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Crunchy Pea Salad with Bacon and Cashews

Creamy, crunchy with a tiny bit of sweet from dried cranberries – this delicious pea salad side dish has just the right amount of everything.

Another tasty side dish this Easter was Crunchy Pea Salad with Bacon & Cashews. There was one ingredient we skipped, dried cranberries, which I wish we would have added for the extra flavor. All in all, a great side dish, especially for a holiday get together.

Ingredients needed

  • frozen sweet peas
  • cashews
  • green onions
  • bacon
  • dried cranberries
  • mayonnaise
  • white vinegar
  • sugar
  • pepper
  • soy sauce
  • Worcestershire sauce
Crunchy Pea Salad with Bacon & Cashews

This salad has a bit of everything – crunchy cashews, sweet cranberries, savory bacon and creamy dressing.

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Crunchy Pea salad with Cashews

Crunchy Pea Salad with Bacon & Cashews

Creamy, crunchy with a tiny bit of sweet from dried cranberries – this delicious pea salad side dish has just the right amount of everything. Cashews, bacon, dried cranberries, green onions and a creamy mayo based dressing round out this recipe.
4.88 from 8 votes
Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 500 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 10 oz. box frozen sweet peas thawed and drained
  • 1 cup cashews
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onions
  • 1 lb. bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. of white vinegar
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • ground pepper to taste
  • 1/4 tsp soy sauce
  • 1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Instructions
 

  • Whisk together the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, pepper, soy sauce and worcestershire sauce together in a bowl.
  • Add the mixture to the other ingredients and toss well.
  • Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Notes

Adapted from Sugar n’ Spice Gals.

Nutrition

Calories: 500kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 12gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 11gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 481mgPotassium: 324mgFiber: 3gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 332IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 2mg
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Crunchy Pea Salad with Bacon & Cashews

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14 Comments

  1. Pea salad is a southern favorite. I like you brought this traditional salad up a couple of notches.

    Velva

  2. Oh I love pea salad, I think the cashews would be a delicious addition, and the crasins too. I'm going to make this next time instead of my recipe!

  3. Crunchy pea salad is our go-to recipe in the hot weather. I've never seen this variation. We don't use the ingredients from the vinegar on, except the pepper. However, we do cut the mayo by adding some sour cream in. Gives a nice flavor without as much fat. Bacon is a must. I'll have to try the others next time.

  4. Made this as given, including craisins but 13 oz bag of peas and 12 oz. pkg. bacon. OMG! It was so good! No other pea salad for me!

  5. Great salad! I just 15oz of peas to stretch the serving size. The kind of vinegar wasn’t listed, but I used red wine vinegar and it was awesome.

  6. Made this exactly as recipe recommended. Had a lot of compliments on it. It was delicious. Will definitely make i again.

  7. 5 stars
    This recipe was delish! Using frozen peas made the peas less overpowering which my household loved! The cranberries and cashews were a fabulous mixture for the palate. The sauce was the perfect touch to make a really refreshing and tasty salad! Thank you for sharing!

  8. 5 stars
    I made this last night to serve with ham for dinner. My husband had THREE helpings ( and he was just being polite the first one)!! Needless to say, it’s a favorite and it’ll be a regular salad at our house !