Chicken Afritada

Ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces or https://ykcirzeravla.blogspot.com/2018/09/velveteen-chicken-for-stir-fry.html
• 1 large potato, quartered
• 1 large carrot, sliced
• 1 large bell pepper, sliced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
• 1 cup green peas
• 1 can garbanzo beans
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 pieces hotdogs, sliced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1¼ cups chicken broth or stock
• 2 pieces dried bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
• 4 tablespoons cooking oil
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Pour-in cooking oil in a cooking pot or casserole then apply heat.
2. Pan-fry the chicken until the color turns light brown (about 3 minutes per side).
3. Remove the chicken from the cooking pot.
4. On the same cooking pot, sauté garlic and onions.
5. Put-in the sliced hotdogs and pan-fried chicken then cook for a minute.
6. Pour-in tomato sauce and chicken stock then add bay leaves. Simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
7. Add the potato and carrots then simmer for 10 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
8. Put-in the bell pepper, jalepeno pepper, green peas, garbanzo beans, salt, sugar, and ground black pepper then cook for 3 minutes more.

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