Snack: Texas Caviar

By TNTPayne

Texas caviar can be served either as a little side salad, perhaps on some butter lettuce if you like, or it can be used as a dip, like salsa, for tortilla chips. You will find that if you make it as a dip, well, it takes a steady hand to keep the beans from falling of the chips. But, it’s well worth it. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 4 cups of cooked black-eyed peas (2 15-ounce cans, rinsed and drained)
• 8 green onions, just the green parts thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 3 jalapehile peppers, stems and seeds removed (wear gloves! do not touch your eyes after handling them!), finely chopped
• 2 plum tomatoes, diced, or 1/2 cup of canned diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeds and stem removed, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 Tbsp lime juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• Salt and black pepper, to taste

Details

Adapted from simplyrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 In a medium bowl, stir together the black-eyed peas, green onion greens, cilantro, chopped jalapehile peppers, tomatoes, bell pepper, and garlic.

2 In a separate bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, and cumin. Pour over the the black-eyed pea mixture. Stir to coat. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Best chilled for several hours. Serve cold as a side salad or with tortilla chips.