Chicken Afritada - Turned out great! Very moist.. Today I am sharing this Chicken Afritada! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 15 minutes!
You can cook Chicken Afritada with 14 Ingredients and 4 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Chicken Afritada:
- 1 /2 kilo chicken (I used chicken breast fillets quartered).
- 4 cloves garlic minced.
- 1 medium sized onion diced.
- 2 green bell peppers diced.
- 1/2 cup green peas.
- 2 cups tomato sauce.
- 1 cup water.
- 2 potatoes or sweet potatoes cubed.
- 1 carrot cubed.
- 1 dried bay leaf.
- 1 chicken bouillon cube.
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar or to taste.
- Cooking oil.
- to taste Salt and pepper.
Step by step how to cook Chicken Afritada:
- 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..
- 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)..
- 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..
- 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..