Recipe: Tasty Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada

Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada.

You can Cook Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada

1. What You needis 10-12 pieces of chicken.
2. Lets Go Prepare 3 tbsp of garlic, minced.
3. It's of 1 onion sliced.
4. Lets Go Prepare of 1 can tomato paste.
5. Lets Go Prepare 2 cups of chicken broth (or water).
6. It's 1/2 cup of soy sauce.
7. Lets Go Prepare 1/4 cup of fish sauce (Pufina patis) if no fish sauce, use 1-2 tbsp salt.
8. Lets Go Prepare 2-4 of dried bay leaves.
9. It's 3 cups of carrots.
10. What You needis 1-2 of potatoes, diced.
11. What You needis of 1/2 bell pepper, sliced.
12. What You needis of 3/4 cup frozen peas.
13. Lets Go Prepare 1-2 tbsp of cornstarch (mixed with cold water) optional to thicken sauce.

Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Afritada step by step

1. Turn on Instant Pot to SAUTE and brown the chicken in oil for a few minutes (it doesn't have to be fully cooked). Add onion and garlic. Remove the chicken from the pot..
2. Add 2 cups chicken broth (or water) and deglaze the pot. Deglazing the pot is when you add liquid to the pot and the "good bits" lift off the bottom when you stir..
3. Add soy sauce, fish sauce, bay leaves, and tomato paste to the pot. Mix well. Return the browned chicken to the pot..
4. Close the Instant Pot lid and turn the knob on the lid to seal. Cook on POULTRY function, 10 minutes. Quick release (QR) knob to vent steam until pin drops. This takes 3-4 minutes..
5. Open the lid, add the carrots, potatoes, bell pepper, and peas to the pot. Set to MANUAL function, 1 minute..
6. Quick release (QR) knob to vent steam until pin drops. Season with more fish sauce or salt. Serve immediately over fresh white rice..