Stuffed peppers: halves in the oven with minced meat or chicken

Probably, everyone at least once in his life tried the stuffed pepper slices in the oven. Preparing this dish is easy and simple. In addition, as a filling, you can use not only minced meat, but also fish. There is also a vegetarian option, when pepper is filled with vegetables and fruits. How to cook pepper stuffed with halves in the oven?

Correct pepper

Before you start cooking, you should buy the necessary products in advance. First of all it concerns pepper. What should it be? The most important thing is the shape of the vegetable.

Ideally suitable is the Bulgarian pepper. It is more fleshy, with a dense flesh and an excellent form. Such vegetables are easy to fill. When choosing a pepper, you should pay attention to its condition. Vegetables should be free from spoiled places and flaws.

Do not use hot pepper for cooking. Also, vegetables that have an elongated and slightly flattened shape will not be suitable for stuffing.

From what to make stuffing

To prepare halves of pepper, stuffed with minced meat, in the oven, you need to decide on the filling. Her options are varied. You can use as a filling:

1. Fish or minced meat.
2. The rice is cooked.
3. Fruit.
4. Vegetables.
5. Cheese and spicy spices, dried herbs.

The most important thing is that during the preparation the filling is soaked with the aromas of seasonings and juice. To do this, it is necessary to thoroughly puff out the stuffed pepper. Halves in the oven are prepared much faster.

Classic Recipe

So, how to make stuffed peppers? Halves in the oven can be prepared according to the classic recipe. For preparation you need:

1. Bulgarian pepper.
2. The rice is cooked.
3. Onions and carrots.
4. Spices and salt.
5. Any sauce.
6. Minced meat.

Stages of preparation

Onions and carrots must be cleaned and grinded. In the pan, you should pour in a little vegetable oil, and then put the prepared vegetables. In a deep container it is worth combining minced meat and cooked rice. When onions and carrots are fried, it is necessary to remove the frying pan from the fire and allow the vegetables to cool slightly.

Now you need to clean the future stuffed pepper. Halves in the oven should be cooked without seeds and entrails. Vegetables should be thoroughly washed and cleaned of the contents. In this case, each pepper should be cut into several parts.

In the filling it is necessary to lay out spices, salt, fried onions and carrots. All components should be mixed thoroughly. Then you need to stuff the workpiece. They should be put in a deep baking dish, and then pour a special sauce or ordinary broth. Now pepper can be put in the oven. After an hour the dish will be ready.

Recipe with chicken

How else can you cook peppers in halves (stuffed)? The recipe in the oven allows you to use almost any stuffing. For the preparation of peppers with chicken, you will need:

1. Bulgarian pepper medium size - 6 pieces.
2. Carrots - 3-4 pieces.
3. Celery root - 50 grams.
4. Leeks - 2 pieces.
5. Tomatoes, preferably cherry - 7 pieces.
6. Chicken fillet - 220 grams.
7. Olive oil is 32 grams.
8. Salt, spices and fresh herbs.

Cooking stuffed peppers

The halves in the oven, cooked according to this recipe, are juicy and aromatic. First you need to prepare the filling. Carrots should be cleaned and cut into cubes together with celery. After that, vegetables should be put in a frying pan with pre-heated olive oil and lightly fried. Leeks and cherry should be finely chopped, and then put into carrots and celery. In the resulting mass you need to add spices. The filling must be stitched until half cooked.

The final stage

Bulgarian peppers must be cleaned, cut into two parts. It should be blanched for a while in lightly salted water. Chicken fillet should be cut and fried until ready. Then the bird should be added to the remaining components of the filling and put out for a few minutes.

The pan should be covered with parchment paper and greased with vegetable oil. On it it is necessary to lay out halves of pepper, and then to fill them with a ready stuffing. Bake the dish at 180 ° C. An hour later it will be ready.

Now you know how to make stuffed peppers. Halves in the oven, made according to the recipes described above, will please both adults and children.