Stuffed Bell Peppers with Smoky Paprika Sauce
These stuffed bell peppers are a tried and true recipe from my mother and grandmother. Stuffed with a mixture of ground beef and pork as well as rice, caramelised onions and parsley this recipe make you feel all warm and cosy on the inside!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, medium chopped
- ½ lbs ground beef, extra lean
- ½ lbs ground pork, extra lean
- 50g/1/2cup rice cooked
- 25g/1/2cup fresh parsley chopped
- 2 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 10 bell peppers, medium variety of colours
- 375ml/1 ½ cups sour cream or creme fraiche
- 375ml/1 ½ cups tomato passata or crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1-2 bay leaf
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C/350F. Cook rice or use leftover rice. If you are cooking ½ cup of rice just for this recipe I usually cook it the same way as I do pasta. Bring water to a boil in a pot and add rice to it, cook for 7-10 minutes.
- Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan gently saute the chopped onion over medium low heat until softened for 5-7 minutes.
- In a large bowl combine beef, pork. onion, rice, chopped parsley, salt and pepper.
- Wash peppers, cut the tops off and removes the cores with seeds and membranes by gently pulling and twisting them out of the peppers.
- Stuff peppers with the meat filling. If you have any leftover filling roll it into meatballs.
- Then stand them up in a casserole dish and put the meatballs (if you have any) on top. Choose a casserole dish where all the peppers can fit while standing up.
- Make sauce by mixing creme fraiche or sour cream with crushed tomatoes, then add paprika and 1 tsp of salt. Pour the sauce over the peppers, add the bay leaf, cover with a lid and put in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes until the peppers are soft.
Nutrition
Calories: 440kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 20gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 83mgSodium: 1353mgPotassium: 1004mgFiber: 6gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 7249IUVitamin C: 267mgCalcium: 127mgIron: 3mg
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