How to Slice Bell Peppers
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Bell peppers are an essential fajita ingredient. I like to use a
mix of red and orange bell peppers
. There are lots of tips and tricks for slicing bell peppers. Let me teach you mine!
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Start by laying the bell pepper on its side on a cutting board.
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Slice off the tops and the bottoms. You can slice around the stem to use most of these pieces, too.
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Make a slice through one side of the bell pepper from top to bottom.
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Open up the bell pepper, and slice through all the ribs, detaching the ribs and center piece that holds the seeds.
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You should be left with two separate pieces: the outside flesh of the bell pepper and the inner core and seeds. Discard core and seeds.
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Remove any excess rib pieces if necessary.
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Cut the bell pepper into thin (less than 1/4 inch) matchsticks.
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Your pile of matchsticks should look like this!
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