Green pea casserole is an easy old-fashioned Southern side dish that includes peas, celery, onion, and pimentos in mushroom soup with a buttery bread crumb topping.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: casserole, peas, pimento
Servings: 10
Ingredients
20ouncesfrozen English peas, thawed and drained
18-ounce canwater chestnuts, chopped and drained (optional)
2ouncediced pimentos, drained
1/2cupfine dry breadcrumbs
1cupchopped celery
1cancream of mushroom soup
3/4cupchopped onion
2tablespoonsmelted butter or margarine
Instructions
Combine everything except the butter and breadcrumbs in a large bowl.
20 ounces frozen English peas, thawed and drained, 1 8-ounce can water chestnuts, chopped and drained (optional), 2 ounce diced pimentos, drained, 1 cup chopped celery, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 3/4 cup chopped onion
Spoon mixture into a lightly greased baking dish.
Melt butter in the microwave and stir in the bread crumbs.
1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumbs, 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
Sprinkle this over the top of the casserole and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.