Chicken Afritada

This is my version of Chicken Afritada. I use real red tomatoes and no added preservatives and MSG. Actually, i don't measure my ingredients and i seldom taste it while cooking. If it smells good then it is done. ^__^





Ingredients:

1 small whole chicken, cut into small pieces
5 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 onion, chopped
8 medium red tomatoes, sliced thinly
2 medium potatoes, chopped into 4 pcs
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped (optional)
a dash of oregano (optional)
a dash of marjoram (optional)
2 spoonfuls of patis (fish sauce, optional)
a cup of water
salt and pepper to taste
parsley (for garnishing)

Procedure:

Using your medium size pot pan, saute garlic and onions. Then add tomatoes saute it a little longer until the juices comes out. You may add the fish sauce to help the tomatoes extract their juices. Add the chicken and potatoes, mix it well. Cover and set the fire in low heat. In this process, it will produce more sauce so better be careful not too over cook it. Wait for 3 or 5 minutes, when it started to boil, add a little water. Remember to boil the chicken and potatoes first before adding water. If you think that your sauces are enough you may not need to add water anymore.
From here, you may now see that your tomatoes became saucy. Now add your bell peppers, oregano and marjoram. Seasoned it with pepper. You may add some salt but be careful since we have used patis in sauteing our tomatoes. Boil for another 2 minutes Serve hot. This dish serves 4 to 6 people. Bon Appetit! Douzo meshiagare! :))