Stuffed Peppers

This was one of the first recipes that I actually learned from my mum. Meat stuffed green peppers is not only a popular russian dish but as well one of my dad’s favorite so if there was one thing that I had to learn how to cook growing up, it was that. This recipe is really easy and fast. There are a lot of variations to this recipe but the one below is the one I like best.

Ingredients: 

• 6 large green bell peppers,
• 1 pound ground beef (you can also instead mix half a pound of ground beef with half a pound of ground pork),
• 1/2 cup cooked rice (or 1 bag if you, like I do, use boil in a bag rice), 
• 1 carrot, 
• 1/2 yellow onion, 
• 1 can of diced tomatoes, 
• 1 cup of sour cream, 
• 1/2 cup tomato paste, 
• 3 cups water, 
• 1 cup chicken stock, salt and pepper

Directions:

Start by cooking the rice. I use the boil in the bag rice but you can just cook 1/2 cup of regular white rice.
Meanwhile you can start chopping half a yellow onion and grating 1 long carrot.In a skillet, on a medium heat, add olive oil and the chopped onion and carrot.
Saute until the onions become golden
Next cut the tops off the peppers and remove the seeds.
In a bowl, mix the ground beef, the sauteed carrots and onions and the cooked rice.
Add 1/2 cup of sour cream, salt and pepper. Mix everything together.
Stuff each pepper with the mixture and place all in a large pot. Since I live with only one other person,we don’t have big pots and so I cooked 3 peppers in one pot and 3 peppers in another one.
On a medium to high heat start cooking the peppers. Add 1 can of diced tomatoes with all the juice in the can to the pot. Next pour 1 cup of chicken into the pot.
Next Add 3 cups of water, 1/2 cup of sour cream, 1/2 cup of tomato paste and salt and pepper.
Cook uncovered for 10 minutes on medium to high heat and then covered for 20 more minutes. Enjoy!

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