Classic Pea Salad With Bacon And Cheese

Classic pea salad is packed with flavors, loaded with bacon and cheese, and dressed in a creamy flavorful mayonnaise dressing. Enjoy this salad all year long using fresh or frozen peas.

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• What we love about this English pea salad recipe
• Ingredients you’ll need
• How to make English pea salad
• Fresh or frozen peas
• How to serve pea salad
• Tips & suggestions
• Common questions
• Storage
• Can I freeze pea salad?
• 📋Classic Pea Salad With Bacon And Cheese

What we love about this English pea salad recipe

1. It’s packed with flavors.
2. It has a creamy dressing, salty bacon, crunchy onion, and cheese. Hard to resist!
3. It’s super easy to make and comes together in 5 minutes or less.
4. You can use fresh peas or frozen peas. Enjoy this salad throughout the year.
5. This salad with bacon is most popularly made during summer using fresh green peas, but a salad so easy to make and so delicious needs love all year round.
6. The salad pairs well with any meal. BBQ chicken, grilled meat even with pasta.
7. This salad is great for making ahead. It’s one of those salads that days better the next day. Make and chill it in the fridge to enjoy the next day.
8. A salad to be carried for every potluck or picnic or gathering!
9. There’s something about the sweet and savory combination of this salad that makes it irresistible!
10. Are you a peas hater?! Try this salad, most probably it will convert you!

Ingredients you’ll need

Here’s what you’ll need-

• 16oz frozen peas
• 8 strips bacon
• ½ cup cheddar cheese
• ½ cup grated mozzarella cheese
• ½ cup diced red onion
• 2 tablespoon radish (optional)
• 1 ⅓ cup mayonnaise
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper

Ingredients notes:

• Pea – frozen or fresh peas can be used.
• Bacon – cook bacon in the oven or stovetop until it begins to crisp. Crumble into smaller bites and use in the salad. The sweetness from green peas and salty bacon together will be a wonderful combination.
• Cheese – you can use Cheddar cheese alone or use a mix of cheese. I like sharp cheddar and mozzarella cheese in the salad.
• Onion – you need a crunch element in this creamy salad. Red onion is a wonderful addition to a salad.
• Radish – if you like radish add it. It also adds a crunch texture to the salad. Feel free to skip radish if you aren’t a fan or don’t have radish.
• Mayonnaise – use the best quality mayonnaise for the salad. Your salad tastes as good as the ingredients.
• Salt & Pepper – use according to taste.

Additions & Substitutions

Substitutions-

• You can use canned peas too to make this salad. Drain it completely and then use it.
• Feel free to use a mix of cheddar and Parmesan.
• Change things up by using cheddar cheese cubes instead of grated cheese. Buy a block of sharp cheddar cheese and cut into small cubes. Makes it look and taste great.
• Replace mayonnaise with sour cream or Greek yogurt.
• Add ranch dressing in place of mayonnaise.
• Radish is optional. I love it in my salad. If you are not a fan use minimal or skip it entirely.

Additions-

Feel free to add diced hard boiled eggs to the salad to make it more nutritious and tasty.

You can also add boiled baby potatoes (cut into halves) for the salad.

You can add 1 ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar to mayonnaise for the dressing. Sour cream can be added too.

How to make English pea salad

This is simply one of the easiest salads to make. This classic salad recipe uses simple ingredients and is very easy to customize according to YOUR taste and preference!

1. Thaw frozen green peas and drain well. If not drained well, the dressing may thin down making salad liquid.
2. Add well-drained green peas into a salad mixing bowl. Add the ingredients – bacon, red onion, radish, and mayonnaise to the bowl. Toss salad gently.
3. Add both cheddar and Mozzarella cheese to the salad.
4. Toss everything together.
5. Cover and chill the salad for at least 4 hours.
6. This salad is best served chilled.

Fresh or frozen peas

You can use fresh peas or frozen peas. Fresh green peas when in season are best tasting. The crisp fresh peas are wonderful to be used in the salad.

You can use canned peas during the rest of the year. However, I prefer frozen peas over canned peas when pea is not in season.

If using canned peas or frozen peas, make sure you drain them well before use. Any liquids in the peas will make turn dressing watery and thin diluting the taste of the salad.

How to serve pea salad

This salad tastes great when served chilled. Like most summer salads this salad too tastes best the next day as the flavors have time to come out and mingle while resting in the fridge.

Tips & suggestions

1. You can use canned peas too to make this salad. Drain it completely and then use it.
2. To change things up, consider using cheddar cheese cubes instead of grated cheese. Buy a block of sharp cheddar cheese and cut into small cubes to the size of peas. Makes it look and taste great with a bite of cheddar.
3. Replace mayonnaise with sour cream or Greek yogurt.
4. Add ranch dressing in place of mayonnaise.
5. Radish is optional. I love it in my salad. If you are not a radish fan use minimal or skip it entirely.
6. Feel free to add diced hard boiled eggs to the salad to make it more nutritious and tasty.
7. You can also add boiled baby potatoes (cut into halves) for the salad.

Common questions

Storage

This is one of those salads that tastes even better when made a day ahead. Resting it for a day in the refrigerator gives the salad time for the flavors to come out and mingle together making it taste the BEST next day, especially chilled.

You can make this salad 2 days ahead and store refrigerated.

It can keep good for up to 3 days refrigerated.

Can I freeze pea salad?

NO. I do not recommend you to freeze the salad.

The dressing will not hold up if frozen. Salad may get to mushy when you try to reheat frozen salad.

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