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Chicken Afritada Recipe

Saif Al Deen Odeh
Chicken Afritada is a Filipino stew dish mixed with potatoes, green peas, carrots, bell pepper and tomato sauce. It is best serve with white rice.
4.72 from 25 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Poultry and Chicken Recipes
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 6
Calories 364 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 6 pieces of chicken drumstick
  • 2 small potatoes
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 1 medium bell pepper
  • 1 cup of green peas
  • 3 cup of water
  • 1 cup of tomato sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoon of fish sauce
  • ½ cup of chopped onion
  • 2 teaspoon of minced garlic
  • 1 bouillon cubes
  • 5 tablespoon of vegetable oil

Instructions
 

  • In a pan, add 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Once hot, add potatoes and carrots.
  • Stir and let it sauté until they are partially cooked.. Remove and transfer into the plate. Set aside.
  • Add chopped Bell Pepper, and continue stirring for a minutes. Do not overcook the bell pepper. Remove and transfer into a plate.
  • Add one tablespoon of vegetable oil and then add the chicken drumstick.
  • Make sure you brown the chicken on both side before removing and transferring into the plate.
  • In a separate cooking pot, add two tablespoon of vegetable oil. Once hot, add chopped onion and garlic. Stir to mix till it turns transparent
  • Add the browned chicken drumstick. Stir to mix for few minutes
  • Pour tomato sauce, tomato paste and water into the pot. Stir to combine
  • Once it started to boil, add fish sauce and the bouillon cubes. Covered the pot with the lid and let it simmer for 25 minutes.
  • Add the green peas and the half cooked potatoes, and carrots. Continue simmering for additional 10 minutes.
  • Lastly, add the bell pepper and continue cooking for 3 minutes before turning off the heat.

Notes

If you can either use tomato paste or tomato sauce. You don't have to add both.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 364kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 26gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 116mgSodium: 700mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6g
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