Rice and Meat Stuffed Peppers

The classic recipe for stuffed peppers in Romania, maybe with small customizations, but I think they are successful. Very easy to prepare, even for beginners.

Ingredients
White onion
2 pieces
or leek
Carrots
2 pieces
Tomato paste
3 tbsp
Rice
200 g
Ground pork meat
1 kg
or beef, or mixture
Bell pepper
1 kg
Grape leaves
30 pieces
optional
Bacon
500 g
Dill
5 pieces
Canned chopped tomatoes, 300g
300 g
Salt
1 tbsp
Pepper
0.5 tsp
Dry savory
0.5 tsp
if you like
Step by step
Step 1

Peel, wash and finely chop the onion.

Rice and Meat Stuffed Peppers - Step 1
Step 2

Then clean, wash and grate the carrots. In a frying pan pour a little oil and put the onion and carrots to harden (put together).

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Step 3

When the vegetables soften slightly (they should not be brown, just leave them lightly) add the tomato paste. Mix well, leave for another 2 minutes and turn off the heat.

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Step 4

Put the washed rice over the vegetables.

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Step 5

Then add the minced meat, pepper, salt, thyme, other favorite spices and mix well to make a homogeneous composition.

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Step 6

Prepare the peppers: wash and clean the back carefully (in winter I use frozen peppers). Wash the grape leaves and scald them with boiled water (in winter I buy grape leaves in brine and wash them well).

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Step 7

Fill the peppers with the composition of rice, meat and vegetables - arrange them carefully in a cast iron pot or kettle. Among the peppers, put the pieces of smoked ribs and stuffed grape leaves.

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Step 8

After you have filled all the peppers, fill the empty spaces between them and the top layer, also from the cabbage rolls - they will boil better, the stuffing will not come out of the peppers. If you do not want to complicate with the vine sarmales, you can not put.

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Step 9

Pour diced red tomatoes over the cabbage rolls, arrange the green (or dried) dill threads.

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Step 10

Pour boiling water, enough to cover and boil for 1 hour on medium heat and 1 hour on very low heat (they bake and are much better).

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Step 11

After they are well cooked, let them cool a bit, serve warm with sour cream and small pieces of bacon.

Good appetite!

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Quantity: 2 kg (6-7 big servings)
Prep time:
120 min
Difficulty: intermediate
Ready in: 30 min