Chicken Afritada Filipino Recipe

Chicken Afritada or Afritadang Manok is a kind of Filipino dish that is usually served during special occassions, family gatherings or events. This just shows how special this food is for many Pinoys.

Chicken Afritada is a tomato sauce based stew cooked with veggies such as bell peppers and green peas. By the looks of it, you can say that it's quite similar with the yummy Caldereta and flavorful Menudo.

Chicken Afritada is such an easy dish to prepare and cook. With just few recipes involved with not so complicated cooking procedure to follow, I am quite sure you can create a delicious chicken afritada on your own.

If you wanted to try cooking up chicken afritada at home, check and follow the below recipe and cooking instruction.

Filipino Style Sopas - Chicken Sopas

Chicken Sopas (chicken macaroni soup) is a very well known soup dish here in the Philippines. It is quite popular that you can cook it anytime you want (cook it the traditional way or buy an instant sopas in a pack) and eat it anywhere you go (from turo turo to 5 star restaurants). I can say that this dish is one of the best selling dish or recipe of Filipino people. As generation and time passes by, new twist and tweak is created to make Filipino sopas recipe even more yummier. Below, you will read and find the very basic and most common Filipino chicken sopas recipe (you may find other variation of this recipe online).

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Filipino Chicken Sopas Ingredients:

* half a kilo of chicken cut in smaller portions

* 5 pieces of hotdog cut in about 2cm thick

* 2 cloves of garlic

* 1 onion sliced

* 1 carrot cut in julienne strips

* 1 cup of cabbage

* 1/4 cup of evaporated milk

* half a kilo of macaroni noodles

* 1 liter of water

* 1 chicken bouillon cube

* salt, pepper

Filipino Chicken Sopas Cooking Procedure:

1). In a casserole put some cooking oil.

2). Sauté your garlic, onion and carrots. Add your chicken and continue mixing.

3). Put the hotdog and cook for about two more minutes. Pour your water with the chicken bouillon cube dissolved in it.

4). Cover and let it boil. After the first boil add your macaroni noodles and continue cooking for another ten minutes. Then add up your cabbage, milk, salt and pepper.

5). Turn of the fire, the warm liquid will continue cooking the rest of the ingredients. You can also add some chicken liver and gizzards in this soup if you want.

Note: Image may vary with the end result of this recipe.

Chicken For The Gods By Lhey Ralston

This recipe came from a fellow Filipino who lives in the United States. She passed me this recipe through twitter. This is a unique chicken recipe of no other than Lhey Bella Ralston. If you wan't to know more about her, check out her official website or this kahitsino.org blog post about her.

Chicken a la King Filipino Recipe

Here is the Filipino style of Chicken a la King Recipe. Chicken ala king is made with cooked chicken and a thickened sauce. This recipe includes butter, mushrooms, and other ingredients. Chicken a la king recipe is an easy meal to serve over rice or toast.

Chicken ala King on Toasted Bread

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Chicken Asparagus Soup

Chicken Asparagus Soup is quite a very easy to do soup recipe. It's healthy and it really tastes so good. Chicken & Asparagus Soup is an easy yet delicious Filipino appetizer recipe as well. Try below my basic soup recipe for Chicken Asparagus.

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Chicken Asparagus Soup Ingredients:

* 5 cups chicken broth
* 3 tablespoons cornstarch
* 2 tablespoons minced cooked ham
* salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
* 1/2 cup water
* one 16-ounce can asparagus spears
* 1 chicken breast, boned and sliced, shredded just before cooking

Chicken Asparagus Soup Cooking Procedure:

1). In a medium pot, combine chicken broth, salt and pepper.

2). Add the liquid from the can of asparagus.

3). Thicken the broth with cornstarch.

4). Slice the asparagus spears into 1-inch lengths and add them to the broth.

5). Add 1/2 cup water. Bring the whole mixture to a boil, then remove from heat.

6). Add the chicken to the broth and bring back to a boil, stirring briskly.

7). Cook until chicken is tender.

Sprinkle your soup with ham bits and serve it while its hot. Enjoy!

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Chicken Asado (Asadong Manok)

Chicken Asado or Asadong Manok is a bit different with pork asado. This asadong manok recipe will have a mixture of tomato sauce. It was kind of similar to chicken afritada.

Check below the simple and basic Chicken Asado recipe.

Asadong Manok (Chicken Asado) Image Via filipinostylerecipe.com

Chicken Asado Recipe Ingredients:

* 1 k. chicken, cut into serving pieces with the bones intact
* 1/4 cup kalamansi juice
* 1/4 cup soy sauce
* 1 cup tomato sauce
* 2 medium size onion, chopped
* 1/2 head garlic, minced
* 4 potatoes, quartered
* 3 pcs. bay leaf
* salt and pepper
* cooking oil

Chicken Asado Recipe Cooking Instructions:

1). Marinate chicken with kalamansi, soy sauce, salt and pepper for 10-20 minutes in a clean bowl.

2). In a sauce pan fry chicken for 3-5 minutes or until colour turn to golden brown in batches.

3). Remove from pan, set aside. In same sauce pan sauté garlic and onion, add in chicken, stir fry for 2-3 minutes.

4). Add tomato sauce and bay leaf, stir cook for 1-2 minutes.

5). Pour in 2-3 cups of water and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

6). Add in potato and simmer for another 5-10 minutes or until chicken and potato are cooked and tender and until most of the liquid has evaporated.

Best served hot! Enjoy!.

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Chicken Paella

Chicken Paella is an authentic Spanish recipe that we, Filipinos, adopted and embraced into our cooking culture. Check below the simple Chicken Paella recipe that you will surely love.

Chicken Paella Ingredients:

* 1 kilo chicken (cut into small pc)
* 1/4 kilo chicken giblets & liver
* 2 cans tomato sauce
* 2 large onions chopped
* 1/2 head garlic, minced
* 1 pc. bay leaf (laurel)
* 2 bell peppers, red & green (strips)
* 1/2 kilo tahong (cooked in shell)
* 3-4 crabs (cooked, quartered)
* 1 cup sweet green peas
* 2 chorizo de bilbao (sliced diagonally, 1/4′ thick)
* 1 tsp. pimenton powder
* salt to taste
* 1 hard-cooked egg (garnishing)
* 3 cups rice
* 4-5 cups water

How To Cook Chicken Paella:

1). Saute and brown garlic in oil. Stir in half of chopped onions. When wilted, add chicken. Stir unitl light brown.

2). Pour in tomato sauce. Add bay leaf and salt. Cover. Cook until almost done.

3). Add pimenton, stir to blend well with sauce. Then, add pepper strips, tahong, shrimps, peas, chorizo, and crabs. Boil for 10 minutes. Set aside.

4). In a big wok or KAWALI, saute’ remaining onions until soft. Add 1 can tomato sauce, water, and rice (previously washed). Stir to blend water with tomato sauce. When it boils, cover, lower heat to medium temperature and continue cooking until rice is cooked.

5). When done, toss rice with fork to make it fluffy. Then, add 3/4 part of cooked mixture to rice. Increase heat. Mix to blend the cooked mixture and rice evenly. Cook until dries.

6). Place in a big dish, spread the remaining cooked mixture on top. Garnish with sliced hard-cooked egg and chopped spring onion.

Serve hot and enjoy.

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Chicken Inasal

Chicken Inasal is an Ilonggo dish, or more specifically a Bacolod dish. The smell of chicken inasal cooking always brings rumblings in the stomach, and you can’t wait to sink your teeth into it.

Chicken Inasal, by far is one of the Filipino favorites. It was considered as one of main courses in every occasions, wherein, foods will be the highlight of the event.

Below is an easy to follow chicken inasal recipe.

Chicken Inasal

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Chicken Pastel

Chicken Pastel Recipe (Chicken Casserole Baked in a Crust)

Chicken Pastel is a hearty casserole dish that is usually served with pie crust on top. A typical Filipino Chicken Pastel crust is similar to a buko pie and empanada crust.

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Chicken Pastel Recipe Ingredients:

* One 1 1/2 kilo chicken, cut in pieces
* One can (14 ounces) sliced Vienna sausage
* 3 diced potatoes
* 1 diced carrot
* 1 up mushrooms, cut in half
* 1 sliced in strips green bell pepper
* 1/2 cup sweet peas
* 1 minced onion
* 1/4 cup grated cheese
* 1 cup margarine
* 2 cups chicken stock (broth)
* 1/2 cup evaporated milk
* 4 tablespoons soy sauce
* 1 lemon extract (juice)
* 1 egg, beaten
* Salt and pepper to taste

Chicken Pastel Crust:

* 2 cups flour
* 1/2 cup corn oil or vegetable oil
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 cup of water

Chicken Pastel Cooking Instructions:

1). In a bowl, marinate chicken lemon juice and soy sauce for an hour.

2). In a skillet, melt margarine and brown chicken, set aside.

3). Sauté onion, bell pepper an mushrooms then add chicken broth. Simmer for 15 minutes then add potatoes, carrots, sweet peas, sausages, grated cheese and milk. Continue cooking for 10 minutes. Salt to taste.

4). Transfer to a baking dish.

5). Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

6). On a bowl, combine the flour, salt, cold water and oil. Mix into a ball.

7). On a flat surface, roll flat the pastry and cover the chicken pastel mixture and seal the sides by pressing on the edges. Remove excess pastry.

8). Punch small holes on the pastry to let out steam during baking then brush with beaten egg.

9). Bake until golden brown (about 15 minutes).

Rellenong Manok (Stuffed Deboned Chicken)

Rellenong or Relyenong manok is a popular dish in the Philippines. It was always served and cooked during important Filipino occasions like Christmas dinner, birthdays and fiestas as well.

Relyenong manok is a kind of chicken recipe wherein, the chicken is deboned then stuffed or filled with different ingredients. I admit that it's not that easy to remove the bones of the whole chicken without damaging the skin of it but once you have done it, everything becomes easier since all you have to do is place the stuffing inside the whole chicken .

Rellenong Manok

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Spicy Chicken Feet Recipe

Spicy chicken feet is a favorite authentic cuisine in Asian countries; especially in the Philippines. Chicken feet is one of the favorite street food (Adidas) and pulutan (chicken feet adobo) by the Filipinos.

Spicy Chicken Feet Adobo 

Chicken Binakol - Chicken Soup with Coconut

Chicken Binakol recipe originated and a famous dish of Batangas. In this kind of recipe, they used the famous Batangas native chicken for their Chicken binakol and was cooked in a bamboo tube to seal in the juices.

In the Visayas Region their version of Chicken Binakol is to simmer the chicken with tanglad in the coconut shell itself.

This chicken soup is very much like the Chicken Tinola (a local chicken soup).

Chicken Binakol Full Image Credit - AngSarap.Net

Chicken Binakol Recipe Ingredients:

* 1 tablespoon canola oil
* 3 cloves garlic, chopped
* 1 medium onion, finely chopped
* thumb-sized ginger, chopped then squashed
* 4 pcs chicken legs, cut into chunks
* 3 pcs young coconut (juice & meat)
* 200 gms fresh oyster mushrooms, sliced
* peppercorns & salt to taste
* 1 tablespoon fish sauce (patis)
* a bunch of fresh spinach or malunggay leaves

Chicken Binakol Cooking Instructions:

1). Beat canola oil then saute garlic, onion and ginger.

2). Be careful not to burn ‘em, or you will have a burnt flavour soup.

3). Toss in all the chicken pieces then pour a tablespoon of fish sauce.

4). Saute until the chicken meat releases its own juice without adding water. stir often.

5). Shop open the top shell of the three young coconut and pour all the fresh coconut juice into the chicken pot. let boil for 5 minutes over medium heat.

6). Scrape the young coconut meat and mix it with the chicken.

7). Drop about 7 to 10 pieces of peppercorns.

8). Simmer for another 10 minutes.

9). Put the sliced fresh oyster mushrooms into the simmering soup.

10). Let boil for another 3 minutes.

11). Add in the spinach leaves, and continue to simmer for another minute.

12). Season with salt to taste.

Added tips:
* Use only fresh young coconut juice as soup. Do not substitute it with water.
* You may use the coconut shells is self as Chicken Binakol’s serving bowls (example shown at the picture above).
* For a spicy hot twist, add chopped fresh red chilli on top of it.

Chicken Pandan Filipino Style

Chicken Pandan is a common and native Thai dish. For Thais', Pandan chicken is an excellent appetizer or finger food for any party that is very easy to make. The Filipino Chicken Pandan is made more exciting and sumptuous with the mix of the finest Filipino seasoning blend.

Chicken Pandan by Cafe Laguna

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Chicken Sotanghon Soup

Chicken sotanghon is a typical Filipino soup that mainly consist of, of course chicken and the sotanghon noodles. Sotanghon Noodles is the Filipino name for the bean thread noodles also known as cellophane noodles or chinese vermicelli noodles which is made from mung beans.

Pochero Filipino Food Recipe

"Pochero is a sweet beef stew combined with banana and traditionally simmered in tomato sauce."

Here is a very basic and easy to follow step by step instruction on how to cook the Filipino style Pochero. This one of a kind Filipino pochero recipe doesn't include any hint of tomato. If you have any comments or suggestion regarding this recipe, feel free to express it via the comment section.

Pininyahang Manok

Pininyahang Manok - Pineapple Chicken Dish

Pininyahang manok is made of sweet pineapple flavor along with coconut milk thus, producing a very splendid taste. This Filipino recipe is mostly cooked and seen during feasts or celebrations. Check out the very basic and simple recipe below.

Pininyahang Manok Image via panlasangpinoy.com

Pininyahang Manok Recipe Ingredients

* 1 whole chicken, cut into serving pieces
* 1 can pineapple chunks, set aside the syrup
* 1 Tbsp oil
* 3 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 medium-sized onions, chopped
* 1/2 cup evaporated milk or coconut milk
* patis (fish sauce), to taste

Pininyahang Manok Cooking Directions - How To Cook Pininyahang Manok

1). Marinade the chicken with the pineapple syrup for a few minutes.

2). Pour the chicken with the marinade in a pot, cook until the marinade evaporates and the chicken is lightly brown. (You’re not exactly frying the chicken–you just want to seal in the juices.)

3). When done, set aside the chicken on one side of the pot.

4). Add the oil, saute garlic and onions then mix together with the lightly browned chicken and cook for about a minute.

5). Add the pineapple chunks then pour the evaporated milk. Cover and bring to a simmer. (If you are using coconut milk, do not cover, otherwise it will curdle).

6). By the time the chicken is done, the sauce would be rather thick and creamy, stir then season with patis.

7). Simmer again for 2 minutes then turn-off the heat.

Pininyahan manok is best serve with plain steamed rice.

Filipino Chicken Curry

The spicy Filipino chicken curry is one of the most popular and delicious Filipino food. Some makes it basic and plain (without the chilies) but for many, the hotter it is, the yummier it can be! Check out the below recipe of hot and spicy chicken curry.

Chicken Curry

Chicken Arroz Caldo Recipe

Arroz Caldo is a Chinese congee that was adapted to the tastes of the Spanish colonial settlers who patronized Chinese restaurants in the Philippines. As the Spanish could not pronounce Chinese, they gave it a Spanish name for easy reference, thus giving birth to the Arroz Caldo dish.

Arroz caldo is most usually spiced with saffron and black pepper in place of or in addition to the more traditional ginger and scallion. Arroz caldo is clearly recognized by the bright yellow hue contributed by the addition of saffron, and the larger pieces of meat. The most popular variant of this is the Chicken Arroz Caldo.

Filipino Arroz Caldo With Hard Boiled Egg

Tinolang Manok Recipe

Tinolang Manok (Chicken Ginger Stew with Vegetables) recipe is a Filipino food dish that is relatively easy to cook. Also known as tinola, tinolang manok chicken soup is light and refreshing. A simple broth with chicken, spinach and green papaya, it is a favorite home-style dish in the Philippines.

 Here is the basic and easy to follow Tinolang Manok Recipe.

Tinolang Manok

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