Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe from Romania

 How to make Stuffed green peppers

Ingredients for 4 servings

500 g minced meat (It can be pork, beef, chicken, or any other type of meat, according to taste, or a mixture of several types of meat)

200 g rice2 big onions

100 cooking oil

2 eggs

1 teaspoon of paprika

Salt, ground black pepper,

Fresh (or dry) dill, thyme and green parsley

Approx. 12 big green peppers or more if they are smaller

2 sliced tomatoes

For the sauce: Some tomato paste, 1 spoon of flour and 1 teaspoon of sugar

Directions

1. Put the minced meat in a large bowl.

2. Wash the rice and add it to the meat. Add a little water, so the rice can swell.

3. Chop the onions fine and fry them in a little oil.

4. Add the paprika and pour the mixture in the bowl over the meat.

5. Mix everything.

6. In another bowl beat the eggs with a fork and add the salt, pepper and add to the mixture.

7. Add a teaspoon of tomato paste to the mixture.

8. Chop some dill, thyme and green parsley and add to the mixture.

9. Taste to see if it needs any more spices.

10. Wash the peppers and take away the seeds.

11. Stuff the peppers with the mixture of meat.

12. Place them in a large and deep pot and pour some water to cover them.

13. Add a little salt.

14. Boil them till the rice inside is done.

15. When ready, prepare the sauce: in a bowl mix 1 spoon of flour, 1 teaspoon of sugar, the tomato sauce and a little cold water.

16. Make a paste of it and dilute it with some water.

17. Then pour it in the pot.

18. Boil it for a few minutes.

19. You can serve it hot, decorated with tomato slices and/or some fresh sour cream.

 Students: Alex Vint, Adrian Bud, Ricardo Filip, Scoala Gimnaziala Vasile Alecsandri Baia Mare, Romania