Welcome to our new, oil free version of our classic Texas Caviar! This healthier version uses maple and agave syrup to slick up the dressing and it tastes just as delicious!

We started making this recipe years ago–long before we went plant based. Chickpea used to work in an office with Barbara, and one day Barbara brought in this delicious Texas Caviar! She kindly shared the recipe, and since then Chickpea and Bean have made it a couple times a month.  Over time they tweaked it, and that’s what people love about this recipe–you can customize it to your liking. It’s also a great dish to take to a party.  People always devour it.  You can serve it as a side salad, or drain it and serve it with tortilla chips as a dip.

Texas Caviar

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A fresh, crunchy salad of veggies and beans soaked in a sweet and sour dressing.

• CourseSalad, Side Dish

Servings	Prep Time
8people, as a side salad	20minutes

Cook Time

5minutes

Servings Prep Time 8people, as a side salad 20minutes

Cook Time 5minutes

Texas Caviar 1 2 3 4 5 Votes: 10 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! A fresh, crunchy salad of veggies and beans soaked in a sweet and sour dressing. CourseSalad, Side Dish Servings Prep Time 8people, as a side salad 20minutes Cook Time 5minutes Servings Prep Time 8people, as a side salad 20minutes Cook Time 5minutes

Ingredients

Dressing

• 1/2cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4cup water
• 1/4cup real maple syrup
• 1/4cup agave syrup
• 1/4cup dry sweetener of your choiceuse brown sugar, date sugar, maple sugar, or cane sugar
• 1/2tsp salt
• 1/2tsp pepper

Salad

• 1cup diced celery
• 1cup diced red, orange, or yellow bell pepper
• 1/2 cup diced red onion
• 1can, 14.5 oz corn, yellow or white(or 1 and 1/3 cup frozen corn)
• 1 can, 14.5 oz. black eyed peassubstitute with another type of bean, desired
• 1 can, 14.5 oz. black beanssubstitute with another type of bean, if desired

Servings: people, as a side salad

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

To make dressing

1. Put all dressing ingredients in a small saucepan. Stir occasionally over medium heat and bring to a boil to dissolve sugar. As soon as it starts to boil, remove from heat and let cool.

Salad

1. In a large bowl add celery, bell pepper, and red onion.
2. Drain and rinse well in a colander the corn, black eyes peas, and black beans. (A good rinse will make it easier to digest the legumes). Add to veggie bowl.
3. Pour dressing over veggies and beans. Let soak for about 8 hours.
4. Enjoy as a side salad, or drain and serve as a dip for tortilla chips.
5. Ok, we have to confess. This "caviar" will taste amazing if you let it marinate for hours. We, however, can never wait that long and always have a bowl right away with a little dressing included! Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Recipe from ChickpeaandBean.com

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