Homemade Chicken Afritada
By: Bianca Avelino-...
Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 12:15pm

Ingredients




1 pound chicken cut into serving pieces
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
14 ounces can tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon fish sauce (or soy sauce)
1 red or green bell pepper cut into strips
2 mediums potatoes, quartered

Preparation

1 Sprinkle meat with salt & pepper in a medium bowl, mix well & let stand for 20 mins in the fridge. 2 Heat oil in a medium pot. Brown meat over medium high heat. Pour off excess oil. Remove meat. Saute garlic & onion over high heat for 1 minute. Lower heat to medium, add meat mixture, tomato sauce, water, and fish sauce (or soy sauce). Cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until meat is tender. 3 Add potatoes and bell pepper. Simmer for another 15 minutes or until potatoes are done. 4 Serve hot over rice.

About


 In addition to my reviews, I’ve decided I will blog about the food that I make, both homemade, and from cookbooks. Ever since college, cooking has become a way to relax. Once again, I love being creative and this is another form of it.
 Chicken Afritada is a Filipino dish of chicken, potatoes, and bell peppers in tomato sauce. It’s tasty, especially with a side of rice. I’ve eaten this so many times growing up that I’m glad I obtained the recipe from my mom & now I can make one of the comfort foods I’ve loved so much.