How to cook Afritadang Manok

Ingredients:

2 lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces

1 large potato, quartered

1 large carrot, sliced

1 large bell pepper, sliced

1 cup green peas

8 ounces tomato sauce

4 cloves garlic, minced

4 pieces hotdogs, sliced

1 medium onion, diced

1  1/4 cups chicken broth or stock

2 pieces dried bay leaves

1 teaspoon granulated white sugar

4 tablespoons cooking oil

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking procedure:

1. Pour-in cooking oil in a cooking pot or casserole then apply heat.

2. Pan-fry the chicken until the color turns light brown (about 3 minutes per side).

3. Remove the chicken from the cooking pot.

4. On the same cooking pot, sauté garlic and onions.

5. Put-in the sliced hotdogs and pan-fried chicken then cook for a minute.

6. Pour-in tomato sauce and chicken stock then add bay leaves. Simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.

7. Add the potato and carrots then simmer for 7 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.

8. Put-in the bell pepper, green peas, salt, sugar, and ground black pepper then cook for 3 minutes more.

9. Turn-off heat then transfer to a serving plate.