Töltött Paprika - Hungarian Stuffed Peppers
Monika Gyenes
4
25 minutes
45 minutes
Hungarian
Main course
Töltött Paprika is an authentic Hungarian recipe of stuffed bell peppers filled with pork mince and rice, served in a rich tomato sauce with sour cream. To
ensure that it packs the most flavour, make it when the peppers are at
peak freshness.
Ingredients
- 10 yellow and red bell peppers
- 1lb ground pork
- 2 cans tomato juice
- ½ cup white rice, partly cooked
- 1 cup water
- 1 minced brown onion
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp hot paprika
- sugar
- sour cream (crème fraiche)
Directions
- Par boil the rice for 5 minutes, then rinse and set aside to cool.
- Wash the peppers, remove the tops and seeds, and clean them with a spoon.
- Brown the minced onions in oil, then combine them with the meat, the par-boiled rice, salt, pepper, and paprika in a large bowl.
- Stuff the peppers with this mix and form little balls from any leftovers.
- Place the peppers and any meatballs into a deep pot, then pour the tomato juice and water to cover them up. Simmer for around 45 minutes until rice and meat is cooked.
- Serve with generous dollops of sour cream and fresh crusty bread.
