LAMB STUFFED PEPPERS
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Prep : 20 MINS
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Serves : 3
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Cook : 1 HOUR
Bring the mediterranean to your kitchen, with these juicy lamb and rice stuffed peppers.
Skill level
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Moderate
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 450g lamb, minced
- 140g Laila Long Grain Rice or Laila Basmati Rice
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper, ground
- ½ tsp dried mint, crushed
- 250ml water
- 4 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 415ml chicken stock
- 1 can Laila Chopped Tomatoes
- 6 bell peppers, top removed and seeded
Method
- Preheat oven to 180° C/Gas Mark 4.
- Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
- Add in onion and minced lamb; cook until the onion becomes tender, and the meat is no longer pink (for about 7 minutes).
- Stir in washed rice, salt, black pepper and mint; continue cooking for 5 minutes. Then add water and parsley.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue cooking and stirring until the water has been completely absorbed by rice (about 15 minutes).
- Pour chicken stock and chopped tomatoes together in an oven-proof dish that will just fit the bell peppers.
- Scoop the lamb and rice mixture into bell peppers and place them into the dish
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes until bell peppers are tender and the tomatoes are bubbling.