Chicken Afritada
Ingredients
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- 3 tbsp cooking oil, i used canola oil
- 1 large potato, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 large carrot, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 medium white onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 700g chicken pieces, I used leg quarters and wings for this recipe
- 1 bay leaf (optional)
- 200g pack tomato sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pot and fry the potatoes and carrots until cooked. Remove from pot and set aside.
- Remove excess oil and leave about 2 tbsp. Sauté onions and garlic until onions become translucent.
- Add chicken and cook with the onions for a few seconds.
- Add water and tomato sauce. Simmer until chicken becomes tender.
- Add potatoes and carrots. Simmer for around 2 minutes.By this time the sauce becomes thick because of the starch in the potatoes.
- Season with fish sauce and pepper to taste.
- Add bell peppers and simmer for a minute or until bell pepper is cooked but not too soft.
- Serve with steamed rice.