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Black-Eyed Pea Cowboy Caviar

Posted By Dorothy Reinhold On In Appetizers,Beans and Legumes,New Year's,Party,SundaySupper | 52 Comments

Recipe: Black-Eyed Pea Cowboy Caviar

Summary: A rustic, chunky, Western-style bean and vegetable dip that takes full advantage of the hearty flavor of black-eyed peas.

Ingredients

  • 1 (11-ounce) container Frieda’s Blackeyed Peas
  • 1 (15-ounce) can whole kernel sweet corn (no salt added version preferred), rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro, minced
  • 3 green onions (scallions), minced, using both white and green parts
  • 2 ripe avocados, peeled and cut into small dice
  • 6 ounces cherry tomatoes, cut into quarters

Dressing:

  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar or lime juice
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon mild Hatch chile powder
  • A few grinds of black pepper
  • 1 bag tortilla chips (lime flavor preferred!)

Instructions

  1. In a small pot, add peas and cover with water by 1 inch. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10-15 minutes, until tender (taste one to determine). Drain and cool.
  2. Make salad: In a large bowl, add cooled peas, corn, cilantro, green onions, avocado and tomatoes. Stir gently to combine.
  3. Make dressing: Mix ingredients in small jar and shake well to combine. Pour over salad and stir gently to coat ingredients. Do not mash or overstir or you will break up the avocados and peas.
  4. Serve with tortilla chips as dippers.
  5. Serve alongside a jar of Tabasco, Sriracha or another hot sauce, so those who like things hotsy totsy can spice up their own!
  6. Serves 8.

Source

Like many good recipes, this one was handed over the virtual back fence. I adapted it from a recipe sent to me by my friend Karen Farrer, who saw me making black-eyed pea quesadillas [1] on Facebook [2] for New Year’s. She quickly recommended and then sent over this recipe, which she said she got from “amazing cook Colleen O’Beirne Brydon,” who happens to be my actual neighbor! It’s a small world, and with good cooks like these in it, getting smaller and more delicious every day.

Sunday Supper

See this page [3] for all the wonderful #SundaySupper dishes I have made since I joined this group, and links to all the other delicious dishes made by my fellow cooks.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian, vegan
Number of servings (yield): 8
Culinary tradition: USA (Southwestern)
My rating 5 stars:  ★★★★★ 

 

Disclosure: Frieda’s Specialty Produce sent the black-eyed peas.