For stuffing peppers, you need to choose large, intact red and yellow fruits of pepper, the taste of the prepared dish depends on it. You can, of course, use green peppers, but they turn out less tasty and mouth-watering.
They begin to cook stuffed peppers, the recipe of which can be any, always the same. First, the peppers themselves are processed, they are cut in half or only the lid on top is cut off. Then they take out all the partitions and entrails so that they are not bitter and boil them a little in boiling water so that they become softer and the minced meat inside is cooked evenly and quickly.
Rice for the filling should be boiled in advance for 10 minutes, until half cooked, cool, salt and pepper to taste. These small culinary tricks will save your time and make the dish juicier and tastier.
There are many recipes for cooking stuffed peppers, but they can be conditionally divided into three large groups:
- Pepper stuffed with meat filling
- Peppers stuffed with vegetable filling
- Peppers stuffed with mushroom or cheese filling
It’s quite simple, fast and tasty you can cook stuffed peppers, a recipe with meat filling.
In the process of preparing the filling, use per 1 kg of peppers: 700 gr. minced meat, 1 cup of boiled rice, finely chopped carrots and onions, previously eggs, 2 eggs and spices, pre-passaged in vegetable oil. Stuff the filling thoroughly and fill tightly, but without a slide, peppers.
Stuffed peppers tightly put in a pan, pour water in which the peppers were previously boiled so that the water does not completely cover the peppers and cook for 30 minutes. Then put a piece of butter in each pepper, finely chopped fresh tomatoes on top and cook for another 5-10 minutes. Put the prepared peppers on a plate, pour sour cream and herbs on top. It turns out a very tender, soft and juicy dish, you lick your fingers!
Instead of tomato, you can use tomato paste, and add 1 tbsp of minced meat. l mayonnaise instead of eggs, chopped garlic. The taste will be completely different, so experiment and find your favorite recipe.
Another interesting way is to cook stuffed peppers, the recipe of which can be modified to your taste and taking into account habits. Initially cooked, peeled and washed peppers slightly fry in a pan in vegetable oil. Then prepare the filling. To do this, mix 0.5 kg of minced meat, 3 tbsp. l dry rice, carrots and onions, add spices, and then gradually mix finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic, grated 2 peeled tomatoes, 1 tbsp. l tomato paste, greens, ½ tsp. Sahara.
Stuff the peppers with the prepared minced meat and put in a pan or pan with a thick bottom. Pour in sour cream sauce, for the preparation of which you need to take 1.5 cups of water, 200 gr. sour cream and 3 tbsp. l tomato paste. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, salt, pepper. Cook for about 40 minutes over low heat. Then turn it off and let it brew for another 10 minutes. This will add piquancy and a specific flavor to the finished dish.
For fans of lean dishes, you can cook peppers stuffed with vegetables, while the recipe can be changed and get different tastes of even such a simple dish.
As minced meat, use grated potatoes, cabbage, eggplant, zucchini, carrots, use ready-made pearl barley instead of rice, you can add mushrooms. Peppers themselves must first be baked in the oven until soft for 15 minutes. Then fill with the filling, sprinkle with cheese on top and put in the oven for another 10 minutes.
A very beautiful, tasty and soft dish is obtained if you cook stuffed peppers, the recipe for which provides eggplant in the form of minced meat. It would seem a strange combination of pepper, tomato and eggplant, but they give a peculiar zest to the finished dish, which looks beautiful even on the festive table.
For the dish you need 8 eggplant, 5 tomato without peel and 6 cloves of garlic finely chopped and sautéed in vegetable oil for 20 minutes. Add salt, sugar, pepper, herbs and spices and mix thoroughly. Then prepare a sauce of 3 tomatoes, salt, sugar, bay leaf and spices, which must be stewed in a pan under the lid for 15 minutes. Stuffed peppers in a form, pour over the sauce, cover with foil and put in the oven to bake until cooked.
For the festive table, you can use sweet peppers, the recipes of which do not even include heat treatment. If you take a few peppers of different colors, fill them with a filling, crushed in a blender made from grated cheese, butter, crushed garlic and herbs, refrigerate for 2 hours, then you can prepare a beautiful and healthy snack. Chilled peppers are perfectly cut with a knife into thick rings, laid out beautifully on a plate and sprinkled with fresh herbs on top.