Bell pepper with filling - a tasty, healthy and satisfying dish. It is not difficult to cook it and even an inexperienced culinary specialist will cope with it. Stuffed peppers can be prepared not only as a hot dish, but also as a cold appetizer. The filling can be meat, cereal, vegetable or mixed. Prepare the dish steamed, in a saucepan over low heat, in the oven or microwave. As you can see, there are many options, it remains only to choose the right one or try everything.
Cold pepper appetizer .
This appetizer can be served with white wine or spirits. Cooking it will take no more than 15 minutes. Of the products you will need an equal amount of butter and cheese. You can also add garlic to taste. It is better to take bell pepper not from the supermarket, but ordinary - from the garden. Pods are selected approximately the same, small in size.
Grate cheese and mix with softened butter. Peel and rinse the pepper well. Cut into halves and fill each mixture. Serve the appetizer very chilled by spreading it on a flat dish. You can decorate with sprigs of parsley.
Stuffed chili peppers .
For two servings you will need 4 pods of bell pepper, large size. For the filling, take 200 grams of feta cheese or feta cheese, white crackers or stale wheat bread (pre-sliced and dried), a couple of eggs, 1/2 cup of milk, a bunch of onions - feather, salt, a little butter.
Peppers are cut lengthwise into two equal halves, so as to preserve the stalks. We remove the seeds and fill the pods with cheese cubes and crackers. From milk and eggs we prepare the mixture and carefully whisk it with a whisk, add salt to your taste. Lubricate the baking dish with butter, put the halves of pepper in it and fill it with the egg mixture. Bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees. Serve sprinkled with chopped onions. You can also cook stuffed peppers according to our recipe with the addition of boiled rice.
Stuffed peppers with corn.
It will take 6 large pods of pepper, half a jar of corn, 300 grams of minced meat (any), egg, onion, grated cheese 50 grams, chopped herbs, broth (can be replaced with boiled, salted water), pepper and salt.
Cut the lids from the peppers and remove the core. Finely chop the onion, mix with minced meat, egg and corn. Add herbs, pepper and salt. We start each pod with this mixture and place it in a baking dish and sprinkle with cheese. Fill with water or broth. Cook in the oven at 200 degrees for about 45 minutes.
Peppers "Summer".
Midsummer and early fall are the vegetable season. It's time to take a break from meat and taste vegetarian dishes. To diversify the menu, try to cook stuffed lean pepper, following our recipes.
You can prepare the filling for such peppers from any vegetables. Finely chop the tomatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini. Add pepper, salt and crushed garlic. Mix everything with boiled and washed rice. We start peppers with this mixture. Pour the broth with vegetable or salted water on top. Serve with chopped herbs and fresh tomatoes. Mayonnaise or sour cream, grated cheese, which must be added to the dish before baking, will help to improve the taste of the dish.
Bell pepper stuffed with vegetables.
Hearty and delicious stuffed peppers, the recipe for which we offer you, can be served as a separate hot meal for dinner. It is best to cook it in the oven. So vegetables are more aromatic.
For cooking, you need Bulgarian pepper - 6 pods, minced lamb, onions - 2 pieces, carrots - 2 pieces, a small zucchini, a glass of steamed brown rice, a mixture of dried Italian herbs, olive oil, garlic, 150 grams of sour cream, tomato paste, cheese solid - 100 grams.
We clean the zucchini, cut it into large rings. Rub carrots on a coarse grater. We chop the onion rings. Rub the cheese. Remove the core from the peppers. Mix the minced meat with rice and start the pods. We put in a large form, not tight. Between the peppers we place the vegetables. Add some water.
Mix a spoonful of olive oil and the same amount of tomato paste with sour cream. Add crushed garlic and herbs. Pour vegetables and peppers with this mixture, sprinkle with cheese on top. Cook for 50 minutes at 180 degrees. We serve to the table directly in the baking dish, with the heat - with the heat. Enjoy your meal!