Is it a salad or a dip? It’s both! The ingredients combine just like a salad, and it can be served as a salad side dish too. But most people grab tortilla chips and use Texas Caviar as an appetizer dip. It’s delicious either way.
About Texas Caviar:
Texas Caviar was created in Texas in the 1940’s by a woman named Helen Corbitt. She first served it on New Year’s Eve at the Houston Country Club. Later it was served at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, where it was given the name, “Texas Caviar” (meant to be funny as a comparison to the more expensive fish roe caviar). It’s also called, “Cowboy Caviar.” This dish is anchored by having beans as the main ingredient- most notably black eyed peas as a good luck ingredient for the New Year. Some people like to use black beans in place of black eyed peas. Corn and chiles are also added in. It’s all tossed in a tangy dressing, which gives the dip a sweet “pickled” flavor.
How to make Texas Caviar:
It’s so easy to make Texas Caviar! Simply combine all of the ingredients in a bowl, and stir to combine.
black eyed peas (or black beans– your preference) pinto beans corn green chiles fresh red and green bell peppers red onion fresh cilantro
The dressing is made next. It’s quickly warmed in a small saucepan to dissolve the sugar in the recipe.
olive oil rice vinegar sugar garlic powder
Then the dressing is poured over the ingredients in the bowl.
This is a great, make-ahead dish because it’s awfully good when the dip is given time to soak up the tangy dressing.
This Texas Caviar dip recipe makes a lot. You’ll have a big bowl of it, so it’s great to serve at a big party. Leftovers the next day are perfectly awesome. Use tortilla chips for dunking. Serve it as a side salad. And spoonfuls of this are also pretty good when added to tacos too. Enjoy!
Here are a few more dip recipes you might like to try:
Layered Greek Dip Chili Shrimp Dip Slow Cooker Mexican Street Corn Dip White Queso Dip Beer and Bacon Dip Curry Dill Dip Bacon Cheese Dip Hot Reuben Dip
