Chicken Afritada

I love dishes that has tomato sauce on it.  My favorite is menudo. It is pork stew with potatoes, carrots, hotdogs, bell peppers, raisins and tomato sauce on it. Another is kaldereta, which uses beef or goat instead of pork, with added cheese on it. But since I don't eat pork and beef, I would settle for chicken afritada. Its almost the same as menudo, only in this dish, chicken is used instead of pork.

Afritada, like menudo, mechado and kaldereta are Spanish in origin. They are all tomato based and has vegetables in it, mainly potatoes and carrots. It is always present in parties and fiestas. Different versions have been done on this dish. It is very easy to make. My recipe is a simple chicken afritada, I didn't experiment on it. I feel like it is so good already that I don't want to change it.

Ingredients


2       lbs              chicken legs and thigh, cut in serving pieces
3       pcs              medium size potatoes,quartered
4       pcs              carrots, cut in big chunks
1       pc                green bell pepper, roughly chopped
1/2    cup              raisins
1       can              tomato sauce
1       pc                tomato, chopped
1       pc                small onion, chopped
2       cloves         garlic, minced
1/2    cup              soy sauce
2       tbsp             fish sauce
2       pcs               calamansi or lime
1       tbsp              ground pepper
2       tbsp              vegetable oil

Procedure

Marinate chicken in soy sauce and calamansi juice for at least 30 minutes.

In a pot, sauté garlic, onion and tomato in vegetable oil. Add chicken. Let simmer for 20 minutes or until chicken is tender.

Add potatoes and carrots. Simmer for another 15 minutes.

Add tomato sauce, raisins, bell pepper, ground pepper and fish sauce. Simmer for another 5 minutes.

Serve with rice.