Pepper Red

If a recipe calls for a “Red Pepper”, and doesn’t elaborate any further as to which type of Red Peppers, presume that it means Red Bell Pepper.
Almost all Red Peppers are green bell peppers which have been left longer on the plant to ripen to red, making them a bit sweeter. They are more expensive than green peppers because the grower has to maintain them longer till they do ripen. There’s a few weeks every fall, however, when peppers are ripening all over faster than they can get them to market, and you can get these for a song, making it a good time to freeze a bunch of them.