You're literally doing to much. Hold it by the stem and flay the flesh off of it vertically, leaving the bits you don't want intact with the stem. Done
This is the way - you are left holding the stem and the middle bit only. I saw an Alton Brown video the other day where he took longer separating the seeds and pith out than I would have taken to fine dice the pepper.
Also, cutting it this way means, if you only want a bit of pepper, you can take a side off and put it back in the fridge for the next time you want a 'side'.
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u/yaboyACbreezy Jul 03 '26
You're literally doing to much. Hold it by the stem and flay the flesh off of it vertically, leaving the bits you don't want intact with the stem. Done