Texas Caviar
Texas Caviar

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, texas caviar. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Don't bother with soaking and cooking beans for Classic Texas Caviar - the canned variety works well. But skip the bottled dressing, and take a little extra time to measure your own vinegar, oil and spices. Recipe by Britt Os sweetie pie.

Texas Caviar is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Texas Caviar is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have texas caviar using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Texas Caviar:
  1. Get Marinade
  2. Make ready 1 tsp Salt
  3. Take 1/2 tsp Pepper
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp Water
  5. Make ready 3/4 cup Cider vinegar
  6. Make ready 1/2 cup Olive oil
  7. Make ready 1/2 cup Sugar
  8. Take veggies
  9. Take 1 can Black beans
  10. Prepare 1 can White shoepeg corn
  11. Get 1 small jar pimentos
  12. Make ready 1 Green pepper finely chopped
  13. Take 1 Red pepper finely chopped
  14. Get 1 cup Celery finely chopped
  15. Get 3/4 cup Purple onion finely chopped
  16. Make ready 6 Jalapeño finely chopped

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).. Also called, "Cowboy Caviar," this is a salad of black eyed peas that have been lightly pickled in a vinaigrette dressing. Marinated in garlic-and-onion vinaigrette, they were a huge hit and were later christened "Texas Caviar." Texas Caviar and I go way back, back to my elementary school days when summer nights were spent at our local beach club. And this quick-fix dip was a staple alongside the good ol' seaside barbecue classics.

Steps to make Texas Caviar:
  1. For the marinade mix all ingredients in sauce pan, mixing frequently bring to a boil, remove from burner and let cool.
  2. Drain and rinse beans well. Drain corn and pimentos. In a large bowl add ALL veggies, pour marinade over veggies, mix well. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
  3. Drain a spoonful at a time, this can be kept up to 2 months as long as it's in the marinade.
  4. Serve with scoops (or any type or corn chip). We just started putting a spoonful on top of a salad. So delish!!!!
  5. I always make this for parties everyone loves it!!! And I double the batch. People eat it like they've never eaten before!
  6. Enjoy!!!

A quick search of "Texas Caviar" (a.k.a. Cowboy Caviar) on the Interwebs will lead to many a variation of this recipe. This version of Texas caviar mixes black beans and pinto beans instead of black-eyed peas with jalapeno peppers, cilantro, red onion and bell peppers. Serve with scoop-style tortilla chips to make a zesty crowd-pleasing party appetizer. Texas caviar - a tasty and easy dip filled with all kinds of colorful veggies and beans!

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