Texas Caviar Recipe

This Texas Caviar (aka Cowboy Caviar)loaded with black-eyed peas, corn, tomatoes, peppers, and tangy lime dressing makes the best salad, dip, or side dish. Ready in 30 minutes and can be made ahead.

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings cups (4-5 servings)

Calories 167kcal

Author Aysegul Sanford

Ingredients

For The Dressing:

¼ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon lime zest
4 tablespoons lime juice freshly squeezed
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon smoked paprika sweet or hot
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon honey
2 cloves of garlic minced

For The Caviar Dip:

1 15 oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed*
1 15 oz. can black eyed peas, drained and rinsed*
½ cup whole corn kernels I used canned corn, but drained it first
3 scallions both white and green parts are chopped
⅓ cup red onion chopped finely or diced
3 small bell peppers chopped (approx. ¼ cup)
1 small jalapeno pepper seeded and chopped
½ cup cherry tomatoes sliced thinly
½ ripe avocado cut into small cubes
½ cup fresh cilantro rinsed and chopped

To Serve With (Optional)

Your favorite hot Sauce
Tortilla Chips

Instructions

To make the dressing: Whisk together the oil, lime juice, ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt, honey and garlic. Set it aside.
For the Texas Caviar dip (or salad): Place, black beans, black eyed peas, corn kernels, scallions, red onion, bell peppers, jalapeno pepper, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and fresh cilantro in a bowl.
Drizzle the dressing over the salad. Give it a gentle mix.
Taste for seasoning and add in if necessary.
Add in a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce (if using) and serve with tortilla chips.

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Notes

Notes:

If you want to go with more of the traditional Italian salad dressing route instead of the lime dressing I used, feel free to use my Italian salad dressing below: ¼ cups extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
½ teaspoon Kosher salt (I use Diamond kosher salt)
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Optional ingredient for this Texas Caviar salsa recipe: 1 teaspoon of sugar (or honey)
How To Store Leftovers and How Long will they be good for? As long as they are kept in an airtight container in the fridge, the leftovers should keep fresh 2-3 days.
Can I make it vegan? Yes, you can. Simply use maple syrup instead of honey.

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