Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, seven (7) layer salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. 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. This traditional Seven Layer Salad recipe is the perfect salad for holiday dinners or potlucks! It's layered with lettuce, peas, onion, celery, bacon, hard. My sister requested I make a seven layer salad for Easter this year.

Seven (7) Layer Salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Seven (7) Layer Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have seven (7) layer salad using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Seven (7) Layer Salad:

1. Make ready Lettuce (iceberg or equivalent amount of romaine)
2. Get Frozen green peas (enough to evenly cover one layer in serving dish)
3. Prepare Sliced water chestnuts (8 oz or enough to evenly cover one layer of serving dish)
4. Prepare Mayonnaise
5. Prepare Shredded sharp cheddar (about 2 cups)
6. Get Grated Parmesan cheese
7. Prepare Bacon

That is the most glorious part because really you can make it with any vegetables you have on hand. This Seven Layer Salad is the perfect overnight salad! It's a make-ahead, family-pleasin', easy to make side dish! Layers of crisp lettuce, juicy tomatoes, sweet peas, and eggs are smothered in an easy creamy dressing and topped with cheese and bacon.

Instructions to make Seven (7) Layer Salad:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Finely chop the cooked and cooled bacon.
9. Sprinkle the bacon on the Parmesan layer in the serving dish. Note some of the Parmesan layer will show through the bacon layer.

It's a make-ahead, family-pleasin', easy to make side dish! Layers of crisp lettuce, juicy tomatoes, sweet peas, and eggs are smothered in an easy creamy dressing and topped with cheese and bacon. Note that some recipes for seven layer salad add sugar to the dressing. I think it tastes delicious without any sweetener at all, but add. Seven Layer Salad with tons of delicious add-ins like bacon, cheese, hard-boiled eggs and more!

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