Stuffed peppers have long been a favorite dish on our table. The secret of its popularity is that due to the variety of fillings, the dish becomes different every time, but the taste does not suffer from this. I bring to your attention several recipes for fillings for peppers.
In order not to repeat myself, I will immediately tell you how to prepare the fruits for stuffing. This step is the same in almost every recipe.
Wash fresh fruit thoroughly before cooking. Then cut off the top of the fruit, remove the seeds from the core. Put the peeled fruits in a bowl or pan, pour boiling water over it, leave for a few 3-5 minutes. The scalded fruits will become softer, it will be easier to stuff them later. It is enough to pour over frozen peppers with boiling water, and they will already be ready for stuffing.
And the cut tops of the peppers do not need to be thrown away. Separate them from the stalk, and lay next to the stuffed peppers.
Stuffed peppers with meat and rice - a classic recipe
Products:
- Mixed minced meat (beef + pork) - 500 g,
- Rice - 0.5 cups,
- Onions - 3 pcs.,
- Carrots - 2-3 pcs.,
- Tomatoes - 5 pcs.,
- Spices - salt, sugar, black peppercorns, allspice.
Cooking
- We wash the rice and put it in a pot of water on the fire.
- While the rice is cooking, prepare the peppers.
- Finely chop the peeled onion, put it in a pan with oil, fry, stirring occasionally.
- Three carrots on a coarse grater, then send it to the onion and, together with the onion, bring it to half-cooked.
- We scald the tomatoes with boiling water, remove the skin from them, grate half of them and send them to the onions and carrots.
- Salt and pepper the mixture to taste.
- Drain water from boiled rice.
- In the fried vegetables, add rice, minced meat, salt, pepper. Peppers are filled with the prepared filling, put in a saucepan, poured with sauce and stewed for 40 minutes under the lid.
sauce preparation
We also grate the rest of the tomatoes, send them to the peppers in the pan, add a little boiled water so that the liquid reaches the shoulders, close the pan with a lid and simmer for 40 minutes.
Delicious juicy stuffed peppers
Products:
- Mixed minced meat - 600 g,
- Rice - 80 g,
- Peppers - 10-12 pcs.,
- Carrots - 2 pcs.,
- Onion - 2-3 pcs.,
- Salt, ground black pepper - to taste,
- For the sauce - 1 tbsp. l. tomato paste per 0.5 l of water (or 2 cups of tomato juice) + 2 tsp. Sahara.
Cooking
- Fry finely chopped onion and one, grated on a coarse grater, carrots.
- Boil rice in salted water.
- We combine half of the fried vegetables, rice and minced meat together, add spices, mix thoroughly.
- Prepare the sauce: add tomato sauce to the other half of the fried onions and carrots, simmer for 5 minutes, then add spices, 2 tsp. Sahara. You will not feel the sugar in the sauce, but the taste of the dish will improve.
- We stuff the fruits with the filling, put them in a saucepan, pour water so that it reaches the shoulders of the peppers. Top with sautéed sauce. Simmer for 40-50 minutes.
- Before serving, decorate the finished dish with greens.
Stuffed peppers with sour cream - very tasty!
Products:
- Bulgarian pepper - 15 pcs.,
- Minced meat - 1 kg,
- Carrots - 1 pc.,
- Onion - 1 pc.,
- Rice - 100 g.,
- Sour cream - 400 g.,
- Tomato sauce - 400-500 g.,
- Water - 100 ml (for sauce),
- Salt, ground pepper - to taste.
How to do
- Slice the onion like you would a regular fry.
- We rub the carrots on a coarse grater.
- Add water to the washed rice in a ratio of 1:2.
- We heat the pan, pour oil on it, fry the onion until transparent, then add the carrots, fry over low heat for 10 minutes.
- We combine boiled rice, frying and minced meat together. Salt, pepper to taste, mix.
- We make peppers.
- Prepare the sauce: pour tomato paste into a heated pan, then add sour cream, water. Add 1 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. Sahara. Stir, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute.
- Pour the sauce over the peppers placed in the pan, simmer for 40 minutes. It may turn out that the sauce is not enough, in which case you can simply add boiled water.
You need to take:
- bell pepper,
- Carrots - 2 pcs.,
- 1 large onion
- 1 cup boiled rice
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.,
- vegetable oil for frying,
- Sour cream for sauce 2 tbsp. l.,
- Flour - 1 tbsp. l.,
- Water - 0.5 l,
- Salt, ground pepper.
How to cook
- We prepare the pepper, do not throw away the cut tops, they will come in handy. We rub the carrots on a coarse grater, finely chop the onion.
- In a pan with oil, fry half the prepared onions and carrots, add 1 finely chopped tomato to them.
- Add finely chopped tops of peppers to the frying, rice. Salt, pepper to taste. We mix.
- Put the filling in the peppers and put them in a saucepan.
- Cooking sour cream sauce. Fry the remaining half of the onions and carrots in a pan with oil until half cooked, add finely chopped tomato (you can use 1 tablespoon of tomato paste), sprinkle with flour, stir the frying so that the flour absorbs all the fat. Then add water, mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Salt sauce, pepper, you can add 0.5 tsp Vegeta, and at the end add sour cream. Once again, mix everything thoroughly, bring to a boil and pour the prepared peppers with the sauce.
- Simmer peppers for 30-40 minutes. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.
Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers (oven-cooked)
Required products:
- Onions - 2 pcs.,
- Champignons, but it is better to take porcini mushrooms,
- Boiled rice - 1 cup
- Tomatoes 2-3 pcs.,
- Zucchini,
- Feta cheese - 50 -100 g,
- frying oil,
- Salt, pepper, oregano - to taste.
Cooking
- In a heated frying pan with oil, fry finely chopped onions, mushrooms, zucchini.
- Add spices, and then diced tomatoes, fry for another 5 minutes.
- Add rice, mix stuffing.
- We start the peppers, put them in a saucepan.
- Put feta cheese on top of the peppers, sprinkle with a little more pepper, and put a slice of tomato on top.
- We put in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
Stuffed peppers with chicken stuffing (in the oven)
Ingredients:
- Boiled or fried chicken fillet,
- BBQ sauce (you can take ketchup),
- Mozzarella cheese (or any other)
- Celery, diced
- boiled rice,
- Salt, pepper - to taste.
I do not specify the number of products, they are taken from their availability.
How to cook
- Add a little barbecue sauce or ketchup, celery, rice to chicken meat. Mix, salt, pepper.
- Mix again and stuff the peppers.
- Sprinkle the top with grated cheese.
- We put in the oven for 30 minutes.
- When serving, pour a little sauce and sprinkle with herbs.
Products:
- large bell pepper,
- chicken fillet,
- Tomatoes - 1 - 2 pcs.,
- Hard cheese - 100-150 g,
- Unflavored yogurt (sour cream) - 2 tbsp. l.,
- Salt, ground pepper, garlic seasoning, dill.
Cooking
- My pepper, cut it in half so that the stalk is also cut into 2 parts. We clear the halves of the core and seeds.
- Raw chicken fillet, tomatoes cut into cubes. We rub the cheese on a grater, finely chop the greens.
- We combine the chopped fillet, tomatoes, greens together. Salt, pepper, add herbs, garlic seasoning. We mix.
- We spread the filling in the halves of the peppers. Then put them in a greased pan.
- We put in the oven for baking for 30 minutes at a temperature of 180-200ºС.
- After 30 minutes, we take out the form from the oven, sprinkle the stuffed halves with grated cheese and put it back in the oven for 10 minutes.
Prepare the ingredients.
Wash the pepper, carefully cut out the seed box, rinse again from the seeds and dry with paper towels.
Heat a little oil in a saucepan, put the pepper and lightly fry on all sides.
Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
Prepare the filling.
Rinse rice, add water and boil until half cooked (about 5-7 minutes).
Wash, peel and grate the carrots on a coarse grater or on a grater for Korean carrots.
Peel the onion and cut into quarter rings.
In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil, put the onion, salt a little, pepper and fry for about 15-20 minutes, over low heat, until soft.
Move the onion to the edge of the pan with a spatula, add the carrots, lightly salt and fry, stirring, until the carrots soften a little (about 3-4 minutes).
In a large bowl, combine minced meat, rice and fried onions with carrots.
Wash the tomatoes, make a cruciform incision on each, dip in boiling water for 30-60 seconds, then quickly transfer to ice water and remove the skin.
Cut tomatoes into small cubes.
Peel the garlic and pass through a garlic squeezer.
Wash greens, dry and chop.
Add tomatoes, ketchup, garlic, herbs, salt, sugar and freshly ground pepper to the minced meat.
Mix the minced meat well (it is convenient to mix with your hands).
Fill the prepared peppers with minced meat and place in a saucepan or other thick-walled dish.
Prepare tomato cream sauce.
Combine sour cream with ketchup and mix.
Pour in water and mix again.
Salt and pepper the sauce to taste.
Pour the sauce over the peppers.
Simmer the peppers at a low boil, covered, for about 40-60 minutes.
Turn off the heat and let it brew for another 10 minutes.
If the classic meat and rice stuffed peppers no longer impress with their taste, and the soul requires variety, then these original recipes are just for you. Here, among the variety presented, everyone can find something useful and tasty for themselves.
1. Peppers stuffed with eggs and mushrooms
Have you ever tried peppers stuffed with mushrooms and eggs? Not? Then it's time to break the stereotypes about the classic recipe and try to cook something new and original. This dish will pleasantly surprise with its taste and aroma even those who are skeptical about such food.
Ingredients:
Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs;
Hard cheese - 100-150 g;
Eggs - 4 pcs;
Champignons - 50–70 g;
Broccoli inflorescences - 100;
Cayenne pepper - ¼ tsp;
Salt and ground black pepper to taste.
Cooking method number 1:
Hard-boil eggs and finely chop;
Cut mushrooms and broccoli evenly and mix with eggs;
Salt, pepper;
Mix gently;
In each half, lay out the filling of mushrooms, eggs and broccoli;
Put the peppers on a baking sheet, previously covered with parchment paper;
Send to the oven preheated to 190 degrees for 35 minutes;
Sprinkle with grated cheese before serving.
Cooking method number 2:
Pepper cut into halves;
Remove seeds and partitions;
Send the pepper halves to an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20 minutes;
While the pepper is baking, it is worth dicing the mushrooms;
Salt and pepper;
And fry them in a pan in vegetable oil until golden brown;
Put the stuffing from the mushrooms into the baked halves of the pepper;
Sprinkle with grated cheese and beat an egg into each half;
Send the pepper halves to the oven for 15 minutes;
Serve with fresh herbs if desired.
2. Mexican stuffed peppers
Mexican stuffed peppers are another original recipe for this dish that will appeal to almost all family members.
Ingredients:
Bulgarian pepper - 3 pcs;
Minced beef / or a piece of beef (or any other according to your desire) - 400 g;
Hard cheese - 100 g;
Onion - 1 pc;
Garlic - 3 cloves;
Chile - 1/4 tsp;
Salt to taste;
Lettuce leaves - 50 g.
Cooking method:
After fry it in olive oil;
Chop the garlic and send to the onion;
Minced meat (if you have a piece of meat, then it should be cut into small cubes) send to the pan with onions and garlic;
Salt and pepper;
Fry until a light brown crust is formed;
Pepper cut into halves;
Remove seeds and membranes;
Put the pepper halves on a baking sheet, previously covered with parchment paper;
Fill each half with minced meat filling;
Sprinkle generously with grated cheese on top and send to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30 minutes;
Serve cooked peppers on fresh lettuce leaves.
3. Peppers stuffed with tuna and tomatoes
This dish can surprise even an avid gourmet with its unusual combination of ingredients. Tender juicy tuna that melts on the tongue, spicy taste of green onions with a pleasant sourness of tomatoes create a bright ensemble and extravaganza of taste.
Ingredients:
Canned tuna - 150 g;
Cheddar cheese - 100 g;
Sweet pepper - 3 pcs;
Capers - 2 tablespoons;
Tomatoes - 2 pcs;
Tomato paste - 2 tbsp;
Green onions - 2 feathers.
Cooking method:
Pepper cut into halves;
Remove seeds and membranes;
Grill on all sides for about 5 minutes;
Chop the onion;
Cut the tomatoes into cubes;
In a bowl, combine half of the grated cheese, tomato paste, finely chopped onion, tuna, capers and tomatoes;
Fill the pepper halves with stuffing;
Sprinkle the rest of the grated cheese on top;
Send the peppers to the grill for another 5 minutes.
4. Peppers stuffed with cheese and bacon
Juicy, fragrant bacon and golden cheese crust will become the main accent of this dish, which is so hard to resist.
Ingredients:
Small sweet pepper - 8 pcs;
Goat cheese - 100 g;
Bacon - 6 slices;
Eggs - 2 pcs;
Garlic - 2 cloves;
Green onions - 3 feathers;
Black ground pepper - 1/4 tsp;
Salt to taste.
Cooking method:
Peel and finely chop the onion;
Chop the garlic;
Cheese cut or grate on a coarse grater;
Cut the bacon into even pieces;
Mix all ingredients with eggs;
Lightly salt and pepper;
Cut off the legs from the pepper and carefully remove the middle with seeds and partitions;
Stuff the peppers with the previously prepared stuffing;
Put the pepper on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper;
Send to the oven preheated to 190 degrees for 30 minutes.
5. Peppers Stuffed with Spinach and Cheese
Such a juicy and fragrant pepper will appeal to those who have given their preference to healthy food and are on a diet.
Ingredients:
Bulgarian pepper - 3 pcs;
Ricotta - 150 g;
Parmesan - 50 g;
Spinach - 200 g;
Onion - 2 pcs;
Garlic - 4 cloves;
Olive oil - 2 tbsp;
Cooking method:
Chop the onion and fry in olive oil until translucent;
Chop the garlic;
Finely chop the spinach and add along with the garlic to the onion;
Salt and pepper;
Stir and fry for about 2 minutes;
After adding ricotta;
Pepper cut in half;
Remove the middle and membranes;
Fill halves with cheese, onion and spinach filling;
Top with grated parmesan;
Send the peppers to the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 25 minutes.
6. Italian Chicken Stuffed Peppers
Another dish worth trying. Tender chicken fillet, fragrant Provence herbs, several varieties of cheese - all this and much more perfectly emphasizes the taste of each other, making the filling brighter and richer.
Ingredients:
Chicken fillet - 300 g;
Chicken broth - 70 ml;
Mozzarella - 150 g;
Ricotta - 100 g;
Bulgarian pepper - 4 pcs;
Provence herbs - 1 tsp;
Basil - 1/3 bunch;
Garlic - 3 cloves;
Salt - 1/4 tsp;
Black ground pepper to taste.
Cooking method:
Grate the fillet with seasonings and salt;
After fry it in olive oil until tender;
Let the meat cool and cut it into cubes;
Tomatoes also cut into small cubes;
Mash ricotta with a fork and mix with fillet, tomatoes, finely chopped garlic and basil;
Salt and pepper;
Pepper cut into halves;
Remove seeds and membranes;
Put the filling in each half;
Sprinkle mozzarella on top;
Put stuffed peppers in a baking dish;
Pour in the broth;
And send to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 50 minutes.
7. Shrimp Stuffed Peppers
Who would have thought that in addition to classic recipes, there are also exotic ones. Pepper stuffed with shrimp is a dish that surprises and at the same time drives into a stupor, causing curiosity and a desire to try it as soon as possible.
Ingredients:
Small sweet pepper - 9 pcs;
Shrimps (preferably peeled) - 400 g;
Pesto sauce - 3 tbsp;
Paprika - 1/4 tsp;
Lemon - 1/2 pcs;
Olive oil - 2 tbsp;
Salt and ground black pepper to taste.
Cooking method:
Peel the shrimp and boil in lightly salted water until tender;
Allow to cool slightly and finely chop the meat;
Then mix chopped shrimp meat with sauce, lemon juice, seasonings and salt;
Pepper cut into halves;
Remove seeds and membranes;
Fill the halves with stuffing;
And refrigerate for 30 minutes.
How cute they are, so appetizing and very funny, I would say.
For this culinary masterpiece, you will need a small amount of sweet multi-colored bell peppers, but if you have a huge amount of them, then do not hesitate to make them
What do you think you can stuff peppers with? What fillings, what ingredients? The most common are minced meat and rice, which you will learn about today from this note.
Interesting! You can come up with a great variety of fillings, for example, make it with eggplant without meat, mushrooms, cabbage, vegetables, cottage cheese, cheese and eggs, buckwheat, without rice, etc.
By the way, you can make a preparation for the winter using your freezer, just clean the fresh washed dry fruits, remove the seeds and tails, place them in a bag and freeze, and then you can get it and cook something at any time.
You can make this dish at any time of the year, as long as there is pepper, rice and any meat. Minced meat of a mixed type is best suited: beef + pork, but in general you can take absolutely any, even from turkey or chicken.
Take this step-by-step option, bookmark the page and create!
We will need:
- minced meat - 400 g
- rice - 70-80 g
- Bulgarian sweet pepper - 6-9 pcs.
- carrots - 1-2 pcs.
- tomato paste - 2 tbsp
- sour cream - 2 tbsp
- garlic - 2 cloves
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking method:
1. Take the right amount of rice and pour boiling water over it with hot water, move it aside for 10-15 minutes, cover it with a lid. If the rice is very dirty, then of course you should sort it out first.
Important! People often ask what kind of rice is needed for this dish? It is best to take round-grain rice, it is better in its taste or small, small for Japanese cuisine.
2. The next step is the peppers. You need to do the following work with them: wash under running cold water, and then cut the core in a circle with a knife, removing the bones and partitions.
Important! If you do not remove the partitions, bitterness may occur, keep this in mind.
3. Next, grate the carrots on a fine grater, chop the onion finely with a knife. Finely chop the garlic too with a kitchen knife. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, heat it up and then add chopped onion and garlic, stir. Fry until the onion turns golden.
Transfer vegetables to a plate and let cool slightly.
4. Now prepare the minced meat, if you have it frozen, then thaw it first at room temperature. Dip some of the fried vegetables into it - more than half, the other will go to another matter. Stir. Then strain the filled rice with water through a sieve or colander and send it here. Salt and pepper to taste.
5. Stuff the peppers with the finished filling. You should not tamp strongly, as the rice will boil during the cooking process.
6. Take the pan and put the remaining fried vegetables on the bottom. Then, in a vertical position, set the peppers in a circle.
7. For a cool filling, you need tomato paste and sour cream, put these ingredients in a glass and mix together. Add black ground pepper, salt about 0.5 tsp - 1 tsp salt, be guided by your taste. Pour water into it to make a whole glass of liquid, stir.
Important! Sour cream can be replaced with mayonnaise.
8. Pour the stuffed peppers with this mixture. Then take more water and pour over all the peppers until there is about 2-3 cm left to the edge.
9. Put on medium heat, cover with a lid and simmer from the moment of boiling for 40-45 minutes. 5 minutes before readiness, stick in a bay leaf and throw in a few peppercorns.
10. So what beautiful stewed peppers in sour cream, juicy and fragrant! It looks very nice, just delicious, you will lick your fingers!
Serve such gourmets with any side dish, for example, mashed potatoes or cook as a drink.
Stuffed peppers with minced meat and rice in a slow cooker
For a change, you can easily make this dish in a miracle helper called a slow cooker. I really like to cook in it, because it's quick, easy and fast. As they say, I stuffed everything in there and went to do my household chores.
Therefore, whoever has such an opportunity, use it more often for preparing various second and first courses.
We will need:
- large bell pepper - 4-6 pcs.
- onion - 1 pc.
- garlic - 4 cloves
- potatoes - 1 pc.
- rice - 3-4 tbsp
- carrots - 0.5 pcs.
- small zucchini - 1 pc.
- dill - bunch
- seasoning for minced meat - to taste
- chicken fillet - 400 g
Cooking method:
1. From these ingredients, namely chicken meat, raw potatoes, onions, fresh peeled carrots, garlic, peeled zucchini; twist everything through a meat grinder.
Chop the dill with a kitchen knife and add to it.
Salt, add seasoning for minced meat and mix everything thoroughly with your hands.
Maybe! You may be surprised that so many different ingredients go into this filling, but believe me, it turns out very tender and juicy, and also dietary, since chicken meat is considered a lean option.
2. The crucial moment is the stuffing of peppers. First, rinse them well, remove the middle and seeds, you can simply cut off the top, but do not throw it away, it will be a kind of lid, and for the table it will look like a beautiful decorative decoration, like a pepper with a surprise. Stuff the stuffing inside.
So, put the peppers in the multicooker bowl, pour about half of the peppers with water.
3. Now cover with a lid, select the "Extinguishing" mode for 40 minutes. And you can go do some other things.
4. What beautiful yellow duckies fried in a slow cooker with minced chicken and rice turned out. Serve them with a good mood and with sour cream, you can also with mayonnaise.
How to cook stuffed pepper halves with cheese in the oven
The next option is quite dietary and healthy, because absolutely everything is recommended to cook in the oven, and this dish is no exception. Cheese will be the highlight of this delicious gourmet.
We will need:
- bell pepper - 3 pcs.
- carrots - 1 pc.
- cheese - 200 g
- minced meat - 0.5 kg
- onion - 1 pc.
- greens to taste
- vegetable oil - 2-4 tbsp
- salt and pepper to taste
Cooking method:
1. The very first step is to prepare all the ingredients according to the list.
Finely chop the carrots and onions with a knife.
2. Send the chopped vegetables to the pan and fry them in vegetable oil. Fry until the onion becomes golden and the carrots are soft, sauté for 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Make boats from bell peppers, for this, cut each pepper in half, remove the tail, core and seeds. Put the filling inside, like in this photo. Put it like this, first minced meat, and then a rectangular piece of cheese, then minced meat again. The cheese should come out in the middle of the stuffing.
The consumption of cheese is this, 100 g goes to the middle, and the remaining 100 g to rub and decorate the peppers.
5. To make the peppers steam well, you can cover them if you have foil. Put in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
Important! You can not use foil, this is optional.
6. After the time has elapsed, sprinkle grated cheese on top. Place in the oven without foil for another 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
Important! You can bake not for 20 minutes, but for 30-40, be guided by your oven, and by what you prefer, crispy or soft peppers.
7. Such baked peppers with minced meat in the oven will turn out very appetizing and tempting.
Serve with any or potatoes. Happy discoveries!
Roasted peppers with minced meat and rice with gravy
Another cooking option, watch this YouTube video and with joy and ease you can diversify today's menu for lunch or dinner. There is one very interesting feature in this preparation, it is hidden in an unusual filling:
Stuffed peppers stuffed with minced meat, rice and carrots
You can prepare this festive dish right now, using these available ingredients. This option uses mushrooms, such as champignons, in principle, you can take any others, or not take them at all.
We will need:
- minced pork and beef - 500 g
- mushrooms - 4 pcs.
- rice - 70 g
- carrots - 1 pc.
- onion - 1 pc.
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Bulgarian pepper - 4 pcs.
- salt and pepper to taste
- cheese - 150 g
Cooking method:
1. Start by preparing the filling, finely chop the onion and grate the carrot. Wash the rice, and then add all the ingredients to the minced meat. Stir. Salt and pepper.
Important! To make the minced meat juicy, pour half a glass of water into it and mix everything well.
Cut the mushrooms into small cubes, add to the minced meat.
2. Prepared peppers (they need to be washed, all the insides removed, and cut into halves-boats). Stuff with stuffing. Top with tomato circles. Put on a baking sheet or form greased with olive or vegetable oil.
Turn on the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees almost until done.
3. Then, at the end, remove and sprinkle with grated cheese. Then place back in the oven to melt the cheese.
4. What a bright and fragrant beauty the halves in the oven turned out. Cook with joy for your loved ones.
This dish can be a nice addition to any side dish, as well as act as a cold appetizer.
Peppers stuffed with vegetables - the most delicious recipe
Well, one more very interesting and unusual option can be made if you like vegetables very much, watch it right now in this short video.
That's all for me, I wish your peppers to be a success. This quick and very tasty dish, which absolutely everyone likes, will be any addition to any celebration or feast.
Hope it was helpful to you. See you all on this blog soon. Read me more often not only here, but also on the pages in contact in my group. All for now. See you later.
Ingredients
For 4-5 bell peppers:
- 300 g minced meat;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 onion;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1 tomato or 2-3 tablespoons of tomato paste - optional;
- 100 g of rice;
- salt - to taste;
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- 1 bunch parsley - optional
Any minced meat is suitable for the filling. Most often, peppers are made with pork, chicken, lamb, turkey, or combinations of different types of meat.
The classic version is a mixture of pork and ground beef in a 1: 1 ratio.
It is from such minced meat that a juicy, but moderately fatty filling for peppers is obtained.
By the way, instead of minced meat, you can use bacon, mushrooms, shrimp, vegetables or cheese:
Cooking
Grate the carrots on a medium or coarse grater and cut the onion into small cubes.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and put the onions there first, and after 2-3 minutes, the carrots. Fry, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. You can add tomato pulp or tomato paste to vegetables.
Some people prefer to add raw onions to the minced meat, but the filling will be more aromatic if it is fried.
Put the roast on a plate. If you leave the vegetables in the pan, even after removing it from the heat, they will still continue to fry.
- Tomato juice + 2-3 tablespoons of sour cream + salt + ground black pepper.
- 2 tablespoons sour cream + 2 tablespoons tomato paste + water + salt + ground black pepper.
- 1 carrot + 1 onion + 2 tomatoes or 3-4 tablespoons of tomato paste + 2 tablespoons of sour cream + salt + ground black pepper + water. Fry carrots and onions until golden brown. Add tomato pulp or tomato paste, sour cream and spices. Water can be poured either into a frying pan or into a saucepan, after laying the frying on the peppers.
Cover the pot with a lid and bring the sauce to a boil. Then simmer for about 40 minutes over moderate heat.
To test the doneness of the peppers, simply taste them. Rice, meat and vegetables should be fully cooked.
Remove the peppers from the stove and leave them covered for 10-20 minutes so that they are completely saturated with the sauce and become even tastier and more aromatic.
alex9500/depositphotos.com Peppers can be cut off the tops, as when stewing on the stove, or cut vegetables in half lengthwise, leaving the stalks if desired. In both cases, the seeds must be removed from the peppers.
Stuff the peppers with the prepared stuffing. Grease a baking sheet or baking dish with vegetable oil and arrange the peppers in a single layer.
To make the dish juicier, grease the top of the peppers or sour cream mixed with chopped garlic.
Place the peppers in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 40 minutes. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake for about 10 more minutes until melted.
