Fish-Stuffed Peppers

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

1. 1
   Add the onion to some of the olive oil heated in the pan and fry for 8–10 minutes, stirring, until the onion is soft and deep golden.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStoveFrying pan

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
2. 2
   Add the garlic and fry 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
3. 3
   Add the tomato to the fried onion and cook 5 minutes.

   Stove
4. 4
   Scrape the fish into coarse flakes with a fork.
5. 5
   Mix the fish with the fried onion, tomato, parsley, cumin, paprika, rice, lemon juice, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.

To assemble

1. 6
   Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F).

   ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven

   💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
2. 7
   Halve the peppers lengthwise and remove the seeds and white ribs.

   KnifeCutting board
3. 8
   Fill the peppers with the mixture.
4. 9
   Arrange the peppers, now stuffed, in a deep baking dish.

   Baking pan
5. 10
   Drizzle the rest of the olive oil over the top.
6. 11
   Bake 25–30 minutes, until the pepper softens and caramelizes slightly.

   OvenBaking pan
7. 12
   Serve hot with a green salad.