Looking for a great tasting recipe that works great as a side dish or as a dip? My Best Cowboy Texas Caviar Recipe is perfect. It is easy to make and tastes amazing. Perfect for picnics, potlucks, and get-togethers.
Cowboy Caviar is a flavor-packed dish filled with fresh ingredients and Mexican flavors. It is great for those hot afternoons when it is too hot to cook. It works great as a dip for picnics and parties, and it is great as an appetizer. Basically, this Cowboy Caviar Recipe is perfect for any time.
This recipe is from the 1940s, and is a favorite at social events across the Southwest, and seems to show up in some version at most pot lucks, dinner’s or gatherings, everywhere. It’s usually an empty bowl by the end of the event, and it’s a great way to incorporate lots of fresh vegetables and beans into your diet, dressed up with a sweet spicy dressing and crunchy chips. This will surely go in your favorites for parties and get-togethers. It’s a great appetizer, or starter as well.
Ingredients for this Cowboy Caviar Recipe
- green bell pepper
- red bell pepper
- Black beans
- Black-eyed peas
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cilantro
- Corn
- Garlic
- Limes
- Red onion
- Green onions
- Olive Oil
- Honey
- Sugar
- Garlic salt
- Seasoned pepper
- Paprika
- Cumin
- Chili powder
- Tortilla chips
How to Make Cowboy Caviar
In a large bowl, mix chopped green pepper, chopped red pepper, black beans, black-eyed peas, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, corn, garlic, red onion, green onion, squeezed juice from the limes, and lime zest.
Mix all ingredients until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix olive oil, honey and sugar, garlic salt, seasoned pepper, paprika, cumin, and chili powder, until well blended.
Pour dressing over vegetables and beans, and toss to coat, making sure all ingredients are well blended.
Serve with Tortilla chips, and enjoy!
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Cowboy Caviar
Ingredients
- 1 green bell pepper -chopped
- 1 red bell pepper - chopped
- 1 can of Black beans
- 1 can of Black eyed peas
- 1/2 cup Cherry tomatoes - halved
- 1/4 cup Cilantro - washed and chopped fine
- 1/2 cup of frozen corn
- 2 cloves Garlic - minced
- 2 Limes - squeezed for the juice
- 1 Tablespoon of Lime zest
- 1/2 of a Red onion - chopped
- 3 green onions - chopped
- 1/2 cup of Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup of Honey
- 2 Tablespoons of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of coarse ground garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon of seasoned pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of Paprika
- 1 teaspoon of Cumin
- 1 teaspoon of Chili powder
- Tortilla chips for dipping
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix chopped green pepper, chopped red pepper, black beans, black-eyed peas, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, corn, garlic, red onion, green onion, squeezed juice from the limes, and lime zest.
- Mix all ingredients until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix olive oil, honey and sugar, garlic salt, seasoned pepper, paprika, cumin, and chili powder, until well blended.
- Pour dressing over vegetables and beans, and toss to coat, making sure all ingredients are well blended. Serve with Tortilla chips, and enjoy!
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