This Easy Skinny Cowboy Caviar is flavorful, colorful, and incredibly delicious! It makes a great dip, salad, side dish, or even as a topping for fish or meat. Take to a family gathering, potluck, or BBQ!
What is Cowboy Caviar?
Cowboy caviar is a bean salad or dip made with black-eyed peas, beans, tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, onion, jalapeños, and cilantro then tossed in in a zesty dressing.
What ingredients do I need to make this Easy Skinny Cowboy Caviar?
- Black beans- rinsed and drained
- Black eyed peas-rinsed and drained.
- Pinto beans-rinsed and drained or you can use another can of black eyed peas.
- Tomatoes– diced. You can use cherry, grape, Roma, or a can of rotel diced tomatoes, if you desire.
- Jalapeño-seeded and finely diced.
- Corn-I like to you use sweet corn. You can use fresh, canned or thawed from frozen.
- Red, yellow, green, or orange bell pepper– you can use a variety for color. Seeded and finely diced
- Red onion- diced
- Cilantro leaves– chopped. If you aren’t a cilantro fan-just omit it completely.
- Avocado-chopped. Optional for additional points. Be sure to add just before serving so it doesn’t go brown.
- Lime juice-from two limes
- Chili powder
- Cumin
- White Balsamic Vinegar – this brings a sweet and sour taste to the dressing. You could also substitute the white balsamic vinegar for regular balsamic vinegar, white wine vinegar, or apple cider vinegar.
- Sugar or Monkfruit sweetener– just a pinch to balance out all the savory flavors.
- Salt and pepper– to taste
How do I serve with Easy Skinny Cowboy Caviar?
This can be served as a salad, side dish, tortilla chips, on top of tacos, on nachos, inside a burritos, or on top of fish or meat!
How do I make this Easy Skinny Cowboy Caviar?
Combine drained beans, peas, corn, diced bell peppers, diced tomatoes, diced jalapeño, and diced onion, into a large bowl.
Mix together to combine. Set aside.
Whisk dressing ingredients together in a smaller bowl, until well combined.
Serve immediately, or refrigerate until ready to eat. This dip can made up to 8 hours before you plan to eat it.
