afritada
{{short description|Filipino meat and vegetable stew}}
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{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Afritada
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| caption = Top: Chicken afritada on white rice, cooked hamonado-style (with pineapples);
Bottom: Pork afritada
| alternate_name = Apritada, apretada{{cite web |title=Apretada |url=https://www.tagaloglang.com/apritada/ |website=Tagalog Lang |access-date=December 13, 2018}}
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| country = The Philippines
| region =
| course = Main dish
| served = Hot
| main_ingredient = Chicken/beef/pork, tomato sauce (or banana ketchup), carrots, potatoes, red and green bell pepper
| variations =
| similar_dish = Menudo, kaldereta, hamonado, pininyahang manok, igado, guisantes
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Afritada is a Philippine 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 Filipino meal.{{Cite web |title=Colinares, Robert (2007) "Pork Afritada" no site FilipinoFoodLovers.com |url=http://www.filipino-food-lovers.com/pork-afritada/ |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=www.filipino-food-lovers.com}} It can also be cooked with seafood.{{cite web |last1=Merano |first1=Vanjo |title=Chicken Afritada Recipe |url=https://panlasangpinoy.com/2018/12/12/chicken-afritada-recipe/ |website=Panlasang Pinoy |access-date=December 13, 2018}}{{cite book|author =Polistico, Edgie|title =Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary|publisher =Anvil Publishing, Incorporated|year =2017|isbn =9786214200870|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=iz8_DwAAQBAJ&q=Arroz+caldo}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Etymology
The name afritada is derived from Spanish fritada ("fried"), referring to the first step of the preparation in which the meat is pan-fried before simmering in the tomato sauce.{{cite web |title=Afritada, A Famous Filipino Stew |url=https://www.filstop.com/Afritada-A-Famous-Filipino-Stew/ |website=FilStop |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223808/https://www.filstop.com/Afritada-A-Famous-Filipino-Stew/ |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Description
Afritada is a braised dish. It is first made by sautéing diced meat with vegetables including onions, garlic, and tomato paste, carrots, potatoes and bell peppers and spices. The mixture is simmered until the vegetables are cooked. It is served on white rice.{{cite web |title=Chicken Afritada |url=https://www.kawalingpinoy.com/chicken-afritada/ |website=Kawaling Pinoy |access-date=December 13, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Merano |first1=Vanjo |title=Chicken Afritada Recipe |url=https://panlasangpinoy.com/2018/12/12/chicken-afritada-recipe/ |website=Panlasang Pinoy |access-date=December 13, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Afritada Chicken Recipe |url=http://www.myfilipinorecipes.com/chicken-afritada |website=MyFilipnoRecipes |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172126/http://www.myfilipinorecipes.com/chicken-afritada |url-status=dead }}
Variants
Afritada has different names based on the main ingredients of the dish. The most common ones are afritadang manok (chicken afritada),{{cite news |title=Chicken Afritada Recipe |url=https://www.pinoyrecipe.net/chicken-afritada-recipe/ |access-date=December 13, 2018}} afritadang baka (beef afritada), and afritadang baboy (pork afritada). Afritada can also be used to cook seafood like fish (afritadang isda) or mussels (afritadang tahong), utilizing the same basic process as when preparing meat afritadas.{{cite web |title=Fish Afritada |url=https://www.mamasguiderecipes.com/2017/04/30/fish-afritada/ |website=Mama's Guide Recipes |date=April 30, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Afritadang Tahong |url=http://www.panlasangpinoymeatrecipes.com/afritadang-tahong.htm |website=Panlasang Pinoy Meaty Recipes |access-date=December 13, 2018}}
Afritada is also commonly cooked hamonado-style (with pineapple chunks). This sweet variant is usually known as "pineapple afritada".{{cite web |title=Pineapple Chicken Afritada |url=https://www.kawalingpinoy.com/pineapple-chicken-afritada/ |website=Kawaling Pinoy |date=April 7, 2018 |access-date=December 13, 2018}} It is commonly confused with pininyahang manok, braised chicken also made with pineapples. However, the latter does not use tomato sauce.{{cite web |title=Pininyahang Manok (Pineapple Chicken) |url=http://pinoyway.com/pininyahang-manok/ |website=PinoyWay |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222504/http://pinoyway.com/pininyahang-manok/ |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=RECIPE: Pininyahang Manok |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/02/07/18/recipe-pininyahang-manok |access-date=December 13, 2018 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=February 7, 2018}}
Similar dishes
Similarly Filipino menudo and kaldereta both use tomato sauce or banana ketchup. However, menudo includes sliced liver, while kaldereta exclusively uses goat meat or occasionally beef. Igado contains liver but no tomato sauce.{{cite web |title=Chicken Afritada (Afritadang Manok) |url=http://www.panlasangpinoymeatrecipes.com/chicken-afritada.htm |website=Panlasang Pinoy Meaty Recipes |access-date=December 13, 2018}}