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Bell Pepper Recipes: 20+ easy dishes to enjoy this summer
Red, yellow, green, long or round, bell peppers are a versatile, summery veggie. You can use them in many recipes, from stir-fry, casserole, soup, or pasta dishes. Check out our 20+ easy bell pepper recipes for inspiration.
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Red, yellow, green, long or round. What are we talking about? About bell peppers, of course! Super versatile and slightly sweet once cooked, they're a popular, delicious vegetable to enjoy during summer. You can use them in many recipes, from appetizers and main dishes to quick side dishes to pair with chicken, beef or seafood. You can even enjoy this great ingredient at breakfast time.
Bell peppers are perfect for stir-fry recipes such as pepper steak, casseroles, soups, or pastas. That's not finished yet! You can also hollow out the bell peppers and fill them with your favorite ingredients for delicious stuffed vegetables that will go down a storm.
Cooking bell peppers is always a good idea if you want to eat healthy without giving up taste. You can create new dishes with these summery veggies from international cuisine and vegetarian to meaty and healthy. It's just up to you! Make sure to check our 20+ easy bell pepper recipes to find your new favorite dish.
1. Stuffed Peppers: a mouthwatering, hearty dish your whole family with love
Stuffed peppers are a tasty summery main or side dish. With a bright color and a tender texture, stuff peppers with ground beef, rice, onions, tomato sauce and cheese.
Read the recipe 2. Chicken Fajitas: a delicious, fast Mexican recipe for any day of the week 
Chicken fajitas are a classic Mexican and Tex-Mex dish. It's packed with juicy chicken, tender yet crisp peppers and onions, coated in a savory marinade and served in soft tortillas.
Read the recipe 3. Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers: a flavorful and hearty recipe 
This Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Pepper Recipe is an easy, low-carb, hearty meal that will satisfy the whole family. They are lower in carbohydrates than the classic sandwich and are a tasty dinner idea that you can prepare in advance. If you look for filled peppers, you will find many recipes, vegetarian or full of beef, chicken and many others ways from Asia or Europe, to mention some ways. In this recipe presented below, the peppers are filled with cheese, beef and mushroom, in a flavor combination perfect for a lunch with couple for a double date.
Read the recipe 4. Easy Pepper Steak: the simple and quick recipe for a tasty main dish 
Easy Pepper Steak is a quick and simple dinner recipe for any night of the week. Turn round top steak into a healthy and flavorful weeknight meal with paprika, garlic, bell peppers, onions and a Chinese-inspired sauce. This steak dinner gets a Chinese spin thanks to a soy sauce-based flavoring sauce.
Read the recipe 5. Bell Pepper Frittata: the effortless, versatile main dish recipe for your summer 
Bell Pepper Frittata is a healthy, high-protein recipe to enjoy at breakfast or as a main dish. We used two different color bell peppers to create a bright, fluffy frittata.
Read the recipe 6. Chicken Cacciatore: the Italian-style recipe for a rustic, easy hunter-style chicken 
Chicken cacciatore is a rustic, stew-like Italian main dish whose name means “hunter” in English. Juicy, fall-off-the bone chicken is slow-simmered in a rustic tomato sauce.
Read the recipe 7. Breakfast Enchiladas: a hearty, delicious recipe to set you up for the day 
Breakfast enchiladas are an easy, tasty recipe you'll love. It's made with soft flour tortillas packed with sausage, scrambled eggs, peppers, cheese and topped with enchilada sauce.
Read the recipe 8. Spicy Chicken Skewers: the quick, easy main dish recipe seasoned with paprika 
Spicy Chicken Skewers are a quick, tasty main dish recipe. Make your own paprika seasoning with red bell peppers, then season the skewered chicken breast and grill it.
Read the recipe 9. Peperonata: the easy, tasty side dish recipe for making sautéed bell peppers and onions 
Peperonata is an easy, traditional Italian summer side dish you can pair with pasta or crusty bread. Sweet bell peppers and onions are slow cooked on low heat with tomato sauce until soft.
Read the recipe 10. Roasted Pepper Roll-Ups: the quick, effortless appetizer recipe 
Roasted Pepper Roll-Ups is an easy appetizer recipe perfect for summer. Sweet and tender once roasted, you also need olive oil, breadcrumbs, parmesan, ham and cheese.
Read the recipe 11. Red Pepper Fritters: the recipe for a greedy and irresistible fried delicacy 
Red pepper fritters are delicious small balls of fried dough enriched with red peppers. Easy and very fast to prepare, these savory fritters can be enjoyed alone or in accompaniment to other delicacies (also with easy seafood recipes, as they usually do in Naples), or with cold cuts and cheeses.
Read the recipe 12. Baked peppers au gratin: a light and healthy side dish 
Now, this is one preparation that is super duper easy to prepare, takes no time to cook, no fancy ingredients and cooking skills required, yet you can enjoy it in many different ways. Serve it as a side dish, along with a hearty salad, or a snack.
Read the recipe 13. Jambalaya: the delicious recipe for the one-pot main dish from New Orleans 
Jambalaya is a popular, spicy one-dish meal from New Orleans, Louisiana. Cajun or Creole, it's made of chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, tomato, and rice.
Read the recipe 14. Maque Choux: the delicious Cajun side dish recipe 
Maque choux is a creamy, spicy, sweet Cajun side dish recipe. It's made of crispy bacon, tender corn, onions, bell peppers, chilis cooked in heavy cream and Cajun spices.
Read the recipe 15. Easy French Ratatouille: The Recipe to Cook it in the Frying Pan 
The ratatouille is a course made of seasonal vegetables that was born in France, more precisely in Nice, in fact the recipe is originally called ratatouille niçoise.
Read the recipe 16. Hawaiian Chicken: a very delicious meal 
Hawaiian chicken is marinated in a fragrant mixture of pineapple juice, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, olive oil, rice wine vinegar and soy sauce, which gives it a beautiful depth of flavor while keeping it succulent and moist.
Read the recipe 17. Caponata: the vegetarian Sicilian side dish recipe for making sweet-sour eggplant caponata 
Caponata is a classic, vegetarian Sicilian side dish recipe, perfect to serve with a bruschetta during summer. It's a relish made of eggplants, tomatoes, onions, celeries, olives, capers flavored in a sweet-sour sauce.
Read the recipe 18. Gazpacho: the fast, easy Andalucian recipe for a classic chilled tomato soup 
Gazpacho is a Spanish recipe to enjoy a chilled tomato soup in summer. With its bold, tangy flavor and smooth texture, you need tomatoes, cucumber, bell peppers, onion and cucumber.
Read the recipe 19. Baked Denver Omelet: the super easy and very filling oven egg dish 
Baked Denver Omelet is a quick and easy dish you can serve at breakfast or brunch. This puffed American-style omelet is rich in protein and low carb, while the bell peppers add both color and nutrition.
Read the recipe 20. Kung Pao Chicken: the mouthwatering recipe for a popular Chinese takeaway dish 
With its salty, sweet, spicy flavor, kung pao chicken is a popular Chinese takeaway dish. Crispy yet juicy, chicken is dry stir-fried and flavored with a rich, thick sauce.
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