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Bell peppers are a sweet pepper in the same genus and species (Capsicum annuum) as many of the hot peppers often referred to as chiles, such as jalapeños and serranos, says Danise Coon, a program coordinator and research specialist for the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University.
Technically, you can call bells chile peppers, she says, because a bell pepper “is a chile that doesn’t produce capsaicin,” the stuff that makes peppers hot. In casual speech, however, chile has come to imply a hot pepper, not a sweet one.
I think a better question is not whether a "bell" is a chile, but is it a pepper? Technically speaking, the fruit of any plant that falls within the "Capsicum annuum" genus/species is not a "pepper" but a "chile".
When Europeans first came to the new world, they were looking for "pepper" as in peppercorns (black, white, green, pink etc...) But instead they found "chiles" which like pepper was...+READ
I think a better question is not whether a "bell" is a chile, but is it a pepper? Technically speaking, the fruit of any plant that falls within the "Capsicum annuum" genus/species is not a "pepper" but a "chile".
When Europeans first came to the new world, they were looking for "pepper" as in peppercorns (black, white, green, pink etc...) But instead they found "chiles" which like pepper was spicey, albeit a different type of spicey. And so the Europeans started to refer to the chiles as peppers which it made it easy for them to sell this "new product" back in the homeland.-COLLAPSE
Yes, bell peppers are chiles with a heat of level zero on the Scoville scale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale
Ironically, they are called 'capsicums' in much of the English speaking world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper
I partially agree with VillyCarl, if chiles are grown with a little 'stress' (less water and fertilizer) their flavor and heat will intensify.
If you raise Bell Peppers in the same area as hot pepers, they will produce Capsaicin and become mildly hot.
The use of bell pepper in "Mexican" dishes.....turns it into a fake. In México bell peppers are used in alambres....and that´s it! The taste of a bell pepper is so different from serrano, poblano, cuaresmeño, chilaca, jalapeño.....even jalapeños grown in the EU or China taste different.
Yes a bell pepper is considerd a chili pepper
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