Jordanian Chicken Wraps

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 chicken breasts
• 1 (8 ounce) package slivered almonds
• 4 large onions
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup curry powder
• 1/8 cup coriander powder
• 1/8 cup ground sumac
• 1 tablespoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• lavash bread or 6 -8 tortillas

Recipe

• 1 cook chicken in water flavored with a bay leaf, carrots, and additional coriander, ground pepper, and sumac until done.
• 2 strain and save the broth.
• 3 reduce broth to make about 5 cups and add additional chicken bullion, if desired.
• 4 while the chicken cooks, toast the slivered almonds until light brown and fragrant.
• 5 you may need to shake the pan or use a spatula to flip the nuts and keep them from burning.
• 6 allow chicken to cool enough to handle.
• 7 chop or pull apart chicken into small pieces.
• 8 saute sliced onions in olive oil until they begin to turn translucent.
• 9 add chicken pieces and more oil to coat, if necessary.
• 10 add large quantities of coriander, sumac, curry powder, ground pepper, and salt.
• 11 add about a cup or two of the broth and mix.
• 12 keep adding spices, oil, and/or broth as needed to let the chicken become very soft and moist with a rich yellow color and flecked thoroughly with sumac (the red/brown spots).
• 13 this may take awhile.
• 14 add toasted almonds and stir.
• 15 cut lavash bread in half, or use tortillas.
• 16 place one cup of filling on bread.
• 17 fold like a burrito, wrapping fully.
• 18 stack in a pile on a plate.
• 19 leave to cool until comfortable to touch.
• 20 eat with your hands.