Below are tips for how to dice and freeze bell peppers that will help you make quick work of the project.
How to Dice and Freeze Bell Peppers
Bell peppers are in season which means they are available for great prices at the stores and might even be available for free from your garden. Take advantage of these inexpensive bell peppers and stock your freezer with diced peppers to get you through the winter when they are outrageously expensive.
First use the tip for quickly dicing peppers so easy slice and chop your bell peppers in record time. Then use the tips for freezing peppers, so you can stock your freezer with peppers for your favorite recipes.
How to Quickly Dice Bell Peppers:
My trick for quickly dicing bell peppers is to use my kitchen scissors.
1. Cut off the edges of the bell pepper with a knife.
2. Use kitchen scissors to cut the large pieces of bell pepper into strips.
3. Use the scissors to cut the strips into smaller pieces.
How to Freeze Diced Bell Peppers:
Think about how much bell pepper you usually add to your recipes to determine the best quantity for bulk freezing diced peppers. I often use 1/2 cup of bell peppers, so I freeze diced peppers in that quantity. However, it is easy to open a bag and remove a smaller quantity if necessary.
1. After dicing bell peppers, measure and add 1/2 cup to a snack size sealable bag.
2. Squeeze the air out of the bag, seal it, and lay it flat on a cookie sheet.
3. After all the diced peppers have been bagged and place on a cookie sheet, place the cookie sheet in a freezer.
4. Once the peppers are frozen, remove them from the cookie sheet. You can now stack them or file them on their ends where ever you have a convenient space in your freezer.
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I really like the idea of using kitchen scissors! That really never occurred to me. I also like to freeze strips to fry up as a side dish later too.
Leaving some as strips for stir-fry is a great idea!
My mom used to freeze strips and give them to me straight out of the freezer as a snack when it was close to dinner time.
how do I prevent freezer burn? and how long will they stay good in the freezer? 3 month, 6 mos, 1 year? Thanks!
To prevent freezer burn, pat the peppers dry and get as much air out of the bag as possible when you close it up. They last in the freezer for up to 6 months.
A girl after my own heart! I have been freezing leftover bell peppers for years. I buy the organic ones and they are too expensive to throw out if you haven’t used them and they start to go bad.
Also, it is so easy to take them out of the freezer and use them when all the prep work has already been done. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Lisa
In the summer when peppers are plentiful and cheap, I like to buy an 8-quart basket (or more), chop them up and freeze them. My method is similar except, I like to freeze them by patting them dry and laying them in a single layer on the cookie sheet. I let them freeze for about an hour, then I bag them. That way I can take out a few to saute for my morning eggs or I can measure out what I need for a recipe. 🙂
I use d same method..but I sprinkle a little cornflour and freeze it..in order to avoid the bell peppers from getting soggy..
I often try to keep peppers by freezing them, but they also seem pretty mushy. I didn’t know about using corn flower (is that the same as corn starch?).
Any other advise on keeping them “mush free”?
The texture is going to impacted by freezing to some degree no matter what. It is best to use frozen peppers in cooked recipes, so the texture change from freezing is not noticeable.