Pepper with rice for the winter according to the “Finger-licking” recipe is a unique option that combines great taste, ease of preparation and low cost of ingredients. This dish can be served simply as a salad or added to other ingredients. Peppers are prepared with rice with minced meat, mushrooms, vegetables - there are a lot of options, and each of them deserves to be on the everyday or holiday table.
- Features of preparing peppers with rice for the winter
- Rules for selecting and preparing products
- Preparing containers for the start of the process
- How to cook peppers with rice for the winter?
- Finger-licking carrot filling
- With minced meat
- With mushrooms and rice
- With apple filling
- With vegetables
- With zucchini
- With tomato paste
- With green tomatoes
- With cauliflower without vinegar
- With mushrooms
- With eggplants
- With cabbage and beans
- Lazy peppers with rice for the winter
- How and for how long can preserves be stored?
Features of preparing peppers with rice for the winter
Preparing peppers with rice deserves to be in every family's arsenal of any winter dishes. Its peculiarity is its extremely rich taste, which can be significantly changed if you add other ingredients to the basic recipe.
The dish looks festive and elegant. Its bright color will warm you up in winter, and all the preserved vitamins in vegetables will not let your immune system go to waste. An additional advantage is that all ingredients have a minimal price.
During the season, vegetables can be bought for pennies, and the main thing - rice - is already cheap.
Rules for selecting and preparing products
The peculiarity of the recipe is to choose the right ingredients. As for rice, long-grain rice is more suitable, as it will not turn into porridge with prolonged stirring and canning. Before the process, it must be thoroughly rinsed (up to 10 times in cold water) until the water becomes crystal clear.
The pepper is selected without the slightest defect - this is important, because otherwise it can give a bitter tint to the dish. A well-ripened, but not overripe vegetable will do.
The stalks must be removed, as well as the seeds - even if there are only a few of them left, this can lead to swelling of the jars.
In general, the recipe is simple; you don’t need any special tricks or supernatural products to prepare it. Additional products must be of high quality and well washed.
Preparing containers for the start of the process
It is important to properly prepare the jars for preservation, because without sufficient removal of microbes, all the work will go down the drain. Required:
- check the jars for cracks, chips and other defects - these cannot be used;
- Place a metal sieve on the pan, place the jars up;
- after the water boils, set aside for 15 minutes;
- Remove the jars and place them without turning them over on a clean cloth.
You can also use sterilization using a kettle (jars are placed on the spout), in the oven or microwave.
How to cook peppers with rice for the winter?
Recipes with rice for the winter are very different, but the main one remains the same.
Finger-licking carrot filling
This recipe is quite simple to make, but will delight you at the table. It goes well with cereals, and can be eaten simply with bread as a snack. You will need:
- 2 kilograms of pepper;
- 1 kilogram of carrots;
- 2 onions;
- 1 cup long rice;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 3 tablespoons salt;
- 500 milliliters of vegetable oil;
- 1 tablespoon vinegar;
- seasonings as desired.
Bell peppers are prepared: thoroughly washed, stalks and all seeds removed. Do the same with other vegetables. Everything is thinly sliced (carrots can be grated). Frying onions and carrots is done: pour oil into a saucepan and fry the ingredients until aroma appears and medium softness.
Pre-washed rice is thrown into the resulting mixture and fried a little. The liquid needed for cooking the cereal is added, the fire is set to low and simmered for 30 minutes.
Five minutes before cooking, add vinegar. They are filled with the composition, placed in jars and filled with pre-prepared marinade (sugar, salt and seasonings).Rolls up quickly without waiting for the mixture to cool.
With minced meat
Sweet pickled peppers with minced meat are prepared in a similar way, resulting in a taste reminiscent of regular stuffed peppers. The peculiarity is that minced meat (you can use chicken, beef or pork) is fried along with onions and carrots. If desired, tomatoes are added to enhance the taste. For a kilogram of peeled peppers you will need approximately 0.5 kilos of meat.
With mushrooms and rice
The recipe with mushrooms will amaze true gourmets with its richness of taste. You will need 0.5 kilos of champignons, pre-peeled and dried. For the marinade, more than 9% vinegar is used - 3 tablespoons per liter.
With apple filling
For 1 kg of pepper take 1.5 apples. The apples are finely chopped, mixed with rice, placed in a colander and blanched in boiling water for 5 minutes. The marinade is made from sugar and salt with vegetable oil and vinegar. Pepper without sealing is poured with marinade and twisted.
With vegetables
Delicious recipe stuffed with vegetables. Zucchini, eggplant, onions, carrots are cut into small cubes and fried in a frying pan with rice, adding 9% vinegar at the end. For the marinade, take 5 cloves and allspice, which will reveal the aroma of the vegetables.
With zucchini
Take 3 kg of tomatoes, 3 kg of zucchini, 3 kg of pepper, 5 cloves of garlic. Finely chopped and fried in a frying pan in 150 ml of oil. For the marinade you will need 4 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of salt.
With tomato paste
The difference between this recipe and the standard one is that tomato paste is added at the frying stage. You will need 200 grams of it (thick, from 15%).
With green tomatoes
Green tomatoes are fried with onions and carrots over low heat. 150 grams of vinegar is poured in to enhance their taste.
With cauliflower without vinegar
Blanch the cabbage florets for 3 minutes. Pass the garlic and tomatoes through a meat grinder, boil the rice until half cooked. After 10 minutes of cooking, add vegetables to the marinade and cook for 45 minutes. Stuff the peppers and pour the marinade over them.
With mushrooms
The mushrooms are cleaned, finely chopped and placed in a frying pan. Rice is added to them and simmered for 30 minutes. The mixture is stuffed into clean peppers and covered with standard marinade.
With eggplants
The recipe is similar to what is done with zucchini. The only thing is that you need to first place the eggplants in salt water to get rid of the bitterness.
With cabbage and beans
Fresh cabbage is finely chopped and fried with vegetables. The beans are boiled until half cooked and placed in the mixture 20 minutes before they are ready.
Lazy peppers with rice for the winter
The peculiarity is that the peppers are not stuffed, but simply cut together with the frying. The dish is much easier to prepare. For the marinade you will need 3 tablespoons of sugar and 2 salt, 100 grams of vinegar. Added 15 minutes before readiness.
How and for how long can preserves be stored?
Peppers with rice and vegetables are stored only in a dark and cool place. Avoid exposure to the sun. Shelf life - from 1 to 2 years.