Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken afritada. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chicken Afritada is only one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Afritada is something that I have loved my whole life.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken afritada using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Afritada:
- Get 1 /2 kilo chicken (I used chicken breast fillets quartered)
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic minced
- Prepare 1 medium sized onion diced
- Get 2 green bell peppers diced
- Prepare 1/2 cup green peas
- Get 2 cups tomato sauce
- Get 1 cup water
- Make ready 2 potatoes or sweet potatoes cubed
- Make ready 1 carrot cubed
- Make ready 1 dried bay leaf
- Get 1 chicken bouillon cube
- Make ready 2 tablespoons brown sugar or to taste
- Make ready Cooking oil
- Take to taste Salt and pepper
Afritada is a Filipino favorite with tender chicken cooked in a rich savory tomato-based sauce. 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.
Instructions to make Chicken Afritada:
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
It usually has potato and carrot. 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.
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