Texas caviar combines black-eyed peas, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and cilantro for a light yet substantial summer dip or salad.
Texas Caviar just may be the perfect summer recipe. Making it won't heat up your kitchen since there's no cooking required, it's low in fat and high in protein, and keeps well in the fridge for several days.
You can make just enough for your family, or easily multiply the recipe for a crowd. And it has loads of everyone's favorite southwestern flavors - jalapeno, lime, and cilantro! Plus all the chopping and dicing is great knife skills practice.
You'll want to keep this recipe handy all summer for your cookouts and pool parties.
According to Saveur, the recipe was invented by Helen Corbitt in 1940. It's really just a black-eyed pea salad and everybody and their cousin has a different recipe for it. I'm sharing mine today.
How to Make Texas Caviar
Like most simple salad recipes, the directions are brief. Toss all the ingredients together in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate to give the flavors time to develop. Great to make the day before your party and pull out when your guests arrive.
Enjoy!
More Bean Salad Recipes on Lana’s Cooking:
- Mexican Style Corn Salad
- Black Bean and Corn Salad
- Broccoli Salad
- Black-Eyed Pea Salad
- Ham and Black Bean Summer Salad
Texas Caviar Recipes from Other Bloggers:
- Texas Caviar from Mommy's Kitchen
- Chile Lime Texas Caviar from Cafe Delites
- Texas Caviar from the Cowgirl Hall of Famous Restaurant on Epicurious
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Texas Caviar
Ingredients
- 2 cans black-eyed peas rinsed and well drained
- 2-3 plum tomatoes diced
- 1 medium white onion finely diced
- 3-4 green onions finely chopped
- ¼ cup green bell pepper finely diced
- 2-3 jalapenos finely diced
- ¼ to ½ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. ground black pepper
- juice of 2 limes
- 2 tblsp. olive oil
- Tortilla or corn chips
Instructions
- Toss all ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Cover and refrigerate for several hours to allow the flavors to blend.
- Serve with tortilla or corn chips.
Notes
Nutrition Information
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Linda C says
I've made this several times this summer and everyone loved it! The lime juice in this recipe tastes so much better than the bottled Italian dressing.
Lana Stuart says
Thanks Linda! I like the lime juice, too :-) Very fresh tasting.