Chicken Aftritada
Chicken Afritada with tender and moist chicken! Cooked in tomato sauce with bell peppers, potatoes, green peas, and carrots! A delicious chicken dish especially with steaming hot rice!
Servings: 6 servings
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Ingredients
- 600 grams chicken thigh part or drumsticks
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 2 medium potatoes quartered
- 1 large carrot sliced
- 1 medium onion cut in wedges
- ½ red bell pepper sliced
- ½ green bell pepper sliced
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- ¼ cup green peas
- 1 tbsp oil
- salt and pepper for seasoning chicken
- 1 pc chicken broth cube dissolved in 1 cup water
Instructions
- Wash chicken and remove excess fat and skin. Season with salt and pepper then set aside.
- Wash and cut up all vegetables to size.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Fry the chicken on both sides until half-cooked or color turns to light brown. Remove from pan and set aside.
- In the same pan fry potatoes and carrots until crisp-tender. Remove from pan and set aside.
- Using the same pan, add more oil if needed and saute onions until translucent. Then add garlic and saute until fragrant.
- Throw in the half-cooked chicken again and fry for 3 minutes. Add tomato sauce and toss chicken until coated with tomato sauce. Simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add the broth cube dissolved in 1 cup water and stir. Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. Add cooked potatoes and carrots and simmer until soft.
- Add bell peppers and green peas and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve. Bon Appetit!
Notes
You can add more potatoes and carrots if you want to have it on its own. Bread can also be served together with this dish if you don't like rice.