How to Freeze Bell Peppers

Learning how to freeze bell peppers is so easy you will wonder why you didn’t know how to do it before.

I really wish it didn’t take me so many years to know that I could freeze bell peppers to preserve them. I always used them in season and was bummed when gardening and u-pick season was over.

But I thankfully realized that I can freeze fresh bell peppers to throw in the freezer for later use. It really is an easy way to preserve and even easier to use the peppers when I need them.

I like to have my peppers chopped up in two different ways. I cut some of them up in strips to use for fajitas. The majority I cut up into small chunks that I like to get out as needed for different recipes.

I know some people even cut them right in half and freeze to use as stuffed peppers. I have not done this, but I did freeze them like this already stuffed with the filling.

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Step by Step How to Freeze Bell Peppers

Wash and dry off your peppers
Take off the stem, and core with membranes and seeds
Chop them up (I like to chop them in small chunks and long strips and store them separately)
Lay them out on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat.
Freeze for a few hours and then remove when frozen through to put into zip top bags. Date and label the bag
Store in the freezer for up to a year for best results.

Chopped up bell peppers need to dry off before heading to the freezer

That’s it! Can you believe how easy it is.

How to Use Your Frozen Bell Peppers

There are so many ways to use up frozen bell peppers. These are the ways that I have used them.

A couple handfuls is great for my breakfast skillet
Chili
Soups
Spaghetti sauce
Bell pepper strips along with onions to use for fajitas
Half bell peppers can be used for stuffed peppers.

Bell peppers cut and on a tray ready to go into the freezer

Not Just Bell Peppers

You can cut up and store any type of pepper like this. Hot peppers do just as well frozen. However, you will want to use gloves for cutting up hot peppers and do not touch your face during the process. You will burn your hands if you don’t wear gloves. It is not a pleasant feeling.

Trust me. I thought I was cutting up a mild pepper that turned out to be a quite hot one.