24-Hour Picnic Salad

Name: 24-Hour Picnic Salad
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 medium head, iceberg lettuce, cored and chopped rough (about 6 cups); 1 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 , medium red onion, sliced thin; 6 , hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped; 1 1/2 cups, frozen peas; 4 ribs, celery, sliced thin; 1 , red bell pepper, seeded and chopped; 1 , medium cucumber, halved, seeded and sliced thin; 1 pound, bacon, cooked until crisp and crumbled; 1 1/2 cups, crumbled blue cheese; 1 1/2 cups, mayonnaise; 3 tablespoons, cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons, hot sauce; 2 teaspoons, sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, pepper

Side Dishes
Vegetables
Make Ahead
Salads

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2007

In this barbecue favorite, salt does more than just flavor this salad-it pulls moisture out of the lettuce, which thins the dressing to the perfect consistency.

SERVES 12

TIME 30 minutes, plus 8 hours chilling

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