Cowboy Caviar
This easy Cowboy Caviar is fresh, colorful, and packed with flavor! Made with corn, beans, crisp veggies, and a zesty homemade dressing, it's the perfect make-ahead appetizer for parties, BBQs, potlucks, or anytime you're feeding a crowd. Serve it with tortilla chips and watch it disappear!
Ingredients
For the Cowboy Caviar
- 1 15-ounce can sweet kernel corn, drained
- 1 15.5-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 15.5-ounce can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 pepper diced red bell pepper diced
- 1 pepper diced orange bell pepper diced
- ½ cup chopped red onion
- 2 jalapeños diced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- salt and cracked black pepper To taste
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1½ teaspoons Better Than Elote Seasoning
Dressing
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup olive oil
- ⅓ cup white wine vinegar
- 2 limes fresh lime juice
For Serving
- 1 bag Tortilla chips
- 1 bag Pita chips
- Tajín
- Crumbled Cotija cheese
Instructions
Step 1
- Drain and rinse the black beans and black-eyed peas well. Drain the corn.
Step 2
- Dice the red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, red onion, jalapeños, and chop the fresh cilantro.
Step 3
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the corn, black beans, black-eyed peas, cilantro, peppers, onion, and jalapeños.
Step 4
In a separate bowl or measuring cup, whisk together:
- Olive oil
- White wine vinegar
- Fresh lime juice
- Sugar
- Chili powder
- Salt
- Garlic powder
- Whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
Step 5
- Pour the dressing over the vegetables and beans. Toss everything together until evenly coated.
Step 6
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, but overnight is even better so all of the flavors have time to come together.
Step 7
- Before serving, sprinkle with Tajín and crumbled Cotija cheese if desired. Serve with tortilla chips or pita chips.
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