Recipe: Perfect Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada

Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada. Turn on Instant Pot to SAUTE and brown the chicken in oil for a few minutes (it doesn't have to be fully cooked). Remove the chicken from the pot. Instant Pot Chicken Afritada Chicken afritada is a Filipino dish made with chicken in a tomato base which include carrots, bell peppers, peas and potatoes.

Hefty quartered potatoes and slices of bell peppers are added to the rich stew, thickened with bread crumbs. Sometimes, I cook this dish a day ahead which gives the tomato sauce flavors time to blend and taste even sweeter. Close Instant Pot and set to sealing. You can have Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada

1. It's 10-12 pieces of chicken.
2. Prepare 3 tbsp of garlic, minced.
3. You need of 1 onion sliced.
4. It's of 1 can tomato paste.
5. It's 2 cups of chicken broth (or water).
6. You need 1/2 cup of soy sauce.
7. Prepare 1/4 cup of fish sauce (Pufina patis) if no fish sauce, use 1-2 tbsp salt.
8. Prepare 2-4 of dried bay leaves.
9. It's 3 cups of carrots.
10. Prepare 1-2 of potatoes, diced.
11. Prepare of 1/2 bell pepper, sliced.
12. It's of 3/4 cup frozen peas.
13. Prepare 1-2 tbsp of cornstarch (mixed with cold water) optional to thicken sauce.

Afritada is a Spanish based Filipino dish consisting of chicken, beef, or pork braised in tomato sauce with carrots, potatoes, and red and green bell peppers. It is served on white rice and is a common everyday Filipino meal. In this recipe, I used Instant Pot to show that you can cook Chicken Afritada using Instant Pot. Turn on Instant Pot to SAUTE and brown the chicken in oil for a few minutes (it doesn't have to be fully cooked).

Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada step by step

1. Turn on Instant Pot to SAUTE and brown the chicken in oil for a few minutes (it doesn't have to be fully cooked). Add onion and garlic. Remove the chicken from the pot..
2. Add 2 cups chicken broth (or water) and deglaze the pot. Deglazing the pot is when you add liquid to the pot and the "good bits" lift off the bottom when you stir..
3. Add soy sauce, fish sauce, bay leaves, and tomato paste to the pot. Mix well. Return the browned chicken to the pot..
4. Close the Instant Pot lid and turn the knob on the lid to seal. Cook on POULTRY function, 10 minutes. Quick release (QR) knob to vent steam until pin drops. This takes 3-4 minutes..
5. Open the lid, add the carrots, potatoes, bell pepper, and peas to the pot. Set to MANUAL function, 1 minute..
6. Quick release (QR) knob to vent steam until pin drops. Season with more fish sauce or salt. Serve immediately over fresh white rice..

Remove the chicken from the pot. Chicken Afritada Instant Pot Filipino Recipe is a delicious tomato-stew recipe. The ingredients for Afritada is much simpler than Caldereta and it is also on the sweeter side making it a kid-friendly dish. It also contains potatoes, carrots, and bell pepper. Start by sautéing garlic and onion.