Töltött Paprika — Print Recipe

Sweet Hungarian peppers filled with a savory mixture of ground beef and rice, simmered gently in a smooth tomato sauce until tender and fragrant.

Ingredients

1 Mix ground beef, rice, grated onion, egg, paprika, salt, and pepper until well combined.
2 Stuff each pepper loosely with the meat mixture (rice will expand). Replace the pepper tops.
3 Mix tomato passata with water, sugar, and a pinch of salt for the sauce.
4 Stand stuffed peppers upright in a pot. Pour tomato sauce over them.
5 Bring to a gentle simmer, cover, and cook on low heat for 45-50 min until peppers are tender and rice is cooked through.
6 Stir sour cream into the sauce. Serve peppers blanketed in the sweetened tomato sauce.

Did You Know?

Hungarian cooks always leave space in the pepper when stuffing because the rice expands considerably — overstuffing causes the peppers to burst.