use a knife
The best kind of pepper for a layered pasta salad is red bell pepper or green pepper.
When it is red, not green.
To effectively cut a red bell pepper, start by washing and drying it. Then, cut off the top and bottom of the pepper. Next, slice the pepper in half and remove the seeds and white membrane. Finally, slice or dice the pepper according to your recipe.
green or red
Pepper plants can be red, green, sometimes orange
A suitable substitute for green bell pepper in this recipe could be red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, or poblano pepper.
A suitable substitute for green pepper in this recipe could be red pepper, yellow pepper, or even zucchini for a similar flavor and texture.
red
The fruit
Available in Green or Red. Green are milder. Red are hotter. Thin skinned, they are best when used fresh. Similar to a jalapeno, remove seeds and veins for a milder pepper, add seeds and veins and hot, hot, hot. Great in sauces, salsa
That depends on the size and cut of the red pepper. One cup of red pepper strips would weigh less than one cup of red pepper finely diced.
Anthocyanines is the chemical responsible for the red color in the red peppers. The green pepper has stopped producing chlorophyll and instead has strated producing this chemical.