Description
This easy, colorful recipe for Cowboy Caviar is fun, endlessly adaptable, and packed with healthy black-eyed peas, vegetables, and beans that are said to bring good luck—so whip up a big bowl for your next barbecue or potluck!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup sugar or to taste, see notes
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 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 (see notes)
- 1 red onion diced
- 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
- 1 cup chopped cilantro or parsley, from 1 bunch
Instructions
- First of all, In a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, sugar, white wine vinegar, chili powder, and salt.
- Add tomatoes, black-eyed peas, beans, corn, red onion, and bell peppers, then stir to combine.
- After this, Stir in cilantro, then cover and chill until serving time.
Notes
- Regular canned sweet corn or frozen corn can be substituted for the extra sweet corn, with the closest measurement being 3/4 cup, though you’re welcome to use the entire 15-ounce can.
- A sweet onion or a bunch of green onions can be used as a substitute for the red onion.
- A single bell pepper can replace the 1/2 cup of chopped red and green bell peppers.
- In the Midwest, we love the sugar in this recipe—I personally think it tastes great—but if 1/4 cup seems like too much to you, feel free to use less and add it a tablespoon at a time.
- A couple of readers have said it’s way too sweet and were disappointed, which breaks my heart, but honestly, this is how we eat it in America’s Dairyland—and we love it; however, if needed, you can always add more vinegar and salt to adjust your batch.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Salad
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 194 kcal