tablespoons ground sumac
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons garlic oil or 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil plus 2 minced garlic cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- juice from 1/2 lemon, reserve the peel
For the Chicken
- 1–pound thin carrots, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 (14-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika or ground Alleppo pepper
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 (3 1/2 – 4-pound) whole chicken
- 1/2 lemon cut into four pieces
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 whole head garlic, cut into quarters (optional)
Instructions
For the Sumac Paste
- Whisk together the sumac, cumin, coriander, crushed red pepper, olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Squeeze in the juice of the lemon half, reserving the spent half and stir to combine.
For the Chicken
- Preheat the oven to 375Ā°F or 350Ā°F Convection Roast. Grease a large roasting pan.
- Cut the spent lemon peel into 4 pieces to be added with the rest of the lemon to the pan.
- Spread the carrots and chickpeas in the roasting pan. Sprinkle with the paprika and honey.
- Place the chicken on top of the carrots and chickpeas and distribute the lemons around it.
- Rub the sumac paste all over the bird. Tie the legs together with cooking twine.
- Roast (middle rack) fo 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until an instant-read thermometer insterted into the thigh (away from the bone) registers 165Ā°F.
- Turn the pan front to back halfway through and add the white wine to the pan.
- Remove the pan from the oven and tent loosely with foil. Let rest for 10 to 20 minutes.
- Serve the hot chicken topped with the vegetables and pan juices.
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- Serving Size: Per serving
- Calories: 447
- Sugar: 6.6 g
- Sodium: 26170.7 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 21 g
- Fiber: 3.6 g
- Protein: 56.6 g
- Cholesterol: 171.9 mg
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This recipe looks excellent Love the easinessās of the ingredients and instructions
Thank you
Thanks so much Eileen! All the best, Sharon