Hungarian stuffed peppers in tomato sauce🇭🇺.

Here’s a traditional Hungarian favorite you’ll love — Hungarian Stuffed Peppers in Tomato Sauce (Töltött Paprika) 🇭🇺. It’s a hearty comfort food made with sweet peppers filled with a flavorful meat and rice mixture, simmered in a rich tomato sauce.


🫑 Hungarian Stuffed Peppers in Tomato Sauce

🧾 Ingredients:

  • 8 Hungarian yellow peppers (or sweet bell peppers)
  • 1 lb (450 g) ground pork (or half pork, half beef)
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 cup (200 g) rice, uncooked
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp sweet Hungarian paprika
  • 1 tsp salt (to taste)
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

For the tomato sauce:

  • 3 tbsp oil or lard
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 2 tbsp sweet Hungarian paprika
  • 1 ½ quarts (1.5 L) tomato juice (or passata)
  • 1-2 tsp sugar (to balance acidity)
  • Salt to taste

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