Pork Afritada (Braised Pork in Tomato Sauce)
- 1 lb. pork, cut into serving pieces
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp. patis (fish sauce)
- 4 potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced
- 2 tbsp. fine breadcrumbs (or flour, or cornstarch)
- vegetable oil
Cooking Procedures :
- Put pork in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Let stand 10 to 20 minutes.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir-fry pork pieces until no longer pink in color and turn lightly brown.
- Add and sauté garlic until fragrant. Stir in onion until soft and translucent. Season with patis and then add potatoes, stir-fry for a few minutes.
- Pour in water and tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer covered for about 25 to 30 minutes or until pork is cooked and potatoes are tender.
- Add in bell peppers and stir to blend. Correct seasonings. Thicken sauce with breadcrumbs (or flour, or cornstarch, if using). Stir and blend and let simmer for another few more minutes.
- Remove from heat. Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot.
Tagged with: afritada • braised • tomato sauce
Filed under: Pork
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YUM YUM YUM I REALLY LIKE IT I SO HUNGRY NA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SANA ALWAYS KO YAN ULAM!!!! HEHEHE
hi! I tried this with chicken and it worked even then! Thank you thank you thank you! I cooked this for my mom (the first time I ever cooked for her) and she loved it!:D
i will try this recipe tonight. i think i can do this. This will be my first time preparing pork afritada. Hope my family will like this.
Thanks, I’ll be serving this to our town fiesta….
..my fav0rite..!
love it thanks…
sarap naman i will cook it 4 my dad
il try to cook this tomorrow….hope my family wil like it…thanks for this..:)
Sarap……. So hungry na ako love you jepay
SOOOOOO…GOOD TALAGA NO.1 RECIPE ME AND MY SISSY ARE ALONG AGAIN
Hi, thank you for this recipe. Since back home in the philippines I didn’t know how to cook. Now I followed your recipe and I found out this 2 tbsp constarch is too thick in consistency so my afritada is like pudding. However, it taste so good.
il cook this for my boyfriend i hope he’ll like it:)
i love it