How to Prepare Appetizing German Stuffed Peppers

German Stuffed Peppers. German stuffed peppers are filled with meat and are called in German "Gefüllte Paprika". This German dish is easy to make and can be varied. If you don't like to use meat fill the peppers with a rice-vegetable mix.

In a bowl combine the ground meat, bread roll, egg, onion, paprika, pine nuts, pepper and salt. Stuff the bell peppers with the meat mixture and place the bell pepper "lids" on top. German stuffed peppers are filled with meat and are called in German "Gefüllte Paprika". You can have German Stuffed Peppers using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of German Stuffed Peppers

1. You need 1 1/2 lb of ground pork.
2. You need 1/2 lb of ground veal.
3. Prepare 1 medium of onion, chopped.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of salt.
5. You need 1 cup of brown rice.
6. You need 5 large of (green) bell peppers.
7. You need 16 oz of crushed tomato paste.
8. It's 1 cup of sauerkrautt.

This German dish is easy to make and can be varied. If you don't like to use meat fill the peppers with a rice-vegetable mix. You can also use ground Bison meat or a mix of pork and beef. Hope you enjoy your stuffed peppers as much as we do.

German Stuffed Peppers instructions

1. Cook rice halfway.
2. Mix meat, onion, rice. Add salt/pepper to taste.
3. Cut off top and clean out inside of peppers, hard boil peppers for 5 minutes and remove.
4. Mix meat and rice.
5. Stuff the meat mixture as tightly as possible into the peppers.
6. Spread sauerkraut on bottom of a baking dish.
7. Put peppers in dish, pour in crushed tomato paste about halfway up the peppers.
8. Bake between 90 minutes to 2 hours at 325°F Fahrenheit.

Remove seeds and membranes; rinse peppers. If necessary, cut thin slice from bottom of each pepper so they stand up straight. In a small saucepan, prepare rice according to package instructions. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Spoon an equal amount of the mixture into each hollowed pepper.