This Viral Hack Makes Cutting Bell Peppers So Much Easier
If you've ever cut a bell pepper for salads, stir-fries, and sandwiches, then you know all too well that the task is pretty easy, but almost always leaves you with a cutting board and knife covered with so many seeds. But leave it to smart home cooks on TikTok to share a simply brilliant way to cut a bell pepper that is completely mess-free.
More often than not these days, it seems that TikTok is a great place to go if you want to improve or level up your cooking skills. The heavy cream cinnamon roll hack, feta fried eggs, and the Sprite plus Lipton Tea bag drink combination are just a few of the recent TikTok hacks that have left us changed for the better. Now thanks to user thelornicway, we have a cleaner way to saw into a bell pepper when we prep vegetables.
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How to Cut a Bell Pepper Using The TikTok Method
According to the TikToker, all you need to do is to cut off the green stem of the bell pepper, placing it stem-side down on your cutting board. From there, make incisions into the bell pepper following the grooves outlined on the bottom of the pepper. Depending on your pepper, you should have three flaps. Now, pull each flap away from the stem end to detach from the stem and you will be left with perfectly, seed-free slices of bell pepper.
Lori Conway''s bell pepper cutting hack is a useful piece of knowledge to keep in your back pocket when you're in the kitchen. As we enter autumn and inch closer to the holiday season, it's possible you will find yourself needing to cut a bunch of bell peppers for a big dinner, so it's great to be as equipped with as many helpful tips and tricks as possible. Even as the cook, you deserve to spend less time in the kitchen and more time at the celebratory table!
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