Recipe#6273

Title: Red Pepper "Letcho

From: Terry Pogue 
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 21:37:02 EDT 
Recipe By     : B.Kafka/topogue@idsonline.com

    1      tablespoon    oil
    1      teaspoon      paprika -- hot or chili powder
                          -- without cumin
    1 1/2  pounds        onion -- yellow thinly sliced
    1      pound         red bell pepper -- cut into strips
    2      tablespoons   tomato paste
1. Combine oil and paprika in a 13 x 9 x 2" oval dish. Cook, 
uncovered, at 100% for 1 minuted. Stir in onions, coating them with 
the paprika and oil mixture. Cook, uncovered, for 6 minutes.
2. Remove from Microwave oven . Stir onions and mound peppers on top. 
Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Cook for 8 minutes. Prick plastic to 
release steam.
3. Remove from oven and uncover. Stir well and cook, uncovered, for 6 
minutes. Stir in tomato paste and cook, uncovered, for 18 minutes, 
stirring twice.
NOTES : This Hungarian dish  is terrific of grilled polenta. Also 
nice as a topper for a little pasta.