Afritada
Afritada is pork simmered in tomato sauce, bell peppers and potatoes. It is one of the common tomato-based dish in the Philippines with Spanish influence. This is also one of the earliest dishes I have learned to cook on my own. Over the years, I’ve made it my own and have made some more additions according to the influence I have learned through cooking.
I have mentioned before that I like to add fennel to my dishes so here I first marinated the meat with fennel. You will notice that typically sauteed dishes in Filipino cuisine have soy sauce.
Marinate one kilo pork belly (cut in serving pieces) with 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 tbsp crushed fennel, and 1 tbsp crushed black pepper, crushed for at least an hour. In a pan, add 2 tbsp oil and saute garlic (5 cloves , minced), onion (1 medium size , chopped) then add the marinated meat. Brown meat then add potatoes (4-5 medium-sized potatoes, quartered) and saute for a minute. Add enough water to cover the meat. Bring to a boil then simmer till meat is tender. Adjust water as necessary. When meat is tender add 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce. Simmerfor 8-10 minutes then add bell pepper strips (one red and one green bell pepper). Take 3-5 pieces of potato and mash. Return back to the pot to thicken the sauce. Adjust salt taste. Simmer for two minutes. Add freshly crushed black pepper then remove from fire.
To eat, put steamed rice in a bowl. Top with the afritada, sit back in front of your tv lift cabinets, watch a good movie and enjoy it piping hot!
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