Southern Pea Salad
Recipes Holidays Quick and Easy Salad Seasonal cooking Side-dish
Description
This pea salad is creamy and flavorful, with sweet peas, chopped bacon or ham, Cheddar cheese, green onions, mayonnaise and lots of wonderful seasonings. Serve it as a side dish at your next gathering or meal.
Ingredients
16 oz. frozen sweet peas, thawed (or canned peas)
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
4 - 6 bacon slices, crisply cooked, crumbled or 1 c. cooked, chopped ham, optional
1/2 c. chopped green onions
1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
1/4 t. black pepper
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/2 t. celery seeds or 1/2 c. chopped celery
dash cayenne pepper
1/2 c. mayonnaise
1/2 c. sour cream
Directions
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Salad:
In a large bowl, combine the thawed peas, hard-boiled eggs, bacon or ham, green onions, and Cheddar cheese.
Season with black pepper, salt, garlic powder, celery seeds (or chopped celery), and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper; stir well.
Dressing:
In another bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise and sour cream. Pour dressing over the pea mixture; gently stir.
Cover the salad.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving for the flavors to blend together.
Serve.
6 servings.