![]() Customize the ingredients: The ingredients and measurements are simply suggestions. The bacon will soften the longer it sits in the dressing. Add bacon later, if making in advance: If you’re making the pea salad well in advance, reserve the cooked bacon and stir it in just before serving. ![]() Cook the bacon until crisp: Crispy bacon is best for this recipe, so make sure to cook it low and slow to render the fat, cook until super crispy, then drain in a single layer on paper towels. Let them drain then pat completely dry before mixing into the pea salad. To thaw peas: The easiest way to thaw frozen peas is to add them to a colander and run COLD tap water over top. Petite peas are sweeter, more delicate with a pleasing crunch. Use PETITE frozen peas: Mature peas have tougher skins and mealier interiors and canned peas are mushy. The end result is an easy but flavor-packed pea salad that pairs well with any entrée or side dish! Here’s everything you’ll need to make the pea salad: For the Pea Salad: The dressing is a simple stir-together number that takes all of a few minutes to prepare. The base of this creamy pea salad requires just six basic ingredients. Just use the recipe arrows next to the servings and the ingredient quantities will automatically change in the printable recipe card. Depending on the occasion and number of people, this recipe is easy to cut in half or doubled, or tripled. It’s make-ahead friendly. Unlike pasta salad, this pea salad can be made days in advance without sacrificing any quality. This pea salad recipe is easy to make your own with any of your favorite add-ins or omit what you don’t like or have on hand. Customize the pea salad just how you want. The dressing is infused with lemon juice, lemon zest, Parmesan, chives, dill, parsley, onion and garlic. ![]() ![]() You will be obsessed with the dressing! The pea salad dressing is inspired by my BLT Pasta Salad and Bacon Pea Pasta Salad and breathes life into the salad with its vibrant, tangy, salty, zippy, herbaceous kiss. It’s t exture flavor heaven.Tender petite peas, salty crispy bacon, creamy cheese and crisp bell peppers create a harmonious blend of bright, fresh crunchy textures, all married together by the creamy Lemon Parmesan Dressing. Salads are the perfect side for every occasion! Some of our favorites include: Grape Salad, Garden Salad, Caesar Salad, Apple Salad, Strawberry Spinach Salad, Grilled Corn Salad, Light Coleslaw and Outback Copycat Wedge Salad, and Southwest Salad. This pea salad recipe can be thrown together in minutes, or made days in advance, is easy to double/triple, and goes with practically everything! We love serving this side with grilled chicken, cedar plank salmon or marinated flank steak in the summer and garlic butter pork tenderloin or oven fried chicken in the winter. It’s one of the most pleasing flavor-texture combos so simple, so refreshing, so perfect. It boasts the winning trifecta of sweet peas, crispy, salty bacon and chunks of Gouda cheese along with juicy tomatoes and zippy red onions, all doused in showstopping tangy, creamy Lemon Parmesan Dressing. This Pea Salad is light, bright, refreshing and a delicious addition to any meal, potluck or holiday. This Pea Salad recipe is a quick, easy, fresh, make-ahead friendly year-round side smothered in bright, light Lemon Parmesan Dressing!
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