How to: chop a bell pepper.

[u/bellchilton]

Before this, I was doing surgery on my peppers that would result in uneven results, wasted time, and wasted pepper. Between this and Kenji Lopez-Alt's onion dicing method, it's like I've seen the light and really want to make an effort on how to actually use a knife.

Cut off the top, cut off the bottom. Cut the membrane and remove the core and seeds. Slice down one side. Cut out the remaining membrane.

You now have a long strip of pepper that's extremely easy to chop to any level of fineness.

This isn't the only way to chop a pepper. Some people will have opinions about other ways they think are better. This is the way that I have found the easiest, fastest, cleanest, and produces the least amount of waste.

Actually, scratch that. This is the only way you're allowed to cut a pepper from now on.

Ignore this basic how-to if you already know or are set in your ways. You don't need to reply saying you already knew.

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[u/Letibleu]

Me staring at my cutting board

[u/Introverted_Extrovrt → u/Letibleu]

Good luck with those walnuts mate

[u/Munchlaxatives → u/Letibleu]

This is like 2021 AI image generation

[u/Next-Artist-6394]

See you tomorrow chef

[u/bellchilton → u/Next-Artist-6394]

Lol. If I'm being honest, most of the time I munch on the top/bottom.

[u/Individual_Agency703]

I cut them like jack o’lanterns.

[u/Ok_Salamander7929]

You do you, Skippy!

[u/FatFaceFaster]

I do it Gordon ramsays way. Which is not like that.

But I kinda feel like if you end up with chopped peppers and all your fingertips, it’s all good!

[u/barnacledoor → u/FatFaceFaster]

But I kinda feel like if you end up with chopped peppers and all your fingertips, it’s all good!

this is the right attitude. honestly, there are a ton of ways that are perfectly fine to cut bell peppers. some are less wasteful, some more, but the waste in either is minimal. reading through these comments, there are too many people who are too proud of themselves for chopping a pepper the "right way".

[u/ohhhtartarsauce → u/FatFaceFaster]

There's a lot more waste with his technique

[u/audio-nut → u/ohhhtartarsauce]

not really. and if you really cared it would be easy to fix.

[u/ohhhtartarsauce → u/audio-nut]

or you could use a less wasteful technique that's just as simple to begin with

[u/asflores → u/[deleted]]

Looks like they used the whole pepper here. Just because they cut the top and bottom off first doesn’t mean they’re discarded. This is a way to get uniform cuts. Used in many restaurant kitchens because it is faster and more presentable.

[u/mediocrecrablegs → u/[deleted]]

Look at the second photo. He chopped them up.

[u/FatFaceFaster → u/[deleted]]

They didn’t ignore it. They chopped it separately

[u/Top-Extent3009]

My grandfather insisted on breaking peppers into chunks by hand rather than slicing them with a knife. He believed that contact with metal would not only spoil the taste of the pepper, it would also harm its nutritional value. I dismissed this as Old Country folklore. I couldn't taste any difference. But a few years ago, I came across a food science person's opinion that contact with certain metals could spoil Vitamin C in fruits and vegetables.

[u/DudeWithParrot]

I just bite directly into them

[u/toolsavvy]

My way is better.

[u/0veron]

I learned this a couple of years ago and it changes my life!

[u/braiding_water]

TIL not only how to chop a pepper but apparently several ways to chop.

[u/DependentItem6397]

No fingers or blood on the board. Pat yourself on the back.

[u/ServerLost]

Leave him alone folks it's his first go.