Garden Fresh Cowboy Caviar
This Cowboy Caviar recipe is loaded with fresh vegetables, black beans, black eyed peas, and avocado for an easy dip or side dish perfect for parties and cookouts.
Servings: 5
Ingredients
- 1 can of black-eyed peas rinsed
- 1 can of black beans rinsed
- 1 cup of fresh sweet corn cut off the cob or 1 can of whole-kernel corn
- 2 avocados cut into cubes
- 1 medium sweet red onion chopped
- 1 cucumber chopped
- 8-10 cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1 small of each green, red and yellow bell peppers, chopped
- 2 jalapeños peppers with the seeds removed and chopped
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 lime freshly squeezed juice
- flaky sea salt to taste
- freshly cracked black peppercorns to taste
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Thoroughly rinse the black-eyed peas and the black beans and drain off the excess water using a colander.
- Into a large bowl, add the following prepared veggies plus the avocado: sweet red onion, corn, cucumber, green, red, and yellow bell peppers, cherry tomatoes and the jalapeños peppers.
- Drizzle two tablespoons of E.V.O.O. and fresh lime juice over the veggies.
- Fold in the drained black-eyed peas and black beans.
- Gently fold in the chopped cilantro and avocado.
- Season with flaky sea salt and freshly cracked black peppercorns to taste.
- Gently mix.
- Serve with crispy tortilla chips.
Notes
This dip can also be served as a salad course, also feel free to omit and add the veggies you like. Enjoy!