PORK AFRITADA RECIPE

Afritada is a simple Filipino recipe, one of those tomato based dishes. This simply means “stewed pork in tomato sauce”, usually cooked with potatoes and carrots.

This is actually a well-known dish in the Philippines, from family gatherings to just simple family dinners. My youngest child loves this one because it is really tasty and I personally love it, too. Now let’s get down to the recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

- 2 lbs pork belly, chopped

- 1 big potato, cut into wedges

- 1 big carrot, cut into wedges

- 3 pieces dried bay leaves

- 2 cups tomato sauce

- 1 tsp ground black pepper

- 1 cup bell pepper, diced

- 1 tsp garlic, minced

- 1 cup onion, chopped

- 2 tbsp cooking oil

- 2 tbsp fish sauce

- salt to taste

- all in one seasoning granules

Cooking Procedure:

1. Heat the cooking oil in a pan and sauté the garlic and onions

2. Add the pork and sauté until the outer parts are cooked (approximately 5 minutes)

3. Add fish sauce and let it cook for 10 minutes with low heat

4. Add the bay leaves and tomato sauce then simmer for 5 minutes

5. Add the ground black pepper then pour-in the broth and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes (or until the meat is tender)

6. Put-in the potato and carrots then simmer for 5 to 7 minutes

7. Add the bell pepper

8. Add seasoning granules and salt to taste, simmer for 3 another minutes

(I sometimes add sugar together with the salt, I like it more and it really makes a difference. 1 tbsp is fine.)

Serve hot and enjoy!