Stuffed peppers, properly prepared, can be served at a festive table. They will become a real decoration of any dinner if the hostess decides to stuff the peppers with meat.
Preparation of products
To use the classic simple recipe, you need to stock up on the following ingredients:
- Large bell peppers - 10-15 pieces;
- Pork, beef or chicken - 1 kg;
- Large carrots - 1 piece;
- Large onion - 1 piece;
- Rice - 1 cup;
- Chicken egg - 2 pieces;
- A little vegetable oil for roasting;
- Salt;
- Tomato paste - 3 tablespoons;
- Black pepper ground;
- Fresh greenery.
First of all, you should prepare the Bulgarianpeppers. It is necessary to cut off the stalks of the vegetables and thoroughly wash the middle of the peppers, removing the seeds. Remove excess fat, films, skin from the meat and cut the product into small cubes. Of course, it is easier to buy ready-made minced meat. However, homemade minced meat, with the addition of onions, will be much juicier. Peel the onion and then cut into several small pieces. Now you need to make minced meat by passing the meat and onion through a meat grinder. Add chicken eggs, ground pepper and salt to taste, chopped herbs. During this time, you can cook rice. It is advisable to cook the cereal in a large amount of water, after rinsing it. If you cook rice in a small amount of water, it can turn into porridge. Throw the boiled cereal in a colander and rinse again under running cool water. Rub the carrots on a coarse grater, and chop the remaining onion into small cubes. All the ingredients for the dish are prepared, and you can stuff the peppers.
How to get a fabulous dish
Stuffed peppers, incredibly tasty,are obtained if cooking is carried out in the oven. The temperature regime should be maintained within 180-200 ° C. It is better to preheat the oven in advance. During this time, stuff the peppers. In a preheated frying pan, fry the chopped onion and grated carrots in vegetable oil. Do not get carried away and bring the vegetables to a strong degree of frying. The onion should become golden, and the carrots should acquire a bright orange hue. Add tomato paste to the pan and stir the ingredients constantly for a couple of minutes. Combine the minced meat with the fried mixture and cooled rice and fill the peppers with the resulting mass about ¾. During cooking, the bell pepper becomes smaller and pushes out the filling. Therefore, it is not recommended to make preparations filled with minced meat to the brim. Peppers stuffed with meat are placed on a baking sheet greased with a small amount of oil and sent to a preheated oven. The pepper does not take long to cook. After 30-40 minutes, the dish will be completely ready. You can diversify the recipe if you prepare an original sauce especially for this dish.