Southern Pea Salad is one of my favorites. I love trying new ways to make it and using different ingredients each time. This pea salad is great served on lettuce leaves or just served as a side dish to any meal. I can make a meal of just the salad. Wonderful dish for any holiday meal. We love adding ham to this salad or bacon, both make this salad equally good. Such a versatile dish your family will love!

Ingredients for Southern Pea Salad

Frozen sweet peas, thawed and uncooked (I have used canned peas, too)

Hard boiled

Bacon or Ham

Green onion (could use regular onion)

Cheddar cheese

Black pepper

Salt

Garlic powder

Celery seeds or chopped celery

dash cayenne

Mayonnaise

Sour cream

Many people love this salad and often serve it at holiday gatherings. You can easily make this dish a day in advance, which is always a plus! Great reviews on this dish:

“Looking for just one more side dish for Christmas and this is it. Thank you for all your delicious recipes, they never fail me.” – Denise

“We love pea salad, I always make mine with drained canned peas, We like the texture better. That’s just us….lol. I also cut up my cheese in small squares. That is how I was taught by my grandmother. I love this site, it gives me so many ideas and memories!: – Linda

“I’ve made this for years…My kids love. But never had with bacon. I’m adding for Easter!! Thanks so much!!” – Debra

This salad is super versatile! You can also add tomatoes, green pepper, dill or sweet pickles, pimentos or water chestnuts to this salad. This is one you can use your own imagination and make it to your liking. We like the recipe above but I add both the bacon and ham to my salad.

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Southern Pea Salad

Judy Yeager

This Southern Pea Salad is a classic. Make this salad for any holiday and people will love it!

4.88 from 50 votes

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Prep Time 20

Course Salad

Cuisine American, southern

Servings servings

Ingredients

1 16 ounce package frozen sweet peas, thawed and uncooked (I have used canned peas, too)
2 eggs hard boiled and chopped
4 to 6 slices of bacon cooked crisp and crumbled or 1 cup ham, cooked and chopped, optional
1/2 cup chopped green onion could use regular onion
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese can use any kind of cheese
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon celery seeds or 1/2 cup celery chopped
dash cayenne
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream

Instructions

Combine uncooked, thawed peas, (I just thaw the peas in the microwave and drain) eggs, bacon or ham or both, onion, cheese, pepper, salt, garlic powder, celery seeds or celery and cayenne in a salad bowl. Mix in the mayonnaise and sour cream. Place in refrigerator for a couple of hours. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Notes

You can also add tomatoes, green pepper, dill or sweet pickles, pimentos or water chestnuts to this salad. This is one you can use your own imagination and make it to your liking. We like the recipe above but I add both the bacon and ham to my salad.

Keyword easy recipe, pea salad, side dish, southern pea salad, southern recipe

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