seven-layer salad

Layered mayonnaise-topped bowl

Seven-layer salad is a cold American dish made by stacking ingredients in visible layers in a glass bowl—typically lettuce, peas, hard-boiled eggs, bacon, cheese, and onion, topped with mayonnaise dressing.

The transparent bowl displays the colorful stripes.

It's a potluck and picnic staple, especially in the Midwest and South: Aunt Linda always brings her seven-layer salad to the cookout.

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cheese · mayonnaise · hard-boiled eggs · recipe · comfort food · Southern cooking · tomato · peas · picnics · dish · cheddar cheese · ingredients · BBQs · church suppers · birthday parties · green onions · bridal showers · iceberg lettuce

Opposites
salad construction method

seven-layer saladtossed salad

Mixed raw vegetables, dressed

garden salad · chopped salad · green salad · Caesar salad · house salad

ingredient complexity

seven-layer saladside salad

Vegetable accompaniment to entrée

wedge salad · cucumber salad · tomato salad

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G