We’ve all heard of caviar but we probably haven’t all actually eaten it. For those who don’t know, caviar is a delicacy in fine dining and consists of tiny, salt-cured fish eggs, often from sturgeon. In the case of good caviar, their taste is salty and delicious with a fine texture that is somewhere between creamy and grainy. Not everyone actually likes caviar, but it is almost universally thought of as an expensive food for rich people. Still, the idea for caviar is interesting enough and has inspired some of its own spin-off recipes.
With that in mind, today we’re presenting you a recipe for a kind of “caviar” that you probably haven’t heard of before. Before you get nervous, this isn’t a seafood recipe at all but it takes its inspiration from the texture and arrangement of real caviar. Our recipe for your today is for “cowboy caviar,” a Texas-native recipe that is a mix between pico de gallo, guacamole and maybe even a chili. Above all, it’s a simple and delicious dish that will be a huge hit at whatever parties you plan on throwing this summer. So let’s get started.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 3 Roma tomatoes, diced with seeds removed
- 2 ripe avocados, diced
- 1 15-ounce can of black beans
- 1 15-ounce can of black eyed peas
- 1 1/2 cups of frozen sweet corn
- 1 diced bell pepper
- 1/3 cup of diced red onion
- 1 jalapeño pepper, finely diced with seeds removed
- 1/3 cup of finely chopped cilantro
Dressing:
- 1/3 cup of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
- tortilla chips
Here’s what you do:
1. Before mixing anything together, make sure you prep your ingredients by rinsing them, chopping them up and de-seeding them wherever necessary. Be sure to rinse and drain your canned beans as well! Once everything is ready, get a big bowl and combine your tomatoes, avocado, black beans, black eyed peas, corn, pepper, jalapeño and cilantro. You can even throw your corn in frozen if you’re not going to eat it immediately—it will thaw on its own pretty quickly.
2. With everything combined, stir and toss the bowl to mix everything together. After that, get another bowl and whisk together your olive oil, lime juice, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and garlic powder to make your delicious dressing.
3. With your dressing all done, pour it into the over bowl and stir or toss it once again to make sure all the ingredients get evenly coated with the dressing. With that step done, you can throw it in the fridge to let it sit for a little bit.
4. When you’re ready to eat, take it out and scoop it onto to tortilla chips to serve! By letting the dressing sit in the mixture for a while, it will actually lightly pickle the ingredients to give them a little more flavor and kick. Enjoy!
As you can see, “caviar” doesn’t mean the same thing to everybody. As someone who has had true caviar and has given this recipe a try as well, I definitely prefer this Texan version. Though this recipe doesn’t need much tweaking to be delicious, give it a try on your own and feel free to experiment with the bean ingredients or by adding any spices you’d like as well. Above all, get ready to have a new favorite dish for backyard parties!
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