[Filipino Recipes] Pineapple Chicken Afritada

This Spanish inspired Filipino dish is made with chicken simmered in tomato sauce and dressed with potatoes, bell peppers, onions and pineapple. Sounds absolutely delicious, isn’t it? Pineapple Chicken Afritada is very delicious with hot rice.

It is quite easy to make and the taste is GORGEOUS! Perfectly tender chicken, delicious sauce, yummy veggies… I fried potatoes and carrots separately before adding them to the dish. For this reason they didn’t absorb the sauce and have a different texture which brings a bit of a different flavor for this meal. Total deliciousness!!

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Chicken Afritada With Pineapple

Author: Yummy Addiction

Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 50 mins
Total time: 1 hour 10 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

2 lbs chicken drumsticks, skin on
3-4 small potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 carrot, chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced into strips
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 red onion, chopped
1 (14 oz.) can tomato puree
1 can (8 oz.) pineapple chunks, drained (reserve syrup)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 dried bay leaves
½ cup green peas
salt and pepper, to taste
6 tablespoons cooking oil, divided

Instructions

In a big pan over medium heat, heat 4 tablespoons of oil. Add potatoes and cook for about 1 minute. Then add carrot and cook for about 2 minutes. Add bell pepper and cook for about 1 minute. Remove all vegetables from pan and drain on paper towels.
Warm the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the same pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes. Then add chicken and brown it slightly. Add the tomato puree, pineapple syrup, soy sauce, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the chicken is almost tender. Stir occasionally.

Add potatoes, yellow bell pepper, carrots, and pineapple chunks and continue to cook for 5-6 minutes, or until the potatoes are cooked. Add the green peas, season with salt and pepper and cook for 2 minutes more. Serve hot. Enjoy!

This recipe and image sources are referred in website: Yummyaddiction.com. Thanks so much!