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Ardei Umpluți

Name: Ardei Umpluți
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Moldova
Ingredients: 6 Red bell pepper; 400g Mixed ground meat; 80g Rice; 1 Onion; 1 Carrot; 1 can Canned tomatoes; A pinch Dill; A pinch Parsley; 2 tbsp Sunflower oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 400ml Water; To taste Sour cream

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Peppers stuffed with ground meat and rice and simmered in tomato — a Moldovan home dish of summer and autumn.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ardei umpluți means 'stuffed peppers,' made often in Moldova from summer into autumn with the thick-fleshed peppers at the markets. A filling of ground meat, rice, onion, and herbs is stuffed in and simmered in tomato broth. The Moldovan way is to serve them with sour cream.

🌆 Where it's eaten: With peppers bought at a Moldovan autumn market, a pot packed with stuffed peppers simmers in tomato broth at home.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Red bell pepper 6
Mixed ground meat 400g
Rice 80g
Onion 1
Carrot 1
Canned tomatoes 1 can
Dill A pinch
Parsley A pinch
Sunflower oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 400ml
Sour cream To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut off the pepper tops and remove the seeds.
Mix the ground meat, rinsed rice, half the chopped onion, chopped herbs, salt, and pepper and stuff the peppers.
Sauté the remaining onion and grated carrot in oil in a pot, then add the canned tomatoes and water.
Stand the peppers in the pot, cover, and simmer on low for 1 hour.
Serve with sour cream.

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