Description
Chicken afritada is a popular Filipino-Spanish inspired dish made with chicken and vegetables, and stewed in a tomato and garlic based broth. Fish sauce gives this simple dish a Southeast Asian flair you will find yourself craving again and again!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 medium onion (sliced into thin half moons)
- 1 pound chicken breasts of fillets
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 8 ounces can diced tomatoes
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 large carrot (roughly chopped)
- 1 potato (peeled and chopped into bite size pieces)
- 1 small red bell bell pepper (cored, seeded and sliced into strips)
- 1 small green bell pepper (cored, seeded and sliced into strips)
- 1/2 cup green peas
Instructions
- In a deep pan over medium high heat, add oil, garlic, onions and cook for 3 minutes, until onions have started to soften.
- Add chicken and cook for 3-5 minutes, until the outer part of the chicken is cooked.
- Add chicken stock, canned tomatoes, water, sugar and 1 tablespoon fish sauce. Stir well, bring to a a boil, lower to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add carrots, potatoes, bell peppers and green peas and stir well. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer and cook for 7 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
- Turn the heat off, add remaining fish sauce, stir and serve.
Notes
This chicken afritada will keep refrigerated for up to 3-4 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 278
- Sugar: 10.3 g
- Sodium: 1195.9 mg
- Fat: 5.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 25.1 g
- Fiber: 4.8 g
- Protein: 30.4 g
- Cholesterol: 86.3 mg
