Three Pepper Salad Recipe | The Bewitchin' Kitchen (2024)

posted by The Bewitchin Kitchen on April 5, 2017

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This three pepper salad recipe is the perfect bell pepper side dish for summer barbecues. It’s super easy to put together andI love the refreshing zest that the marinatedpepper salad brings to my meals. The best part? It’s a healthy side dish perfect for grill outs and parties.

Three Pepper Salad

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Summer is right around the corner, and that means it’s almost BBQ season!

Our house doesn’t have air conditioning (it’s not a common feature to have where Ilive in Northern British Columbia ) and because we don’t want to overheat the house too much, we don’t use the oven often in the summer months. It’s safe to saythat our BBQ is well used and abused.

Friday nights are our steak nights, but we also cook up chicken (like these BBQ Tex MexChicken Breasts), or make kebabs (like these Spicy Chicken Kebabs) but I often struggle with figuring out a side dish that’s not just healthy but incredibly tasty too.

What are bbq side dishes so hard? Especially when you’re sick of the typical side salad and baked potato?

Usually, my go-to side dish is a simple spinach based salad with a homemade Greek dressing, but that gets old really fast.

I’m super picky when it comes to vegetables (I only like a handful) so we’re limited. Bell peppers are, thankfully, on the like list and when I want something zesty fresh I go for this three pepper salad.

Ingredients Needed for Pepper Salad

Head to your fridge right now to see if you have the following ingredients on hand for this easy belly pepper side dish:

Three peppers ( different colors of bell peppers: I use red, orange, and yellow).
Half a red onion
Fresh parsley
Rice Vinegar
Toasted Sesame Oil
Crumbled feta cheese
Sea salt and pepper for seasoning

How to Cut Bell Peppers for Salad

For this bell pepper salad recipe I like to cut the pepper julienne, which means the peppers are cut into long, thin strips. The same goes for the red onion as well.

Not only is this more eye appealing forpresentation, it’s also easier (both a win in my books).

How to Marinate Peppers

This marinated pepper salad recipe does not use canned marinated peppers. However, it is a salad that should be made ahead of time so there is the opportunity to marinate. I mentionedthis before, but I’ll say it again: I like to put the recipe together in the morning if I’m BBQing that night. It will be nice and zesty by dinner time and it’s also one more thing done! You can also do this the night before, whatever works for you.

3Pepper Salad

This pepper salad only takes a few moments to prepare, you are going to love it!

Recipes To Serve with Pepper Salad

Crock Pot Ribs
BBQ Tex Mex Chicken Breasts
Broccoli Ranch Twice Baked Potatoes
Steak with Red Wine Marinade
Greek Chicken Souvlaki

How to Make Three Pepper Salad

Making this three pepper salad is really easy, simply combine the ingredients and let it sit and marinate. I recommend throwing it together in the morning, so it has all day to flavor up (yes, that’s the professional blogger term here).

Did you knowThe calorie content is really low in this pepper slaw inspired recipe? For 1/4 of the entire recipe, it’s only 113 calories and 11.7g of carbs. You find out the rest of the nutritional information by checking out the bottom of the recipe card below.

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The above video is an old Facebook Live I did. You can see how I put the sweet bell pepper salad together and just how simple it is! Don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Pinterest for more delicious recipe ideas.