Chicken Afritada

Name: How to cook Chicken Afritada - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Missus C

Chicken Afritada

A tomato-based Filipino chicken stew. A simple dish that can be whipped up quickly for lunch or dinner on regular days.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4-5 servings

Cooking time :

30-45 minutes

/2 kilo chicken (I used chicken breast fillets quartered)

4 cloves

potatoes or sweet potatoes cubed

Cooking instructions

* Step 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.

* Step 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).

* Step 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.

* Step 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.