This easy english pea salad is filled with hard boiled eggs, cheddar cheese cubes, bacon, red onion, and, of course, peas, all tossed in a simple creamy dressing. Enjoy!
Simple English Pea Salad
Our easy English pea salad is made with a few simple ingredients but packs a ton of flavor. You’ll absolutely love our homemade creamy dressing, too 😀
why you’ll love it!
Deli salad made at home: love a good deli counter salad? This tastes JUST LIKE one.
Delish homemade dressing: our easy creamy dressing is perfectly tangy.
Great make ahead recipe: this salad can be easily prepped the day before, making it great to bring to a BBQ or get together with no prep at all.
Featured Ingredients
For this English pea salad, you need a few simple ingredients to fold together with our delicious creamy dressing. Here’s what you need:
for the salad
- Thawed frozen peas
- Minced red onion
- Diced sharp cheddar cheese
- Slices of crumbled bacon
- Chopped hard boiled eggs
For the dressing
- Mayonnaise
- Dijon mustard
- Lemon juice
- Chopped fresh dill
- Chopped fresh parsley
- Kosher salt
- Ground black pepper
How to Make English Pea Salad
Prepare dressing
Add the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, dill, parsley, salt, and pepper to a bowl, and mix until combined.
Mix together salad ingredients
Place the peas, red onion, cheddar, and bacon into a large bowl and mix.
Add dressing & Eggs to salad
Transfer the dressing to the salad and mix until evenly coated. Then fold in the chopped eggs.
Serve & enjoy!
This can be served immediately, but the longer it sits the more the flavors will develop. Enjoy!
Easy Ingredient Swaps
Frozen peas: fresh English peas are a great alternative to frozen peas if they’re in season where you live.
Creamy dressing: If you don’t have time to make the homemade creamy dressing, a store-bought ranch, blue cheese or caesar dressing will also work depending on your taste preference.
Diced sharp cheddar cheese: feel free to use any diced semi-hard or hard cheese you have on hand! White cheddar, marble jack, pepper jack or swiss are great alternatives.
Crumbled bacon: we love the simplicity of using crumbled bacon slices or bacon bits, but diced ham or shredded rotisserie chicken would work as well.
Top Tips for Perfect English Pea Salad
- This is a great recipe to make the day ahead of time: It stores well in the fridge overnight, which means you can reduce stress by preparing the day before you serve it.
- Looking for a simple hard boiled eggs tutorial? Our sister site, Fit Foodie Finds has a foolproof step-by-step tutorial for How to Hard Boil Eggs.
- We also have a great bacon tutorial over at Fit Foodie Finds. How we make bacon is easy peasy and works every time.
Storage
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Feel free to toss in additional fresh dill and parsley to freshen up the English pea salad when serving as leftovers.
English Pea Salad
Ingredients
- 10 oz. frozen peas thawed
- ¼ red onion minced
- 4 oz. sharp cheddar cheese diced
- 6 slices cooked bacon crumbled
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 hard-boiled eggs chopped
Instructions
- Place the peas, red onion, cheddar, and bacon into a bowl. Mix and set aside.
- Add the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, dill, parsley, salt, and pepper to a bowl. Mix until combined.
- Transfer the dressing to the salad and mix until evenly coated. Fold in the chopped eggs.
- This can be served immediately, but the longer it sits the more the flavors will develop.
Tips & Notes
- This is a great recipe to make the day ahead of time.
The tanginess of the mustard and fresh dill make this recipe so special. One of my guests said he could have eaten a 5 gallon bucketful!
OMG we’re blushing! Thanks for this review, JoDean 🙂