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| Alternative names | Apritada, apretada[1] |
|---|---|
| Course | Main dish |
| Place of origin | The Philippines |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Chicken/beef/pork, tomato sauce (orbanana ketchup), carrots, potatoes, red and greenbell pepper |
| Similar dishes | Menudo,kaldereta,hamonado,pininyahang manok,igado,guisantes |
Afritada is a Philippine dish consisting ofchicken,beef, orporkbraised intomato sauce withcarrots,potatoes, and red and greenbell peppers. It is served onwhite rice and is a common Filipino meal.[2] It can also be cooked withseafood.[3][4]
The nameafritada is derived fromSpanishfritada ("fried"), referring to the first step of the preparation in which the meat is pan-fried before simmering in the tomato sauce.[5]
Afritada is abraised dish. It is first made by sautéing diced meat with vegetables including onions, garlic, and tomato paste, carrots, potatoes andbell peppers and spices. The mixture is simmered until the vegetables are cooked. It is served on white rice.[6][3][7]
Afritada has different names based on the main ingredients of the dish. The most common ones areafritadang manok (chickenafritada),[8]afritadang baka (beefafritada), andafritadang baboy (porkafritada).[4]Afritada can also be used to cookseafood likefish (afritadang isda) ormussels (afritadang tahong), utilizing the same basic process as when preparing meatafritadas.[9][10]
Afritada is also commonly cookedhamonado-style (withpineapple chunks). This sweet variant is usually known as "pineappleafritada".[11] It is commonly confused withpininyahang manok, braisedchicken also made withpineapples. However, the latter does not use tomato sauce.[12][13]
Filipinomenudo andkaldereta both use tomato sauce orbanana ketchup. However,menudo includes sliced liver, whilekaldereta exclusively usesgoat meat or occasionallybeef.Igado contains liver but no tomato sauce.[14]
