Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, seven (7) layer salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Seven-layer salad is an American dish that includes a colorful combination of seven layers of ingredients: iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, sweet peas, hard boiled eggs, sharp cheddar cheese, and bacon pieces. My sister requested I make a seven layer salad for Easter this year. I looked up some on-line and decided to try this recipe.
Seven (7) Layer Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Seven (7) Layer Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have seven (7) layer salad using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Seven (7) Layer Salad:
- Prepare 1 head Lettuce (iceberg or equivalent amount of romaine)
- Get 1 packages Frozen green peas (enough to evenly cover one layer in serving dish)
- Make ready 1 can Sliced water chestnuts (8 oz or enough to evenly cover one layer of serving dish)
- Make ready Mayonnaise
- Take 1 packages Shredded sharp cheddar (about 2 cups)
- Make ready 1 Grated Parmesan cheese
- Prepare 1/2 lb Bacon
That is the most glorious part because really you can make it with any vegetables you have on hand. There are many variations of it, but common ingredients include greens, tomatoes, peppers, eggs, peas, and a mayo-based dressing. For this one, I took some inspiration from my mom's layered salad recipes. Pros: Easy easy easy to make and can be made a day ahead!
Instructions to make Seven (7) Layer Salad:
- Prepare approximately 6 pieces of bacon by frying in a pan or microwaving precooked varieties according to their directions. Let the pieces cool on paper towels. Note more or less pieces may be used based on taste preferences.
- Layer lettuce in the bottom of the serving dish, discarding stem and crunchy veins. This should cover 1/3 to 1/2 the height of the serving dish depending on its size.
- Layer frozen green peas over the lettuce layer in the serving dish. Note extra peas may be left over depending on the size of the serving dish.
- Layer sliced water chestnuts over the peas layer in the serving dish. Try not to have them overlap. Note extra slices may be left over depending on the size of the serving dish.
- Using a spatula gently dollop mayonnaise onto the sliced water chestnuts layer in the serving dish. Spread it to the thickness desired or at least enough to coat the water chestnuts.
- Sprinkle shredded sharp cheddar over the mayonnaise layer in the serving dish. Spread it to the thickness desired or enough to cover the mayonnaise. Note some cheese may be left over depending on the size of the serving dish.
- Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on the cheddar layer in the serving dish. Spread the Parmesan to the desired thickness or enough that most of the cheddar is covered.
- Finely chop the cooked and cooled bacon.
- Sprinkle the bacon on the Parmesan layer in the serving dish. Note some of the Parmesan layer will show through the bacon layer.
Seven-Layer Salad. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Seven Layer Salad Dressing recipe is included! Was there ever a potluck where the seven-layer salad was not present when we were kids? Although similar, it seems everyone has their own special take on how a seven-layer salad should look. To me it is the peas that really make it a Seven Layer Salad.
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