How To Cut a Bell Pepper

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Don't be discouraged by its crazy shape—a bell pepper can be tamed just like any other vegetable.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Water
A clean cloth or paper towel
A bell pepper
A chef's knife
And a cutting board
A paring knife (optional)

Step 1: Wash & dry

Wash and dry the bell pepper.

Step 2: Position pepper

In the center of the cutting board, lay the pepper on its side with the stem facing your knife-wielding hand.

Step 3: Grasp knife

Grasp the knife in your dominant hand, holding the handle close to the blade with three fingers: your middle, ring, and pinkie. Curl your forefinger around one side of the blade while holding your thumb on the opposite side.

Step 4: Cut off top

Cut off the top of the bell pepper just below the curve under the stem, exposing the ribs and seeds inside the pepper.

Step 5: Pop out stem

Pop the stem out of this top portion and discard it. Set the leftover pepper aside to be cut up later.

Step 6: Slice off other end

Slice off the other end off the pepper, just below where it curves, and set it aside too.

Step 7: Slice vertically

Set the pepper upright on one end and use the tip of your blade to make one vertical slice on the side closest to you to open the pepper. Make sure not to cut the pepper in half—just slice through one side.

Step 8: Remove insides

Turn the pepper on its side and cut along the inside, removing the seeds and thin whitish ribs, also called 'membranes'.

Tip: If the ribs do not come out easily, use a pairing knife to remove them.

Step 9: Flatten pepper

Flatten the now-clean pepper, skin-side down, onto the cutting board, or cut it into two more manageable sections. You now have a clean slate of pepper—slice it any way you want!

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[crazywanch101]

Bell peppers are my absolute favorite things to cut because of their shape.

[ponyjoe]

Something so non-informative having over 4,000 pageviews? Maybe not everyone in the world thinks they know everything, and are willing to learn something new without being a giant prick about it.

[LeroyRifkin]

It's called a capsicum, not a bell pepper. You fucking spastic.

[VincenzoB81]

I cut it in the middle, just below where the seeds end. Then I pull the sides back with my bare hands, stopping just before the stem. This prevents me from getting any seeds at all. I compost the seeds and stem. I keep the ribs on and juice the whole thing. Amazing how good pepper juice tastes! I use the pulp in soups (with carrot pulp, for example, and/or celery pulp and/or tomato pulp, with spices, broth, water and sometimes soup mixes).

[AliasFail]

@barterer124 no one

[candika69]

@Bengtroslund You will need:

Opposable thumbs

A banana

[elftails]

Howcast, can you tell me please why we're supposed to remove membranes and seeds, is it bitter or toxic? Thanks for your help!!!!

[hungrydonkey4333]

I eat them raw

[MaxSk8rr]

"You will need... A bell pepper" lol

[deltrotter2011]

Easier way chop each side job done no pips!

[angyvill85]

@Bengtroslund hey not everybody grows up knowing how to cook or cut bell peppers

[Bengtroslund]

My god what a stupit video. Is this video for retards? I do not understand. Is the next one how to peel a banana?