How to Make Ukrainian Stuffed Peppers
This delicious Ukrainian dish always brings the fantastic mix of flavors and looks so pretty. Use peppers of various colors for better presentation. This dish is relatively easy to prepare and requires approximately 40 minutes to cook. Once you have the peppers prepared for stuffing, fill them with a mixture of fried meat and boiled rice and simmer the stuffed peppers in the upright position until fork-tender.
Equipment
- 1 large pot or casserole dish
- 1 small pot
- 1 strainer
- 1 Skillet
- 1 Chef's knife
- 2 bowls
- 1 Cutting board
Ingredients
- 6 sweet peppers
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 3 tbsp white rice
- 1 white onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 20 g butter
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil for frying
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp dry parsley
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley or cilantro
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- salt to taste
- bay leaves (optional)
Instructions
- Rinse the rice and soak it for about 5 minutes to eliminate any excess starch.
- In a small pot, bring the rice to a boil for roughly 5 minutes, until it's just beginning to soften. Once the rice is cooked, drain it and put aside.
- Wash all peppers and slice off the tops. Carefully remove the seeds from inside, ensuring the peppers are ready to be stuffed.
- Chop finely onion and garlic. Add a table spoon of vegetable oil to the preheated skillet and fry the chopped onions and garlic until golden brown. Set aside.
- Put the ground chicken in a bowl, season it with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then mash it well with a fork to ensure it's nicely blended.
- Heat a skillet, add a table spoon of vegetable oil, reduce the heat to medium, and cook the seasoned meat for about 10 minutes until it's cooked through. Add ground coriander while cooking.
- Mix the cooked meat with the drained rice and fried onion and garlic. Now your filling is ready.
- Stuff the peppers with this filling.
- Melt butter in a large pot or casserole dish. Stand stuffed peppers upright. Add 1 cup of boiled hot water and top your peppers with sauce.
- Cook over medium heat for about 40 minutes or until the peppers are fork-tender.
- Serve hot or warm. Enjoy!