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Best served with warm rice, our Chicken Afritada is the best comfort food that is simple to make. Order from pandamart and have your carrots, chicken and potatoes delivered to you in under 20 minutes!
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Brighten up your dinner table with our colourful chicken afritada recipe. Chicken Afritada is a simple chicken stew packed with vegetables. Perfect for health enthusiasts, the tomato sauce helps with our eye and reproductive health, and the potatoes are great at lowering our cholesterol levels. A popular and healthy comfort food, enjoy a mixture of textures in every bite: crispy chicken, tender vegetables, and a velvety and rich tomato sauce.
Meal: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Filipino
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Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp cooking oil, divided
- 800g potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 70g carrots, chopped
- 100g yellow bell peppers, sliced
- 100g red onions, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 900g chicken drumsticks
- 400g canned tomato puree
- 225g canned pineapple chunks, reserve syrup, drained
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 dried bay leaves
- 70g green peas
- Salt and pepper to taste
Equipment
- 1 big frying pan
Directions
- In a big frying pan, heat 4 tablespoons of oil on medium heat. Add the potatoes, carrots and bell peppers. Fry for 5 minutes, remove the vegetables from the pan and set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil and fry the onions and garlic until fragrant. Add the chicken and fry until it turns slightly brown.
- Add the tomato puree, pineapple syrup, soy sauce, and bay leaves. Boil until the chicken is almost tender. Stir occasionally.
- Add the cooked vegetables and canned pineapples. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the green peas and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve hot.
Chicken Afritada Storage Methods
With so many ingredients, our chicken afritada recipe is very filling. If you can't finish your meal, you can store the Chicken Afritada in an airtight container, and it will last for three to four days in the refrigerator. You can also freeze it for a longer shelf life. If you do not have a lot of space in your refrigerator, you can keep your leftovers in a freezer bag. It lasts for three to four months more, and to eat it, all you have to do is wait for it to thaw and reheat it in a microwavable container.