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Easy Chicken Afritada Recipe
Chicken Afritada is a Spanish influenced Filipino dish. This easy Chicken Afritada recipe consists of braised chicken, tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, and pineapple tidbits.
It is best served on white rice and is a common everyday Filipino meal.
Afritada is very similar to Filipino menudo and kaldereta, as both also use tomato sauce or banana ketchup. However, menudo includes sliced liver, while kaldereta most of the time uses goat meat.
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Recipe for Chicken Afritada:
Easy Chicken Afritada Recipe
Course: MainCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy5
servings20
minutes20
minutes0.175
kcal40
minutesChicken Afritada is a Spanish influenced Filipino dish. This easy Chicken Afritada recipe consists of braised chicken, tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, and pineapple tidbits.
Ingredients
3 cloves garlic
1 medium sized red onion
3 medium sized ripe tomatoes
1/2 kilo pre-cut chicken
1 cup water or chicken stock (unsalted)
Salt and pepper to taste
3 medium sized potatoes
1 small carrot
1/2 cup evaporated milk
200 gms. pineapple tidbits
100 ml tomato sauce
1/4 cup grated cheese (optional)
Directions
- Saute garlic, onion and tomatoes in 1 tbsp. oil in a medium heat pan. Cook until tomatoes turn soft.
- After washing and draining chicken put it in the pan together with the sauteed garlic, onion and tomatoes.
- Add salt and pepper according to taste.
- Pour 1 cup water or chicken stock and cover pan and let simmer for 3 minutes.
- Add potatoes and carrots together with tomato sauce. Cover pan until potatoes and carrots are tender.
- Add milk and cheese (optional) and let it simmer for another 5 mimutes then serve.
- Best served with steamed rice.
Nutrition Facts
5 servings per container
Serving Size318g
Calories175
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Total Fat
4.42g
7%
- Saturated Fat 2.61g 14%
- Trans Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 14mg 5%
- Sodium 196mg 9%
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Potassium 801mg 23%
- Total Carbohydrate
29.03g
10%
- Dietary Fiber 4g 16%
- Sugars 9.65g
- Protein 6.65g 14%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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