Chicken mechado

Chicken Mechado is a tomato based Filipino chicken dish where tender cuts of chicken is fried with calamansi juice, soy sauce and fish sauce, and then braised in a tomato sauce based gravy, with Fried green bell peppers, fried carrots, fried potatoes, onion, garlic, bay leaves and green peas, until chicken is soft and tender.

Chicken mechado dish is a tomato-based stew chicken recipe. The chicken meat is braised and slow-cooked in tomato sauce together with certain spices, potatoes, and bell peppers until they are soft and tender. During the time of cooking, the delicious flavor and tenderness of the chicken meat are developed with a rich brown sauce. It is more of a feast-style dish due to the abundance of tastes and colors. It goes well with a dish of warm rice. In terms of dishes, this Mechado recipe is a…

Craving a hearty Filipino comfort food? Discover our simple yet flavorful chicken mechado recipe that will have you coming back for seconds in no time!

Chicken Mechado is a tomato based Filipino chicken dish where tender cuts of chicken is fried with calamansi juice, soy sauce and fish sauce, and then braised in a tomato sauce based gravy, with Fried green bell peppers, fried carrots, fried potatoes, onion, garlic, bay leaves and green peas, until chicken is soft and tender.

This is another comfort food for me. We had this at home as a kid. My mom didn't make it as often as chicken or pork afritada, but I did like Beef Mechado. Actually, more than eating it at home, it was always my default viand at lunch when I worked at a bank on Ayala Avenue right after college. It was almost always on the cafeteria menu and I just loved to soak my rice with the sauce. I gather it isn't on cafeteria menus as often these days, beef having become somewhat pricey, but it was a…

Chicken mechado is one of the many Spanish influenced dishes that Filipinos had inherited and adapted using local ingredients.

Though commonly seen in the usual everyday Filipino meals, Chicken Afritada can also be cooked to serve more people in celebrations and parties. Made with tomato sauce, peas, hotdog, carrots, potatoes and bell peppers, it is always one of the tastier viands in celebrations that people actually line up to it.

Ingredients: 3/4 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces 250 grams tomato sauce 2 cups chicken stock 1 large potato, quartered 1 large carrot, sliced 1

Afritada is a Filipino favorite with tender chicken cooked in a rich savory tomato-based sauce. Cooked low and slow until the oil separates from the sauce and the meat becomes fork-tender.

Filipino Style Recipe: mechado recipe is a beef stew originally from Spanish that has become very popular in Filipino cuisine. A typical mechado dish consists