The Texas Caviar Your Crowd Will Love
It’s pretty easy to find a recipe that everyone “likes”, but how often do you find a recipe that everyone “REALLY LOVES”? You know, that certain recipe people call and email you for; the dish where the serving bowl is ALWAYS scraped clean at parties and guests are asking for more. Well, if you don’t have one yet, feel free to take the recipe I’m sharing today and call it your own. It’s for Texas Caviar, a guaranteed crowd-pleaser I first discovered years ago when looking for a unique way to serve black-eyed peas at a New Year’s Day brunch I was hosting.
This Texas Caviar recipe is a tantalizing mixture of black-eyed peas, black beans, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, and Italian dressing that’s both spicy and refreshing! For parties, it pairs perfectly with tortilla chips, bread, or celery sticks AND is fantastic the next day over scrambled eggs, baked potatoes, or as an accompaniment to pork or chicken (be sure to make EXTRA for leftovers!). Even alongside fancy charcuterie platters, crab cakes I’d labored over for hours, and elaborate cheese boards, this is always the dish that disappears first (yet, is the easiest to make!). If your crowd has a discerning palate, serve them this Texas Caviar recipe, you’re sure to get rave reviews!
Texas Caviar Recipe
½ red onion, diced
1 bell pepper (red or yellow), diced
1 bunch green onions, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, diced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 pint cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 (8 ounce) bottle zesty Italian dressing (or make your own)
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
½ teaspoon ground coriander
1 bunch chopped fresh cilantro
Directions
Mix together onion, bell pepper, green onions, jalapeno peppers, garlic, cherry tomatoes, Italian dressing, black beans, black-eyed peas, and coriander in large bowl. Cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately 2 hours. Add desired amount of fresh cilantro and serve.
Makes 16 servings
Recipe adapted from www.allrecipes.com
