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Green Peas with Onion and Bacon for #SundaySupper

Green Peas with Onion and Bacon is a delightful side dish with spring produce and flavors. Make it to go with your favorite entree.

Have I mentioned how much I love spring? Okay, I know I have time and time again. It’s my favorite season and I simply cherish each day and everything about it. Yes, even pollen. It means there are flowers, fruit, and vegetables to come. Spring produce is something to celebrate and enjoy. It’s exactly what I did by making Green Peas with Onion and Bacon.

Spring produce varies in texture and flavor intensity. There are delicate herbs, soft peas, crunchy radishes, leafy greens, earthy garlic, and pungent onions. I decided on a combination of soft, sweet, earthy, and salty. Well, the salty part is bacon and it is an honorary member of the group.

Green Peas with Onion and Bacon | Magnolia Days

Onions range from mild to sharp. I chose sweet onion to pair with sweet green peas. I didn’t want one to over-power the other. A touch of garlic adds earthiness plus pairs beautifully with both. Then came bacon and its fat. Just trust me in how those two really make the flavor party tasty. Yes, flavor party.

Green Peas with Onion and Bacon is an easy side dish. Fry bacon, soften onions in the fat, add garlic, then peas with a little water. The peas are done in a few minutes, from three to five depending on if fresh or frozen. Toss back in crumbled bacon and you are done. I served it with steak and it went together superbly.

Green Peas with Onion and Bacon | Magnolia Days

Do you celebrate spring with cooking? Scroll down to find a list of springtime recipes by Sunday Supper tastemakers. I seriously will be checking out each one. Food for my favorite season – oh yes! Also look at my Spring Green Rice, Creamy Cilantro Pea Dip, and Roasted Asparagus with Orange Glaze.

Green Peas with Onion and Bacon | Magnolia Days
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Green Peas with Onion and Bacon

Green Peas with Onion and Bacon is a delightful side dish with spring produce and flavors. Make it to go with your favorite entree.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Author Renee Dobbs

Ingredients

  • 2 slices thick-cut bacon
  • 1 small sweet onion thinly sliced
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 13 ounces fresh or frozen green peas about 2 1/2 cups

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until brown and crispy. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper lined plate.
  2. Add onion, salt, and pepper to the skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
  3. While onions are cooking, crumble bacon into small pieces.
  4. Add garlic to the skillet, stir, and cook for one minute.
  5. Add water and peas. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to simmer. Cover and simmer until peas are tender, about 3 to 5 minutes.
  6. Add bacon pieces and toss gently to combine.

Recipe Notes

Green Peas with Onion and Bacon is a delightful side dish with spring produce and flavors. Make it to go with your favorite entree.

It’s a springtime food celebration! Take a look at these recipes with spring produce by Sunday Supper tastemakers:

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Recipe Rating




Christie Campbell

Tuesday 19th of April 2016

This has comfort food written all over it! The peas, the onions, the bacon! YUM!

Caroline

Tuesday 19th of April 2016

Looks great and just right for spring.

Eileen

Monday 18th of April 2016

This is the perfect spring side-dish. I can't wait to get fresh peas from our farm share and make this recipe.

The Ninja Baker

Sunday 17th of April 2016

Looks like a springtime home run, Renee! Bacon, onions and peas are a perfect combo =) Besides the beauty in the kitchen, undoubtedly the flowers in your garden are gorgeous, too!

The Finer Cookie/Kim

Sunday 17th of April 2016

Spring is my favourite season too. There's so much hope for a beautiful summer season. Your dish would be perfect with a lamb BBQ. Very summery.