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Sweet and Spicy: Red Bell Pepper Relish Recipe

Last update: July 19, 2016 By Alice Currah 60 Comments

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My friend Jenn from Bread + Butter put out a call to her Food Blogging friends to participate in a “Blogger Secret Ingredient” Challenge. Everyone had until today to post a recipe using bell peppers. Like the slacker I am I waited until today to make my recipe. But I must say, just because I waited until the last minute doesn’t mean my entry is sad or pathetic. Quite the opposite if I do say so myself. What I present to you and Jenn is a recipe (the winning recipe ;)) for “Red Bell Pepper Relish”.

It was very easy to make and fabulous to eat to say the least. I plan on buying some cute canning jars and making a big batch of this relish and give them away as gifts. This sweet and savory relish would be great poured on brie, cream cheese, or straight up served with crackers. Or in my case, pretzels. The addition of red pepper flakes gives this relish a nice little tingly heat burn on the tongue that is not too hot but enough to tantalize your tastebuds. This is so much better than anything you can buy in the store. Enjoy!

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Red Bell Pepper Relish Recipe
(yields 3/4 cup of relish)
Ingredients:
1 red bell pepper (or any other type of bell pepper), chopped in small pieces
1/2 onion, chopped in small pieces
2/3 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of white vinegar
1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes (if you like less heat, use 1/4 tsp. If you like more heat, add 1/4 tsp.)

Directions:
Add everything to a small sauce pan and stir all the ingredients until well incorporated. Cook the relish on medium heat for 5 minutes and turn down the heat to medium-low for anΒ  additional 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until most of the liquid has reduced. Remove from heat and allow to cool before serving.

Filed Under: Condiment Tagged With: Gluten-Free, red bell pepper, sweet and spicy, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian

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Comments

  1. Stacy M. Hamilton says

    December 20, 2013 at 10:32 am

    Unable to find a link to have this recipe e-mailed to me? Thank You!
    Stacy Hamilton

    s_hamilton41@hotmail.com

    Thank you again
    Stacy Hamilton

  2. Kevin says

    October 18, 2013 at 6:14 pm

    Really good recipe and a fantastic way to use up our current glut of Spanish peppers. Have followed the recipe exactly and it’s beautiful. Ran out of white vinegar and used Braggs apple cider vinegar and less sugar. This is a great variation too.
    Thanks for making your lovely recipe available.

  3. Kathleen says

    July 21, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    Followed this recipe exactly about three weeks ago. It was perfect. I’m now back again to make another batch. Absolutely fabulous. Thank you.

  4. Nora says

    January 27, 2013 at 3:30 am

    A local fish restaurant keeps a jar of this on each table. They serve a “set-up” of white beans, cole slaw, and hush puppies. The relish goes with the beans. We have a friend from out of town who loves to eat there. I think his main reason is for the beans and relish . He commented that it needed a little heat, and when I searched online for a recipe that I could add heat to, I was tickled that your recipe came up first and that yours had heat. Thanks a bunch. I will be making this soon.

  5. Koren says

    December 11, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    Because of the sugar and vinegar, water bath is fine. Check the Ball Bluebook site for directions. Probably 2o minutes.

  6. Katrina says

    September 26, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    I made this and loved it. I added a small serano pepper to kick up the heat too. Kept seeing red pepper relish on the cooking shows and I’m glad this the recipe I went with πŸ™‚

  7. Joy says

    September 14, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    I am just stumbling upon this blog. I was wondering, you mentioned canning this. Would you need to pressure can it or can it be water bath canned?

  8. Linda says

    February 25, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    I just made this…. It took about 55 min to get the liquid evaporated…. Looks just like the picture and tastes great. So we will see tomorrow after it cools how it is.
    I cooked it on Med Low most of the time. πŸ™‚

  9. Linda Woerpel says

    February 25, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    I am in the process of making this now. Everything is going the way it should but it is taking a lot longer to cook down. I am using a small sauce pan and it has now been cooking a total of 55min. Almost done though, and Taste’s Great.

  10. alice says

    December 26, 2011 at 11:48 pm

    Hi Diane,
    Sorry to hear about the relish becoming to stiff. When I store this in the fridge it is somewhat hard but what I like to do is microwave it in 30 second intervals until it softens up.

  11. Diane says

    December 24, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    I made a double batch to pair with cream cheese. The tast-testing along the way promised great results; I love making tasty food from scratch. Unfortunately, got a late start and it was 2 am before it was done. Pulled it out of the fridge the next day, only to find it hard and unworkable. Got it to room temp, and no change. Ughhhhhhh. It had such promise! Not sure what went wrong. Had to go with the store bought stuff afterall.

  12. Lori says

    October 5, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    I SO need to make this! Looks absolutely delicious.

  13. Pam says

    October 2, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    OK-today I made red pepper relish. I had 2 1/2 red peppers and used them in combination with all stated ingredients/amounts. I am pleased to say that the recipe turned out as expected.For those desiring to make alot at once-I am not sure you can expect to get the consistency of relish–see my previous comment. Good Luck!

  14. Pam says

    September 25, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    I thought I could make mass quantities of the “relish’;however what I ended up with was pepper jam. I made 7 times the recipe;used both red and green peppers. Total time to cook was around 4 hours. The color is copper;the taste is pure happiness. I am not disappointed in what I got in the end.

  15. Netty says

    April 28, 2011 at 10:30 am

    This is a wonderful, sophisticated use of sweet, delicious red bell peppers! Question though… Would I ruin the end product if I pureed the onion in the vinegar first, then cooked as directed? I’m not a fan of onion, especially when in chunks. πŸ™

  16. DD says

    April 24, 2011 at 8:57 am

    Made it this weekend. Had family over for holidays and had a slider bar. This was one of the toppings. It was redonculous. Seriously – it was fantastic. And when you add it with something that has heat like pickled jalapenos. OH MY. Best burger I ever had – cheeduh cheese, red pepper relish, pickled jalapenos, cream cheese, lettuce, tomato. It was burgasmic.

  17. Brooke at Plum Pie says

    February 28, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    This looks phenomenal! I have made red pepper relishes in the past and have ended up with tons of leftovers. I have used it on cream cheese and lamb burgers but do you have any other suggestions of how to use? I will definitely try this recipe next time!

  18. Marcia says

    December 28, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I just made a double batch and it turned out WONDERFUL!! Mine was a little juicier than yours, so I had to simmer it about 15 minutes longer. The end result looks exactly like yours and it is SO Delicious!

  19. fitzie says

    September 9, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    I tried this wonderful looking relish, too, but not with much luck. I’m curious – you say one bell pepper and half an onion. As these come in multitudes of sizes, could you be more specific? 1 cup chopped bell pepper, 1/2 cup onion? After cooking on med low for 25 minutes, the liquid had not reduced at all. I turned it up a bit and it has finally reduced but doesn’t look anything like yours. Tears!

  20. Joanne says

    September 8, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    This is DELICIOUS & sooo easy! Thank you!

  21. marla {family fresh cooking} says

    August 19, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    Alice, thanks for bringing our attention to this beautiful relish on twitter today. Love the idea of it poured over warm brie πŸ™‚

  22. Elle says

    August 19, 2010 at 2:28 pm

    Oh wow, that looks fantastic! So thick and rich–I can imagine it on all sorts of things. Just beautiful.

  23. kim says

    August 19, 2010 at 9:45 am

    I made this for my bookclub. I absoluately ADORED it. So did everyone else. I hoping some would be left over–not! I was practically licking the bowl out at the end of the night. I did use two smallish pepper and reduced the sugar just slightly. I served poured over cream cheese to put on crackers. This will be a new staple for appetizers. LOVE IT!! Don’t know what the others did wrong–incredibly easy!

  24. alice says

    March 24, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    Hi Chantelle,
    No, its not suppose to bubble hard for a long period of time.. and should definitely not caramelize. I suggest you reduce your cooking time by 5-10 minutes and see if that helps.

  25. Chantelle says

    March 23, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    Umm is it suppose to bubble hard core for a while? On top of that mine didn’t work turned into a chunk of caramel with peppers and onions inside! are you sure you don’t have to let it stand for a bit all the other recipe’s i’ve found for this take like 4 hours to make.

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