Chicken Afritada is a stew of pan-fried chicken pieces and tomato sauce with some potatoes and bellpeppers. It was most probably adapted from a Spanish/latin dish called pollo guisado (sauteed chicken) which has olives in it.It is also comparable to the Italian’s pollo alla cacciatore or chicken cacciatore.hicken Afritada is a stew of pan-fried chicken pieces and tomato sauce with some potatoes and bellpeppers. It was most probably adapted from a Spanish/latin dish called pollo guisado (sauteed chicken) which has olives in it.