How to Cook Chicken Afritada
Chicken afritada is one of the many Filipino tomato based stew. In this case, it is a tomato based chicken stew.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 548kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 kilo chicken legs or thigh chop into serving pieces
- 1 pc large onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 to 2 Tbsp. patis
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 medium size carrot cut into wedges
- 1 medium sized potato quartered
- 1/2 cup cooked green peas or chick peas garbanzos
- 1/3 cup grated cheese
- 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
- 2 pcs bay leaf
- 1 pc green or red bell pepper slice into squares
- 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
Instructions
How to cook Chicken Afritada:
- Saute garlic and onion until fragrant. Then add the chicken and saute for 5 minutes.
- Add patis and stir cook until the patis has evaporated, then add the tomato sauce and water.
- Bring to a boil then simmer until the chicken is tender and almost cooked.
- Add carrots and potatoes. Simmer again until carrot and potatoes are cooked.
- Add the cheese, green peas, black pepper, bay leaf and bell peppers and simmer for another 3 minutes. Serve hot.