Afritada facts for kids
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| Alternative names | apritada, apretada |
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| Course | Main dish |
| Place of origin | Philippines |
| Serving temperature | hot |
| Main ingredients | chicken/beef/pork, tomato sauce (or banana ketchup), carrots, potatoes, red and green bell pepper |
| Similar dishes | menudo, kaldereta, hamonado, pininyahang manok |
Afritada is a yummy Filipino dish. It's like a stew made with chicken, beef, or pork. The meat is cooked slowly in a tasty tomato sauce. It also has veggies like carrots, potatoes, and red and green bell peppers. People usually eat Afritada with white rice. It's a popular everyday meal in the Philippines. You can even make it with seafood!
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Where the Name Comes From
The name Afritada comes from the Spanish word fritada. This word means "fried." It's called this because the first step in making Afritada is to quickly fry the meat. This happens before it's cooked slowly in the tomato sauce.
What's in Afritada?
Afritada is a dish where the ingredients are cooked slowly in liquid. Here's how it's usually made:
- First, you cook garlic and onion in a pan.
- Then, you add small pieces of meat (chicken, beef, or pork) and fry them until they are a bit brown.
- After the meat is cooked enough, you pour in water and tomato paste.
- Next, you add diced carrots, potatoes, and sliced red and green bell peppers.
- Sometimes, people also add sliced tomatoes, peas, or chickpeas.
- You can add flavor with salt, black pepper, bay leaves, and fish sauce.
- The mixture then cooks slowly until the vegetables are soft.
- Afritada is always served hot, usually with white rice.
Different Kinds of Afritada
Afritada can be made with different main ingredients. This changes its name a little bit:
- Afritadang manok means chicken afritada.
- Afritadang baka means beef afritada.
- Afritadang baboy means pork afritada.
You can also make Afritada with seafood! For example, afritadang isda is made with fish, and afritadang tahong is made with mussels. The cooking steps are mostly the same.
Sweet Pineapple Afritada
Sometimes, Afritada is made with pineapple chunks. This makes the dish a bit sweet. This sweet version is often called "pineapple afritada." It's similar to another Filipino dish called pininyahang manok, which also uses pineapples with chicken. However, pininyahang manok does not use tomato sauce, which is a big difference!
Dishes Like Afritada
Afritada is quite similar to other Filipino stews, like menudo and kaldereta. All these dishes use tomato sauce or banana ketchup.
- Menudo is different because it usually has sliced liver in it.
- Kaldereta is special because it is almost always made with goat meat.
