Healthy Texas Cowboy Caviar
Learn how to make a Texas Cowboy Caviar the way we do here in Texas! Texas caviar is perfect to serve as a dip, a salad, or a side dish. It's naturally vegan-friendly and gluten-free.
Servings: 10 -12 servings
Ingredients
Cowboy Caviar:
- 1 15-ounce can black beans
- 1 15-ounce can black-eyed peas
- 1 ½ cups fire-roasted corn or regular is fine too
- 1 small red bell pepper chopped
- 1 small green bell pepper chopped
- 1 cup EACH: red onion diced AND cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 3 tablespoons jalapenos chopped
- 2 small avocados diced
- ½ cup chopped cilantro or parsley
Dressing:
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup lime juice
- ½ - 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder or ancho
- 1 teaspoon EACH: garlic powder cumin powder, AND salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- DRESSING: Combine the ingredients for the dressing in a mason jar, cover and give it a few good shakes until the dressing is well combined; set aside.
- COWBOY CAVIAR: Add all the ingredients for the salad in a large bowl, mix it together and toss it with the dressing. Taste and adjust with additional salt and pepper as desired.
Notes
- If you don't plan on consuming all the cowboy caviar in one go, I do suggest dressing all of the salad, splitting it into two containers and then just adding avocados to the portion you'll be able to finish. The salad will easily last you 3-4 days in the refrigerator and you can add fresh avocados when you're ready to eat the leftovers!
