CROATIAN STUFFED PEPPERS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Croatian Stuffed Peppers in Tomato Sauce image

This is my great-grandmother's recipe, great right out of the pot or as leftovers. Each serving is half a pepper plus some of the additional meatballs. Really good served over additional cooked rice.

Provided by Kathryn Nemec Perez

Time 1h25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
1 egg
2 tablespoons uncooked white rice
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
½ teaspoon onion powder
2 green bell peppers, cored
4 cups water
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
½ teaspoon salt
1 dash ground black pepper
1 dash garlic powder
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour

Steps:

Mix ground beef, egg, rice, bread crumbs, and onion powder together in a large bowl.
Pack the ground beef mixture into the green bell peppers, eliminating all air pockets. Form the remaining beef mixture into large balls.
Combine water, tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt, black pepper, and garlic powder in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Carefully lower peppers and meatballs into the sauce with a slotted spoon. Bring back to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, until beef is cooked through and rice is tender, about 1 hour.
Mix sour cream and flour together in a small bowl. Slowly stir in some of the sauce. Pour into the Dutch oven and mix well. Simmer until flavors combine, 3 to 4 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 463 calories, Carbohydrate 24.4 g, Cholesterol 139.6 mg, Fat 30.2 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 25.5 g, SaturatedFat 14.4 g, Sodium 1044.5 mg, Sugar 9.3 g