Why would you want to pinch off leaves? Small, new leaves will either grow into large leaves or they will be the start of new stems. Both of which are good things to have. It already looks like you topped the plant, a practice which isn't exactly necessary, so just leave it alone and watch it grow for a while.

Rodney

Thanks Rodney. I will do that. I just want to start out right. My other pepper varieties just looked totally different.

This "secondary growth" is perfectly fine and actually seems to be the point for those who advocate topping plants, although it ends-up happening anyway on non-topped plants.

I have several peppers doing the exact same thing. No worries here.