Pea salad

Name: How to cook Pea salad - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4-6 Servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

LISA DUNSON

Pea salad

This is one of my favorite sides. You can use blackeye peas, and add a fresh diced tomato instead, also. Both are good. But I love the English peas best. And I've never really liked English peas that much, but in this it's amazing! Also u can barely taste the mayo, so it works great!

Ingredient

Food ration :

4-6 Servings

2 cans

organic English peas or black eye peas

1/2-1

diced small uncooked yellow onion or as needed

2-3 As needed

diced small boiled eggs

As needed

light mayo I use hellmans because it isn't strong or tart tasting

1 tsp

optional hidden valley ranch powder

As needed

Cooked chopped bacon

As needed

small diced fresh tomato optional

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Toss the bacon in oven to cook while you Boil eggs. Then cool, peel and Dice eggs, bacon and veggies(onions, tomato)

* Step 2

Pour cans of peas in a pot on stove and let cook(warm up) on low, then simmer. Don't overcook or they will turn mushy when u mix up with everything. It doesn't take but a minute. You really just want to heat/warm them up.

* Step 3

Tilt & Drain all the liquid in peas from pot, except leave just a tid bit of the liquid so it can mix easily with the mayo, and seasonings

* Step 4

In a mixing bowl, add mayo, ranch seasoning, stir, add peas and the little bit liquid from them, add diced veggies(minced garlic/onions/tomatoes & diced boiled eggs, chopped bacon, seasonings(s&p, garlic/onion powder, etc. and flip stir with a spatula and softly toss mix together, until fully combined. Sprinkle oregano over it, & scatter a lil more chopped bacon if you want.

Note: if there is a photo you can click to enlarge it