Chicken Afritada or afritadang manok is a type of Filipino chicken stew with tomato based sauced. It is a simple dish that can be cooked on regular days. It is perfect for lunch and is better when eaten with warm white rice.
The basic version includes carrots and potato. This recipe is an improved version. I added green peas and hotdogs. It helped make the dish more appetizing visually. I recommend this recipe to everyone because the procedure is simple and straightforward.
I enjoy eating chicken afritada the same way with menudo. These are two dishes that I consider comfort food.
How to Cook Chicken Afritada
Start by sautéing garlic and onion. Do this by heating oil in a cooking pot. Add onion and garlic until the onion softens. It is ideal to use a pot with cover.
Add the sliced chicken afterwards. Bone-in chicken was used for this recipe. Boneless chicken breast or thighs can also be used. Cook each side of the chicken for around 30 seconds and then pour tomato sauce and water. We’ll need to tenderize the chicken at this point. This is when the pot cover gets handy. Add the bay leaves and then cover the pot and continue to cook until the chicken gets tender. This takes around 30 minutes. Remember to add more broth or water if needed.
At this point, we just need to add the remaining ingredients and continue to cook for 10 more minutes. I usually add the ingredients in this order: hot dogs, carrot, potato, green peas, seasoning. Fish sauce or patis can be used as an alternative ingredient to salt.
Try this Easy Chicken Afritada recipe. Let me know what you think.
Chicken Afritada Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs. Chicken cut into serving pieces
- 2 piece potato cubed
- 1 piece carrot sliced
- 8 oz. tomato sauce
- 3 pieces hotdog sliced
- ½ cup green peas
- 3 pieces bay leaves
- 1 piece red onion chopped
- 2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 3 cups chicken broth
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a cooking pot. Saute onion and garlic until the onion softens.
- Add chicken. Cook for 30 seconds. Turn it over and cook the other side for another 30 seconds.
- Pour tomato sauce and chicken broth. Cover. Let boil.
- Add dried bay leaves. Cover the cooking pot. Continue to cook in medium heat for 30 minutes.
- Add hotdogs and carrot. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Add potato. Cover the pot and cook for 8 minutes.
- Add green peas. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Season with salt and ground black pepper
- Serve!
Jeminice says
September 30, 2010 at 8:24 pmNice! I’ve been waiting for this kuya. Thank you for sharing! I will definetely try to make this! More power to you ^_^
gigi says
October 3, 2010 at 3:19 pmMy menudo, afritada and kaldereta seem to have the same sort of ingredients… all tomato sauce base, all with potato and carrots and peppers.. my menudo is the only dish i would put sausages in.amazing though how the taste come out different.. i suppose it’s the flavours of the meat that makes the difference.. anyhow.. i looove tomato sauce based dishes too… thanks for this recipe ;-)oh. i also add some raisins to my dishes, to sweeten them up a bit 😉
john guadalupe says
October 12, 2010 at 9:04 amthanks for sharing i’ll try it at home during my day-off…
leng says
February 24, 2011 at 7:12 amhallo! had just made this and it was really good! thanks for sharing!
chris allarde says
July 11, 2011 at 12:51 pmWell I’ve tried making Pork Afirtada, Beef Mechado, and both has had good results, haven’t tried to make chicken afritada yet. But I will one of these days. All these tomato based dishes are quite unique take this one for example out of the other tomato based dishes that uses hot dogs except pinoy style spaghetti. Some people take cooking as a daily chore but you know what maybe for most of us who have had people cook meals for us all our lives, I admit I’m one. But then when you are the one finally cooking these meals that you have been eating most of your life it is quite different. I mean it is quite fullfilling also it gives to yourself a sense of accomplishment each day especially when you love what you do and then you put your heart in that dish you are making the result is when people tell you how delicious your dish is. I think it can say a lot about a person who cooks.
tuti.fruityy says
January 26, 2012 at 6:28 amthumbs up! You are the best!
annie says
February 16, 2012 at 2:54 amAlso try squeezing juice of half a lemon to the chicken stock. You’ll love the taste! 🙂
Vanjo Merano says
February 16, 2012 at 10:07 amThanks for the tip
Dee Schurr says
March 9, 2012 at 9:36 pmOK, I was born in the Philippines, but was raised here in the U.S. Since I became a mother and married to my soulmate, I finally started to really try to cook. Tonight is the first time I’m cooking chicken afritada and it’s still simmering as we speak! I can’t wait to taste it. Thank you for your videos, as it helps very much. I am so proud to be a Filipina!
Pam says
September 13, 2018 at 11:33 pmWell done! Philippines is proud of you, girl!
Merry Ak says
March 14, 2012 at 6:52 amDone. Very tasty;-) thanks a lot
SC says
March 14, 2012 at 9:51 pmjust made this for dinner and it was delish!
I added patis (fish sauce) and it was perfect.
Thanks for the recipe =)
JJ says
March 23, 2012 at 10:59 amCool recipe. We did one last night without the dogs (My wife doesn’t let me eat them anymore).
theodie says
March 27, 2012 at 12:01 amthanks for the tips.i really don’t know how to cook but with you around i’m really blessed…thanks..really i’ am…. i have learned a lot.May i ask something can i replace the tomato sauce with oyster sauce.please clear up my mind…?I”ve try this chicken afritada once and my husband just love it…he just ask me if i could try to cook it with oyster sauce…cause he love to eat dishes most especially with oyster sauce…..please help….i ‘ll gladly appreciate your help…thanks!!!!!!
Mayang says
April 12, 2012 at 9:57 amthanks for the recipe! i’m cooking it now and it’s perfect! more power and more recipes coming! Big Big thanks!
Danny says
April 26, 2014 at 5:55 amplease can you send me the estimated ingredients preparation for 30 persons of Afritada’s.
I Appreciate your kind & help.. thank you & god bless.
Maric says
April 4, 2015 at 4:51 amHi Vanj! Im just wondering, can I use tomato paste instead of tomato sauce for this? Thanks!
Vanjo Merano says
April 4, 2015 at 6:41 amMaric, tomato paste won’t be enough. You can use tomato puree though.
Jen Pagobayan says
April 6, 2015 at 7:44 amhello Sir!
can I add coconut milk/gata on this kind of recipe? please help. Thankyou & more power!
Godbless..
Vanjo Merano says
April 6, 2015 at 5:15 pmAll up to you, Jen. I think that it will turn out great.
Max says
April 25, 2015 at 1:29 amTurned out absolutely perfect!!
Leny says
August 5, 2015 at 6:52 amThanks sa panlasang pinoy, my employer and the kids love it.
My employer ask me for the recipe and she said like this ” Leny can I have the recipe please I love it! Yum yum!”
ruby says
September 6, 2015 at 7:02 amThank you my German employer really like it!
Annie Lyn Delos Reyes says
September 22, 2015 at 10:48 pmHi,
Thank you so much for sharing your recipes. I’ve tried to cook many already and the result was impressive. Tonight I’ll try this Chicken Afritada. More recipes to come from you. Good job!
Mary jane says
October 17, 2015 at 3:14 pmthank u thank for the tips…god bless
Al Gablinez says
September 10, 2018 at 8:08 pmHi, I’ve been following your blog for over a year now now and I must say that your food are good and instructions are easy to follow. I do community lunch here in Australia and I got most of the recipes here but I just need to adjust the taste a bit to cater their taste buds. Nice blog by the way, I really wanted to have a good blog but don’t know how to make it good. Thanks for sharing your talent to us. More power to you.
Cheers,
Al
Kate says
May 11, 2019 at 12:49 pmLub lub pilipino food salamat po! Big love from the UK