Pepper stuffed with meat and rice classic

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a classic stuffed pepper? Prepare the products. The most delicious pepper will come from seasonal vegetables — they are more fragrant, with thin walls and are inexpensive. It is better to stuff medium-sized fruits. The color of the pepper does not matter. Take any minced meat, pork with beef and chicken with turkey will do. I use long-grain rice, but you can also take round.

2. Step 2:

   

   Boil the rice until half cooked. How to cook rice? Pour it into a saucepan and rinse in several waters until transparent. Then fill the cereal with cold water and put it on a small fire. Stirring occasionally, cook the rice until it is half cooked, it will take 10-15 minutes, depending on the variety.

3. Step 3:

   

   Flip the rice into a colander to drain the water. Cool it down.

4. Step 4:

   

   Finely chop the peeled onion.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the frying pan on a small fire, heat the vegetable oil on it. Send the onion to the pan.

6. Step 6:

   

   Fry it until golden brown, about 5 minutes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Wash, peel and grate the carrots on a fine grater.

8. Step 8:

   

   Add grated carrots to the onion in the pan. Mix thoroughly.

9. Step 9:

   

   Fry the vegetables for another 5-10 minutes.

10. Step 10:

    

    Put the minced meat in a large bowl and knead it lightly with your hands.

11. Step 11:

    

    Add half-cooked rice to the minced meat.

12. Step 12:

    

    And onion-carrot roast.

13. Step 13:

    

    Pour salt and black pepper into the minced meat and mix everything well.

15. Step 14:

    

    Prepare the sauce. How to make sauce? Put sour cream and tomato paste in a bowl.

16. Step 15:

    

    Add salt and water, mix the sauce well until smooth.

17. Step 16:

    

    Wash the peppers. Clean them from the peduncle and seeds. To do this, make a circular incision with a knife on the top of the pepper.

18. Step 17:

    

    Now, by pulling the stem slightly, you can easily extract the seeds with it.

19. Step 18:

    

    Remove partitions. Rinse the peeled peppers with running water.

20. Step 19:

    

    Now you have everything ready — peppers, minced meat and sauce.

21. Step 20:

    

    Stuff the prepared peppers, tightly stuffing each pepper with minced meat to the brim.

22. Step 21:

    

    These are the beauties I got.

23. Step 22:

    

    Fold the stuffed peppers into a thick-walled large saucepan, cauldron or frying pan vertically.

24. Step 23:

    

    Pour the sauce over the peppers so that they are closed by two-thirds (if necessary, you can add water). Put a bay leaf in a saucepan and put a saucepan with stuffed pepper on the fire.

25. Step 24:

    

    Bring to a boil and simmer the stuffed peppers over medium heat for 30-40 minutes under a closed lid.

26. Step 25:

    

    Serve the stuffed peppers hot with gravy as a main dish, or with a side dish. Bon appetit!