Cowboy Caviar

Cowboy Caviar

Ingredients

For the Dressing

  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup Lambrusco Wine Vinegar
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

For the Salad

  • 3 cherry tomatoes, diced or halved
  • ½ red onion, diced
  • 1(15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed
  • 1(15-ounce) can black-eyed peas, rinsed
  • 1½ cups fresh corn kernels (from about 2 to 4 cobs) or thawed, drained frozen sweet corn (about 8 ounces)
  • 1 bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1 jalapeño, diced
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
  • Tortilla chips and quartered limes, for serving

Instructions

  1. Make the dressing: In a medium bowl, whisk the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, honey, salt and pepper to combine.

  2. Add the tomatoes, red onion, black beans, black-eyed peas, corn, bell pepper, jalapeño, avocado and cilantro. Toss to combine and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.