Chicken Afritada

Week 9: Culture

Chicken Afritada

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts

2 bell pepper

3 carrots

8 potatoes

1/4 onion

Water

Tomato paste

Salt

Onion powder

Garlic powder

Sugar

Pepper

Process

I started by prepping my ingredients. I cut the potatoes, bell pepper,  and carrots into about 1.5 inch pieces. Then I roughly chopped the onion. After that I cut the chicken into cubes. I put the chicken into a heated pot that had some olive on the bottom. I let it cook for a few minutes then added about 2.5 cups of water to the pot and let it come to a boil. Next I added in the potatoes and carrots. I let them cook until they were starting to get soft then I added the tomato paste and all of the spices. Then I put  the bell peppers and onion into the pot. I let them simmer until they were cooked. 

Reflection

Chicken Afritada is a chicken stew from the Philippines. My roommate is Filipino and she cooks this recipe that her mom taught her quite frequently. She has made it so often that she doesn’t have a recipe so she just estimates most of the measurements. She was a big help and guided me along the way. Once the potatoes and carrots are cooked we added a little more water because it was getting too thick. The chicken breasts I used were pretty small so I would add more next time. The dish was served over rice.