Pepper stuffed with meat - general principles and methods of preparation
Stuffed pepper - not only tasty, but also a very bright dish. Therefore, it can often be found in the menu of the festive table. However, stuffed bell pepper is indispensable for those who like to nourish their family hearty. You can stuff pepper with different fillings. Most often, minced meat made from meat and rice is used. But meat can also be replaced with mushrooms. Or even cook peppers stuffed with buckwheat or lentils.
Meat stuffed peppers - product preparation
Rinse the pepper and core. To do this, you can simply cut off the upper part of the fruit with a knife, or you can try to press on the stem, and then gently pull its top - then the vegetable will remain in perfect condition, and the seeds will be removed. The stuffing for stuffing the pepper is prepared depending on the recipe - the meat is passed through a meat grinder, and buckwheat is cooked.
Meat stuffed peppers - cooking utensils
Stuffed peppers are usually cooked in enamel pots. But the thicker the walls of the dishes, the better. That is, the gosladyushka is also suitable.
Meat stuffed peppers - best recipes
Recipe 1: Meat Stuffed Pepper with Gravy
Description: a classic way of cooking pepper, which can be included in the daily menu, or can be served on the festive table.
Ingredients:
1 kilogram of sweet pepper
500 grams of pork or beef,
200 grams of sour cream,
3/4 cup rice
200 grams of onion,
1 egg
750 milliliters of tomato juice,
500 milliliters of water
salt, black pepper, bay leaf.
Cooking method:
1. Rice should be boiled until half cooked. Grind the peeled onions in small pieces. Pass the meat through a meat grinder.
2. Rice, meat, onion and egg should be mixed well in a bowl. Do not forget to salt and pepper the minced meat.
3. Pepper must be washed and with a sharp thin knife to clean the fruit from the seed box.
4. Then pepper must be stuffed with minced meat prepared earlier and put the fruits in a pan. It is important that the pepper is standing in the pan with the cut side up.
5. Stuffed peppers need to pour water and tomato juice, add sour cream. After that, the pan must be put on a large fire, bringing the liquid to a boil. But as soon as the liquid boils, you need to make a small fire and leave the pepper to stew for an hour under the lid. Then pepper can be served to the table.
Recipe 2: Peppers Stuffed with Mushrooms and Rice
Description: this dish is very similar to the classic stuffed peppers. But thanks to the use of mushrooms instead of meat, such stuffed peppers are very tasty and not as high-calorie.
Ingredients:
10-12 pieces of bell pepper
300 grams of rice
300 grams of champignons,
2 onions,
parsley, black pepper, salt,
sunflower oil.
Cooking method:
1. Well-washed rice must be boiled until half cooked. Onions and mushrooms need to be cut into small pieces, fry them in vegetable oil and cool slightly. Then - mix rice with mushrooms, pepper and salt the minced meat.
2. Bulgarian peppers need to carefully cut off the hats and take out the seeds.
3. Pepper must be filled with cooked minced meat and put stuffed fruits in a bowl.
4. In a pan with pepper you need to pour a little salted water, add spices and put simmer for 30-40 minutes on a small fire. Then put the pepper in a dish and garnish with parsley.
Recipe 3: Pepper Stuffed with Buckwheat
Description: this dish cannot be called dietary because sour cream is used. But such stuffed peppers will fit perfectly into the diet of those who adhere to the principles of a healthy diet. By the way, the finished dish with sour cream can not be seasoned, if someone wants to get a dietary product.
Ingredients:
6 pieces of bell pepper
2-3 carrots,
a glass of buckwheat
a pair of onions,
200 grams of sour cream,
vegetable oil,
chicken or beef cube.
Cooking method:
1. First you need to cook buckwheat. To do this, you can fill it with water for 6-8 hours and leave to swell or pour boiling water and boil for 10-15 minutes.
2. Pepper needs to be cleaned and seeds removed, and then held for 5-7 minutes over low heat in boiling water. Then get and dry.
3. Carrots need to be grated, chopped onions and fry all this in vegetable oil. Then combine the buckwheat with fried onions and carrots, slightly salt, if desired, you can also add dry herbs.
4. The resulting mass should be filled with pepper and put it in the pan (if buckwheat remains, then it can also be put in the pan). Hot broth from the cube should be poured there.
5. The pan with the lid should be cooked for 15-20 minutes. Serve hot pepper flavored with sour cream and sprinkled with herbs.
Recipe 4: Peppers Stuffed with Lentils
Description: This original recipe for cooking peppers will surely appeal to those who like to experiment in the kitchen, including cooking and dietary dishes.
Ingredients:
4 large bell peppers,
100 grams of red lentils,
bulb,
50 grams of dates
an Apple,
50 grams of butter,
a tablespoon of ground coriander,
crushed clove of garlic,
salt, ground black pepper,
2 teaspoons ground cumin.
For gravy:
2 red or green peppers,
150 milliliters of sour cream
a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
1. The oven must be set to warm up to 180 ° C. Meanwhile, lentils need to be put in a stewpan and pour water, which will be 2.5 centimeters higher than the level of lentils. Bring to a boil, then cook under the lid over medium heat for 6-7 minutes.
2. In a pan, melt the butter, put chopped garlic and onions and sauté for about 3 minutes. Then add chopped dates and peeled and diced apple - stirring, everything needs to be stewed for 2-3 minutes, and then put off the heat. At this time, put lentils, cumin, salt, coriander, pepper and put it on the fire for another minute.
3. Pepper must be cut in half, remove the seeds and place it on a baking sheet. Halves of pepper should be stuffed with lentil mixture. The baking sheet should be covered with foil, put in the oven for 25-30 minutes - until the pepper is ready.
4. Meanwhile, you need to prepare the gravy. The pepper sliced by the rings should be fried in oil (about a minute) and pulled out with a slotted spoon.
5. Pepper should be put on a heated dish, pour sour cream on it, put on top the fried pepper rings and serve.
Pepper stuffed with meat - useful tips from experienced chefs
Stuffed peppers are a dish that should be well cooked. Therefore, as has already been said, it is necessary to select dishes with thick walls for cooking. To make the pepper tender you need not to spare the sour cream, which is added at the last stage of cooking.
