Best Cowboy Caviar Recipe
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Since living in Florida, I’ve been learning more about the traditions. One of them is eating black-eyed peas during New Year’s.
This Best Cowboy Caviar recipe is delicious, healthy, and colorful. It is the perfect side dish that can be served all year round, just like my Sweet Potato Pie and Southern-Style Collard Greens.
What Are Black-Eyed Peas?
Black-eyed peas are a variety of cowpeas, although they are called peas, they are really beans. They are a pale cream color with a distinctive black spot.
However here in the South, we have many varieties of black-eyed peas with a different color eye, brown, red, pink.
How To Cook Black-Eyed Peas?
You don’t need to soak black-eyed peas, but I usually soak mine overnight in cold water. Place 3/4 cup black-eyed peas in about 3 cups cold water in a pot and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to simmer for about 20-25 minutes. You don’t want the peas to be mushy but tender and just right for your black eye pea salad.=.
Best Cowboy Caviar Recipe Ingredients
- Black-Eyed Peas
- Red Bell Pepper
- Corn
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Red Onion
- Celery
- Cilantro
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Best Cowboy Caviar Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 15-ounce can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed, or 1 1/2 cups cooked
- 1 cup red bell pepper diced
- 1 cup corn kernels
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/4 cup red onion finely chopped
- 1/4 cup celery chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
Dressing
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup lime juice or lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- Toss black-eyed peas, bell pepper, corn, tomatoes, red onion, celery, and cilantro in a large bowl. Combine Italian dressing in a jar and mix. Pour over the salad and mix until well combined.
- Store in a covered container in the refrigerator until ready to be served.
I’ve been looking for a healthy and delicious salad option, and this one is a winner.
Wow! This looks absolutely delicious and tasty! I’m surely going to give this a try!
I will be having a vegetable weekend with this dish. This looks scrumptious and light. This is easy to make at home.
This salad looks amazing. I’ll have to give it a try. I’m always looking for different salad recipes, and this one sounds so good.
My husband used to eat black eye peas on New Years day. This is a recipe that he needs to try.
I love all the ingredients in this salad, especially the cilantro and red onion. I’m sure it’s delicious!
I have never had a salad like this before. I am excited to give it a try!
I love salads with corn in them and this looks easy to make so I will try it!
I had to use the rest of my New Years black-eye peas and stumbled upon this recipe. I made this today and tweeked the seasoning in the dressing and the portions. Added a bit of chili lime salt and more corn. It was delish. I am excited about your blog, recipes etc. I have been making my own vegan dishes and recipes for years and its good to see another black women with some awesome recipes. Keep up the great work.
Keisha, I have been eating a lot of black-eyed peas as well. I hope you try my black-eyed pea fritters as well. I love your adjustments for the salad and I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I’m happy you found me.
Love having new salads to break up the work lunch monotony. Delicious!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it Chrissy, thank you for your feedback.