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how to cut a bell pepper

How To Cut A Bell Pepper


  • Author: Jasmine Mattey
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: ½ cup per medium pepper, 1 cup per large pepper 1x

Description

Learn the best way to cut a bell pepper to achieve optimal cooking results no matter the dish you’re creating.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 Bell Pepper

Instructions

For Strips

  1. Slice the top off of the washed and dried bell pepper, as close to the base of the stem as possible.
    cutting stem of a bell pepper
  2. Slice off the bottom of the bell pepper, just enough to create a hollow tunnel.
    bell pepper with no bottom and top
  3. Using your fingers, tear out the core of the bell pepper and seeds, tapping the pepper against the cutting board to dislodge and remaining seeds.
    seeedles pepper tunnel
  4. Cut through one wall of the bell pepper flesh and unroll the pepper flat against the cutting board, skin side down.
    cutting bell pepper tunel vertically
  5. Trim away any remaining white ribbing from the rectangular bell pepper.
    cutting white ribs out of a bell pepper
  6. Slice the bell pepper into ¼ inch thick strips.
    person cutiing bell pepper into strips

For Chunks

  1. Follow steps 1-6 for cutting the bell pepper into strips, with the thickness of strips equalling the thickness of chunks you are looking to achieve.
    bell pepper cut into stripes
  2. Line up the sliced end to end in a bundle in your non-dominant hand.
    person dicing bell pepper
  3. Cut into the bundle at intervals equalling the thickness of the strips to create a square dice of bell pepper.
    how to cut a bell pepper

For Rings

  1. Slice the top off of the washed and dried bell pepper, as close to the base of the stem as possible.
    cutting stem of a bell pepper
  2. Using your fingers, tear out the core of the bell pepper and seeds, tapping the cut end of the pepper against the cutting board to dislodge and remaining seeds.
    person taking out core of bell pepper
  3. Hold the pepper horizontally against the cutting board and cut through the hollow pepper in ½ inch intervals to create bell pepper rings.
    cutting bell pepper
  4. Discard the remaining bottom of the bell pepper that does not have a hollow middle.
  5. Use the tip of your knife to slice off any remaining white ribbing from the interior of the pepper rings.

For Stuffing

  1. Slice the top off of the washed and dried bell pepper, as close to the base of the stem as possible.
    cutting stem of a bell pepper
  2. Using your fingers, tear out the core of the bell pepper and seeds, tapping the cut end of the pepper against the cutting board to dislodge and remaining seeds.
    person taking out core of bell pepper
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Category: Knife Skills
  • Cuisine: Various; from Mexican to Indian to Greek and beyond

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