Never Get Tired of Eating Chicken Afritada
Hello, how are you? My cousin got home for a week of vacation, and he asked me to cook Chicken Afritada for our dinner. I have been craving it for a week now, and I am waiting for peeps to request it. But still confused about the difference between the famous Mechado, Menudo, Caldereta, LOL I know some of you relate to this.
Ingredients and Prepping:
- Chicken 1kg
- 5 tbsp. Cooking Oil
- 3 Potatoes
- 1 Carrots
- 4 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Red Onion
- 1 Ginger
- 1 tbsp. Fish Sauce
- 115g Tomato Sauce
- 1 tbsp. Tomato Paste
- 4 Cups of Water
- 1 Chicken Cube Seasoning
- Half tsp. Ground Pepper
- 3 Laurel Leaves
- Half tsp Cayenne Pepper
- 5 tsp. of Milk
- 1 tsp. of Brown Sugar
Cooking Time!
In a hot pan, I added 5 tbsp of cooking oil.
When the pan is hot enough, I added the potatoes and fried them until browning starts appearing, and then set them aside.
After that, I then fry the carrots, and then I let them cook for about 1 minute. Just enough for it to cook. And then I set it aside.
After that, I then remove some of the cooking oil and leave 1 tbsp of it. And then I added the chicken in and let it cook for browning started appearing.
Next is I added the garlic, red onion, ginger, and then bell pepper, let it cook for about a minute or when the aroma comes out.
I added 1 tbsp. of fish sauce and let it seep into the chicken.
Next, I added a pack of tomato sauce.
Then, after that, I added 1 tbsp. of tomato paste, which makes the sauce thick. Mix them until well combined.
Then I added 4 cups of water.
To make it more savory, I added 1 chicken cube seasoning.
Then I added a half tsp. of ground pepper.
Then I added 3 laurel leaves.
We love a little spicy on it, so I added about a tsp. of cayenne pepper. This is optional if you like it spicy, add to your liking.
Then let it cook for about 15 minutes or until tender, or until the sauce thickens a little bit.
After that, I added the potatoes and carrots I had fried earlier. Then let it cook for about 5 minutes.
Then, to make the sauce creamier, I added 5 tbsp of milk.
To balance the flavor, I added a tsp. of brown sugar. Let it cook for about a minute.
I garnish it with dried parsley just for the photo, LOL. Serve hot and plated.
Happy Eating! :D
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Please take care of your mental health as well.
I hope you are okay today :))
so delicious,Can I have one?joke,thank you for sharing this recipe,I love foods also the dishes.
Thank you :D sure LOL you're welcome :)
Chicken afritada is one of my favorue. I love how you cooked everything step by step, I can almost smell the aroma here.
Nakaka confuse naman sadya talaga ang menudo, afritada at mechadi, yong caldereta mejo kabisado ki na hitsura non haha. And what a nice and sweet cousin you areeee! The afritada looks saucy and mesherep 🤤🤤✨
Kaya nga basta kung ano ba diyan hahaha. Hehe thank you Ate kasi ako kaya hirap tumangi kapag mas matanda ka hahahah. 😄
Thank you for sharing, delicious food dear and one of my specialty.I hope I can taste your chicken afritada too.
Everytime there is an event or a celebration i attended. Chicken afritada is my target lock dish. Thats one of my food favorites🥰
Yummy love chicken menudo more my kids love the sauce of menudo.. thanks for sharing
Chicken afritada is one of the yummy Filipino recipe, it is one of the dishes that would make you enjoy and would surely makes your tummy full.
Wooh! Nothing beats that rich tomato sauce and tender chicken.🤗 It looks yummy!🤗
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Chicken afritada is one of my favorite dish . I've been craving this dish since I'm here in HK. Maybe I can eat this once I'm back in Philippines as I cannot cook my own food in my employer house,but hope I can find where to buy Filipino dish nearby..