Cowboy Caviar is a colorful blend of fresh ingredients, beans, and mild spices with a touch of lime juice. Serve with your favorite chips for a fabulous, healthy appetizer.
Have you ever heard of cowboy caviar? Even being from the South, I think I was late to the game with this yummy dip! It’s an extremely easy appetizer loaded with fresh veggies and beans to make for any occasion!
Cowboy Caviar
I remember the exact day I was introduced to this amazing cowboy caviar. I was at dinner at a friend of my mother-in-law’s in Florida a couple of years ago. This is not my everyday salsa, my friends. It is loaded with TWO KINDS OF beans, corn, tomatoes, avocado and more!
I went home with her recipe and I have been wanting to make it ever since.
My brother and his family are visiting this week from NC for their spring vacation week and I finally decided it was the perfect time to whip up a batch to have as an appetizer.
Plus since it makes a fairly large batch so we also used it as a fabulous topper on Southwestern Rice Bowls for dinner as well.
Serve with your favorite chips. And be ready to hand out the recipe when you make it for a crowd.
Cowboy Caviar Ingredients
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
Juice of 1/2 a lime
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 (11 ounce) can super sweet corn, drained (or use frozen corn or even off the cob if you’d like)
1 red onion, diced
1 cup red bell pepper, diced
1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
How to Make Cowboy Caviar
Cowboy Caviar
Cowboy Caviar is a colorful blend of fresh ingredients, beans, and mild spices with a touch of lime juice. Serve with your favorite chips for a fabulous, healthy appetizer.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- Juice of 1/2 a lime
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound Roma tomatoes seeded and diced
- 15 ounces 15 ounce can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
- 15 ounces 15 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 11 ounces 11 ounce can super sweet corn, drained
- 1 red onion diced
- 1 cup red bell pepper diced
- 1 cup fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- In a large bowl, blend the olive oil, white wine vinegar, chili powder, cumin, lime juice and salt together.
- Add the tomatoes, black-eyed peas, beans, corn, red onion, bell peppers and cilantro.
- Cover and chill for an 1 hour for flavors to blend.
- Serve with your favorite chips.
- ENJOY!!
Try these other popular healthy appetizers too:
christina nifong says
Yum! Really love me some Cowboy Caviar. This looks like a great recipe.
Sherri says
I am so in love now!
Jamie says
That looks amazing! My husband would love this, so I’m going to pin it to try later. 🙂 Thank you.
Alison's Allspice says
This looks so good, I want to make it for a simple lunch! Yum!
Sherri says
We literally could not stop once we started eating it! 🙂
Amy says
This Cowboy Caviar has so many delicious ingredients that it would be impossible for it to be anything but wonderful. Thank you for sharing at Sugar and Spice link party. I’ve shared and pinned this recipe!
Gentle Joy Homemaker says
Your Cowboy Caviar looks great… and very healthy too. 🙂
Analida's Ethnic Spoon says
Saving this for later. Looks like the perfect burrito bowl or vegan taco filling. So fresh and healthy.
Miz Helen says
We love Cowboy Caviar, this looks so good! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Cheryl says
Looks Delicious! Will be making this soon.
Hannah says
I keep scrolling through to find the notes on the corn. Am I missing something? In the ingredient list nest to the corner it says (see notes).
Sherri says
You are not. I’m so sorry. That was an old note that didn’t transfer over. It was to just say you could use frozen corn (thawed) or fresh off the cob cooked corn too. 🙂 Enjoy!!
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