Creamy Bacon Pea Salad

Tired of plain green peas? This is the solution!

Hands down the Best Pea Salad ever!!!!

Sometimes, the trickiest part of getting dinner on the table is the veggies. You’ve got some great main dish lined up, like my Buttermilk Ranch Fried Chicken, and at the last minute you realize you need a vegetable to go with it. At times like that, the easiest thing to do is just grab a bag of frozen peas, which go with pretty much everything.

But if you do that too often, your family starts getting sick of plain green peas. In fact, it can get to the point when they turn up their noses as soon as they see a bowl of peas on the table. They won’t even give peas a chance!

Here’s a recipe that will turn those plain old green peas into something your family can get excited about. This Creamy Bacon Pea Salad mixes that bag of peas with bacon bits, shredded cheese, and a creamy, tangy dressing that will wake those sleeping taste buds right up.

This salad takes just a few minutes to whip up…but it’s best to let it chill for a good hour before serving it to give all the flavors a chance to blend. So you can make this Creamy Bacon Pea Salad before you start on the fabulous main dish, and it’ll wait patiently in the fridge until dinner is ready to serve.

Creamy Bacon Pea Salad

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb peas, frozen
5 slices bacon, cooked, diced
¼ red onion, diced
3 ounces cheddar, diced
1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup mayonnaise
¼ cup ranch dressing
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
as desired salt and pepper

DIRECTIONS:

1. Place frozen peas into a colander and place that into a bowl. Pour hot water over them to thaw them. Drain well.
2. In a bowl, the sour cream, onion, mayo, ranch dressing, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix well.
   
3. Place the peas into a bowl and mix the dressing into the peas. Fold half of the bacon and all of the cheese into the salad.
   4. Garnish with remaining bacon. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to let the flavors settle.

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Creamy Bacon Pea Salad

You can make this Creamy Bacon Pea Salad before you start on the fabulous main dish, and it’ll wait patiently in the fridge until dinner is ready to serve.

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Serves:6

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Calories:255

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Author:Corey Valley

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Ingredients

• 1 lb peas, frozen
• 5 slices bacon, cooked, diced
• ¼ red onion, diced
• 3 ounces cheddar, diced
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• ¼ cup ranch dressing
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• as desired salt and pepper

Instructions

• Place frozen peas into a colander and place that into a bowl. Pour hot water over them to thaw them. Drain well.
• In a bowl, the sour cream, onion, mayo, ranch dressing, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix well.
• Place the peas into a bowl and mix the dressing into the peas. Fold half of the bacon and all of the cheese into the salad.
• Garnish with remaining bacon. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to let the flavors settle.

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Nutrition Information:

Calories: 255kcal (13%)Carbohydrates: 12g (4%)Protein: 10g (20%)Fat: 25g (38%)Saturated Fat: 6g (30%)Cholesterol: 30mg (10%)Sodium: 410mg (17%)Potassium: 254mg (7%)Fiber: 3g (12%)Sugar: 5g (6%)Vitamin A: 685IU (14%)Vitamin C: 31.5mg (38%)Calcium: 95mg (10%)Iron: 1.3mg (7%)

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Course:Side Dish

Cuisine:American

Keyword:Creamy Bacon Pea Salad

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