Carolina Caviar ... Redneck Caviar ... or Texas Caviar. Whatever yous telephone band it, this uncomplicated together with good for yous dip alongside black-eyed peas is only manifestly delicious.
Carolina Caviar is a uncomplicated together with good for yous dip of finely-chopped vegetables mixed alongside black-eyed peas together with a tangy, vinegar-based dressing. In the past, I had ever bought this pre-made at the grocery store, but discovered a wonderfully flavorful recipe for making my ain at home.
And together with hence I set my home-recipe upwardly for a head-to-head gustation exam alongside my sometime go-to store-bought version.
To whip upwardly the tardily homemade version, outset past times chopping upwardly unopen to sweetness bell pepper ... I used a picayune chip of ruby together with yellow, but yous could role orangish only every bit good ... royal onion, together with cilantro.
Combine this alongside canned black-eyed peas, together with and hence toss it alongside a uncomplicated dressing of white vino vinegar together with canola stone oil alongside unopen to salt, pepper, together with a deport on of chocolate-brown sugar.
... together with took a bite. (Just i at a time, of course.)
And which produce yous mean value won this picayune battle?
The homemade!
While the store-bought is nevertheless good, the homemade blew it away! So, whatever yous create upwardly one's heed to telephone band it ... Carolina Caviar ... Redneck Caviar ... or Texas Caviar ... this quick, easy, together with good for yous picayune snack is absolutely delicious together with good worth the endeavor to brand your own.
Ingredients
Vegetable Mixture:
- 2 (15 oz.) cans black-eyed peas, drained together with rinsed
- 1/2 of a sweetness bell pepper (yellow, red, or orange), finely chopped
- 1/2 of a royal onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 bunch of cilantro, finely chopped
- 1/4 c. white vino vinegar
- 1/4 c. canola oil
- 1/2 tsp. brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- Combine black-eyed peas, bell pepper, onion, together with cilantro inward a large bowl.
- In a pocket-size bowl, whisk together white vino vinegar, oil, chocolate-brown sugar, salt, together with pepper. Pour dressing mixture over vegetable mixture together with toss to coat.
- This may travel served forthwith or refrigerated to serve later. If refrigerated, it tastes best if yous permit it come upwardly dorsum to room temperature for serving rather than serving chilled. Serve alongside tortilla chips, crackers, or baguette slices.
NOTES:
- The vegetables included tin move travel adjusted to personal preference. I may attempt adding sliced olives together with diced fresh tomatoes, which are both included inward my sometime store-bought-go-to version.
- If yous don't similar cilantro, I would mean value yous could substitute chopped fresh parsley only fine.
- I recommend sticking alongside white vino vinegar rather that substituting other vinegar, every bit white vino vinegar only has a actually prissy subtle flavor. With that said, cider vinegar would in all probability run only fine.
Enjoy!
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