Bell Pepper Dice-up

Bah!  I'm a bad blogger. . . I promised last time that my blog would include instructions on the easiest way to dice a bell pepper and an onion.  Well, I have the bell pepper instructions but for once in my cooking life, I did not dice an onion recently and therefore could not take pictures.  Craziness!  Anyway, sorry faithful readers...I can only fulfill half of my promise.

Start by getting out your cutting board and favorite knife.  Personally, I use my chef knife to do all my chopping, dicing and other knife activities, but you should use whatever knife you are most comfortable with.  Also, if you find that your cutting board slips on your counter, put a damp washcloth underneath.  Your cutting board definitely won't slip anymore: )


Cut the top of the pepper off, like this:

If the whole top of the pepper comes off, stem and all, that is okay too.  Next, place the knife on the top of the pepper and slice in between two of the "veins" (white pith that attaches to the center of the pepper).

Repeat until you have cut between all the veins.

Then cut the pepper pieces into equal size strips, then cut across the strips into an equal size dice.  Make sure to keep your fingers curled under and your thumb tucked behind your fingers so you don't cut yourself.  I cut the pepper pieces into a large dice because I was using the peppers in a roasted veggie dish.

Hope this helps!  I know when a friend showed me this technique for dicing bell peppers, it made the process a lot easier/faster!


Also, big thanks to my wonderful husband Mike for taking the pictures: )