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Purple Bell Pepper Recipes

Looking for some delicious purple bell recipes? We’ve got you! 

There are so many different colors of sweet bell peppers, each with a subtly different flavor.

Green bell peppers, yellow bell peppers, orange peppers and red bell peppers are typically pretty easy to find in your local grocery store year-round. You’re more likely to find purple bell peppers at your local farmer’s markets.

If only there was a blue bell pepper we could make a rainbow of sweet peppers!

Purple peppers aren’t as common, but the purple hue is a clue they are full of antioxidants like vitamin C and vitamin E. They’re beautiful and they taste fantastic!

The Best Recipes for Purple Bell Peppers

1. CHICKEN FAJITAS FEATURING RARE ORGANIC PURPLE BELL PEPPERS

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2. Purple Bell Peppers

So many people agree that stuffed bell peppers is one of their favorite ways of cooking bell peppers that it even has it’s own national day of celebration!

3. Recipe – Purple & Red Bell Pepper Ranch Salad

The purple sweet bell pepper has a white inside, so it almost looks like a red onion!

5. No Bake Stuffed Peppers

Capture the fresh sweet flavor of the purple sweet bell pepper.

6. BUFFALO CHICKEN STUFFED PEPPERS (OVEN OR AIR FRYER)

If you enjoy buffalo chicken then you’re going to love this!

7. Shrimp Stuffed Peppers With Rice

This is one of my favorites of all these delicious recipes.

8. Stuffed Pepper Soup (The Perfect Comfort Food)

9. Comforting Stuffed Pepper Casserole with One-Step Italian Quinoa

10. Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers With Lentils

11. Pork Chops, Purple Peppers, and Peaches with Wine Sauce

12. No Bake Stuffed Purple Peppers

This is a great way to enjoy the flavor of fresh peppers in the summertime while keeping it cool!

13. STUFFED PURPLE BELL PEPPERS

14. Cauliflower Soup Recipe, With Purple Peppers And Cashew Cream

15. Purple Pepper Pizza With Spelt Crust, Purple Kale & Baby Spinach

Tips About Cooking & Serving Purple Bell Peppers

  • Store fresh in a plastic bag that can breathe, at room temperature.
  • Love the flavor of bell peppers but want a little heat? Sprinkle in some red pepper flakes!

Fun Facts About Purple Bell Peppers

  • November is National Pepper Month!
  • Green peppers get TWO days: Green Peppers Day on August 5th and Stuffed Green Bell peppers Day on August 28th!
  • Want to grow your own? The purple beauty pepper is a gardener favorite! It has thick walls, a crunchy texture and a sweet flavor. Best of all, the pepper plants are compact and prolific so you can get tons of these purple beauties even in a small garden space. They make for a beautiful ornamental plants too!
  • Do you like unusual colors of vegetables? Try these white bell peppers, or stick with purple produce like purple cauliflower or purple carrots!
  • The hotness of peppers is rated with the Scoville scale, from sweet bell peppers with a score of 0, to the Pepper X at 2.69 million Scoville heat units. Now that’s a hot pepper!
  • Purple peppers aren’t as common, but the purple hue is a clue they are full of antioxidants like vitamin C and vitamin E. They’re beautiful, they taste fantastic and have a lot of health benefits like boosting the immune system!

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What is your favorite purple pepper recipe?