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Chicken Sumac Pinwheel

This very famous traditional middle eastern dish turned into a super simple appetizer which has the same great flavors of caramelized onions and tangy sumac.

Author Nadia Hubbi

Ingredients

  • 1 rotisserie chicken shredded and deboned
  • 4 cups sweet onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • on low heat for 10 mins
  • 6 tbsp sumac
  • 1 1/2 tbsp salt
  • 5 extra large flour tortilla

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Debone and deskin a store bought rotisserie chicken.
  3. Discard the skin and bones.
  4. Chop the remaining chicken into small pieces
  5. On low to medium heat slowly sauté the onions in half the oil
  6. Add 3 tablespoons of sumac and 1 tablespoon salt
  7. Stir to evenly distribute the oil and sumac
  8. After several minutes add the chicken and continue to mix all the ingredients together over low to medium heat for about 7 minutes
  9. Add remaining oil, sumac and salt
  10. Continue to stir until all the oil, and sumac and salt are absorbed (several minutes)
  11. Once all the flavors are meshed together spread a thin layer onto a flour tortilla
  12. ** Do not overstuff because it will not hold when it is rolled
  13. Roll the tortilla and cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
  14. Place the pieces snug together on a tray with sides
  15. Brush the tops with oil
  16. Put in the oven for 5 -7 minutes
  17. Broil on high for 2 minutes