Stuffed peppers - this is perhaps the crown dish of almost any self-respecting hostess. At the same time, each brings its own something to the recipe: some add greens, others prefer only minced meat, and without rice, some like to have sour pepper in the peppers, and put tomatoes. In general, there are a lot of options for how to prepare tasty stuffed peppers , each of them is unique to taste. Now let's talk about how to make this dish right.
How to prepare a stuffed pepper, people in France know. These products came to us from the south of this country. There, however, initially did not prepare these vegetables, and their "colleagues" - tomatoes. They began to be stuffed first. There was about the same dish as our food. How delicious to cook stuffed peppers, the French knew thoroughly. When this recipe arrived in Russia, in our restaurants it began to be modified. First, tomatoes were replaced with peppers, because it was much easier and cheaper to get them to the market at any time of the year. Then began to add a small amount of rice to make the dish even spicier. The final version, no matter how trite it sounded, was combined with a tomato sauce. And it was in this form that he reached our days. Nowadays, many of us like this dish, but not everyone knows how to prepare tasty stuffed peppers. Now we will share this secret.
First, we will determine the ingredients that we need for cooking. Take the Bulgarian pepper, minced meat, 200 grams of peeled rice, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste or a few fresh tomatoes, 2 onions, 2 carrots, vegetable oil, bay leaf and various seasonings. It should be noted that for preparation we will need not very fat minced meat. You can take beef or pork, most importantly - the lack of a large amount of fat. Tomatoes or pasta - it's up to you, but remember that you should not get acidic products. How to cook tasty stuffed peppers without adding tomatoes? Very simple - put more onions. They will come out more succulent and sweet. Another way is to take not the green, but the red bell peppers, which in themselves will be more sweet to the taste.
Now we begin the process of preparing our dish.
Naturally, first rinse the Bulgarian pepper and clean it from the core (carefully, so that no seeds remain inside!).
Carrots and onions are fried until the golden color appears, and the rice is cooked until half-ready. All the ingredients are mixed together, add salt, spices, mix everything thoroughly and put inside the peppers. Here you need to warn - to put a lot of stuffing should not be, otherwise the vegetable may burst during cooking.
Prepared peppers are laid on a baking sheet, on top, you can lay onions and bay leaves with semicircles. We set for 30-40 minutes in the oven.
Today we told you how to prepare tasty stuffed peppers, where this dish originated. We hope that you also understand. Success in cooking delicious and hearty food.