Stuffed Peppers with Ground Meat and Tomato Sauce
Stuffed peppers with ground meat, rice and tomato sauce are a classic of Austrian cuisine. This version is a bit faster and easier to prepare than other traditional versions.
Zutaten
For the peppers
- ⅔ US cup rice {125g} or 2 US cups cooked rice {400g}
- 1 tablespoon oil e.g. sunflower, corn, or rapeseed oil
- 1 onion small to medium
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 lb ground meat {500g} beef and/or pork
- ½ US cup bacon {80g} diced
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon marjoram
- 4-5 tablespoon parsley fresh or from the freezer
- salt
- pepper
- 8 bell peppers 8 small or 6 bigger ones
For the tomato sauce
- 2 US cups plain tomato sauce
- 4 bay leaves
- salt, pepper, marjoram to taste
Anleitung
- Boil rice with 4/3 US cups {250 ml} of cold water in a small saucepan with lid on top. As soon as the water boils, turn off the heat and let it rest with the lid closed until the water is completely absorbed by the rice.Put rice in a big bowl and let cool.
- Chop onions and cook in pan with a spoonful of oil, until golden brown. Press garlic and cook in pan for a minute or so. Add to the bowl.
- Chop parsley and bacon and mix with the cooled rice, onions, garlic, (raw) ground meat, eggs, marjoram, salt and pepper.
- Prepare the peppers: cut off the lid of each pepper, hollow out the cores. Fill the peppers with the mixture and place in a saucepan.
- Pour the tomato sauce with about ½ US cup of water to the peppers and season with bay leaves, salt, pepper and marjoram.
- Cook in the oven at ~ 360°F/180°C for 45-60 minutes until the peppers have softened and the ground meat is done. For the first 20-30 minutes, cover with lid or aluminium foil.
Notizen
Traditionally served with cooked potatoes, but because of the rice, side dishes are not a must.
Alternatively, you can braise the stuffed peppers in the pot. To do this, stuff the peppers as described in the recipe and then layer them in a large (or two smaller) pots. The peppers should be close together in the pot so they don't fall over. Pour tomato sauce just under the top of the edges of the peppers and add the seasonings. If the tomato sauce is not enough, you can top up with a little extra water.
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August 9, 2023(c) by Angelika Kreitner-Beretits / Vienna Sunday Kitchen
https://www.vienna-sunday.kitchen/stuffed-peppers-with-tomato-sauce/