Peppers stuffed with meat and rice

5 servings

60 minutes

Stuffed peppers are a Soviet classic. They are found in Bulgarian, Moldavian, Ukrainian, Georgian, and Azerbaijani cuisines. And in Russian cuisine, you can't do without this recipe either. In our version, we make them with minced meat and rice, but you can play around with any fillings.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 494.2
• Proteins: 25.2g
• Fats: 25.6g
• Carbohydrates: 40.3g

Ingredients

• Ground meat: 0.5 kg
• Sweet pepper: 8 pc
• Rice: 0.5 glass
• Carrot: 200 g
• Onion: 3 head
• Sour cream: 100 g
• Tomato paste: 3 tbsp
• Salt: to taste
• Sunflower oil: 2 tbsp
• Ground black pepper: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Chop the onion finely and grate the carrot.

   Required ingredients:

   • Onion: 3 heads
   • Carrot: 200 g

2. Fry half an onion and carrot in a pan.

   Required ingredients:

   • Onion: 3 heads
   • Carrot: 200 g

3. Boil the rice until half-cooked.

   Required ingredients:

   • Rice: 0.5 glass

4. Mix with minced meat and combine with fried carrots and onions. Season everything with salt and pepper.

   Required ingredients:

   • Ground meat: 0.5 kg
   • Onion: 3 heads
   • Carrot: 200 g
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste

5. Cut off the top of the pepper and remove the seeds.

   Required ingredients:

   • Sweet pepper: 8 pieces

6. Stuff the pepper with minced meat.

   Required ingredients:

   • Sweet pepper: 8 pieces
   • Ground meat: 0.5 kg

7. Mix sour cream with tomato paste. Add salt and pepper to taste.

   Required ingredients:

   • Sour cream: 100 g
   • Tomato paste: 3 tablespoons
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste

8. Place the obtained mass at the bottom of the pot, add the remaining half of grated carrot and onion - mix everything.

   Required ingredients:

   • Carrot: 200 g
   • Onion: 3 heads

9. Place the peppers on top and pour water up to half the height of the pepper.

10. Cook covered on medium heat for 40 minutes. Serve.