Recipe: Delicious Chicken Afritada

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Chicken Afritada. Chicken Afritada or afritadang manok is a type of Filipino chicken stew with tomato based sauced. It is a simple dish that can be cooked on regular days. It is perfect for lunch and is better when eaten with warm white rice.

Chicken Afritada Then I would transfer the browned chicken pieces in the crockpot. Made with a whole chicken, tomatoes, and potatoes, chicken afritada is a traditional savory stew from the Philippines that's great over rice. Chicken Afritada Afritada is a Filipino favorite with tender chicken cooked in a rich savory tomato-based sauce. You can have Chicken Afritada using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken Afritada

  1. It's 1 of /2 kilo chicken (I used chicken breast fillets quartered).
  2. You need 4 cloves of garlic minced.
  3. It's 1 of medium sized onion diced.
  4. Prepare 2 of green bell peppers diced.
  5. It's 1/2 cup of green peas.
  6. It's 2 cups of tomato sauce.
  7. You need 1 cup of water.
  8. Prepare 2 of potatoes or sweet potatoes cubed.
  9. Prepare 1 of carrot cubed.
  10. It's 1 of dried bay leaf.
  11. It's 1 of chicken bouillon cube.
  12. Prepare 2 tablespoons of brown sugar or to taste.
  13. Prepare of Cooking oil.
  14. It's to taste of Salt and pepper.

Cooked low and slow until the oil separates from the sauce and the meat becomes fork-tender. Chicken Afritada with Bell Pepper is a version of my favorite chicken afritada that makes use of bell peppers or capsicum. This is a type of Filipino chicken stew cooked in a tomato based sauce. It usually has potato and carrot.

Chicken Afritada instructions

  1. Heat oil in pan and add garlic and onions. Cook garlic until light golden brown and onions translucent. Add bay leaf. Cook potatoes for about 5 minutes or until soft but not mushy. Set aside..
  2. Using the same pan/pot cook chicken in left over oil for 10-15 minutes or both sides are browned (I like cooking my chicken in oil to give it a crispy outside, you may skip this and just boil chicken in water until cooked)..
  3. Add carrots, peas, green bell peppers the cooked garlic, onions & bay leaf previously set aside. Pour water to deglaze pan add chicken buillon cube and simmer for another five minutes..
  4. Pour tomato sauce and let it simmer on low heat for another 10 minutes. Season with sugar, salt, and pepper. Remove from heat and serve with steamed white rice..

This recipe, in particular, also makes use of red and green bell peppers. This Cheesy Chicken Afritada is a richer version of my favorite Filipino chicken afritada. I added a good amount of shredded sharp cheddar cheese into the dish. It made an unexpected difference in a good way. I liked how the taste of the sauce.