red bell pepper

Colorful salad vegetable

A red bell pepper is a sweet, mild pepper that has ripened fully on the vine, turning from green to red.

The color change brings more sweetness and a slightly higher price than green peppers.

Red bell peppers are eaten raw in salads, roasted, or sautéed: I added diced red bell pepper to the stir-fry.

Related

stuffed · roasted · seeds · vitamin C · slice · dice · colorful · paprika · stir-fry · fajitas · crisp · juicy · garden · vine · stem · sauté · hummus · dip

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Opposites
heat/spiciness

red bell pepperCarolina Reaper

Cultivar of extreme capsaicin

ghost pepper · habanero · jalapeño · cayenne pepper · hot pepper

color/ripeness stage

red bell peppergreen bell pepper

Unripened mild capsicum

bitter melon · radicchio · endive · arugula · kale

Family

bell, pepper, redder, reddest, redden, reddened, reddening, reddish, bells

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G