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Cowboy Caviar #71 · snacks · american Host: Allrecipes · Cowboy Caviar → Pinterest → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Servings: 8 · Prep 15 min · Additional 20 min · Total 35 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. A bean and vegetable salad in a tangy dressing. It keeps and travels well. Mix together in a large bowl: 1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained 1 (15.5 ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained 2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed ½ medium onion, diced ¼ medium green bell pepper, finely chopped ½ cup chopped pickled jalapeño peppers Season with: ½ teaspoon garlic salt Then pour in: 1 cup Italian salad dressing Add: ¾ cup chopped cilantro Mix until well coated. Refrigerate until the flavors have melded, at least 20 minutes or up to 3 days, before serving. Source: Allrecipes · Cowboy Caviar tags: bean,corn,pepper,lime · popularity: evergreen · meat: no	Pickled Black-eyed Peas (the original 'Texas Caviar') Book: Helen Corbitt's Cookbook by Helen Corbitt (1957) crumb: black-eyed peas in oil and vinegar dressing, now with beans and corn Helen Corbitt's Cookbook includes “Pickled Black-eyed Peas (the original 'Texas Caviar')”. Helen Corbitt wrote it (1957). The Neiman Marcus food director wrote this Texas cookbook. It first printed pickled black-eyed peas ('Texas caviar'). Differences: Both soak canned black-eyed peas with onion and garlic in an oil-and-vinegar dressing. The online version uses bottled Italian dressing. The popular online bowl adds black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, green pepper, pickled jalapeños and cilantro. That turns Corbitt's plain pickled peas into a colorful salsa for scooping with chips.

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Cowboy Caviar
#71 · snacks · american
Host: Allrecipes · Cowboy Caviar → Pinterest → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Servings: 8 · Prep 15 min · Additional 20 min · Total 35 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

A bean and vegetable salad in a tangy dressing. It keeps and travels well.

Mix together in a large bowl:

1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained

1 (15.5 ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained

1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained

2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed

½ medium onion, diced

¼ medium green bell pepper, finely chopped

½ cup chopped pickled jalapeño peppers

Season with:

½ teaspoon garlic salt

Then pour in:

1 cup Italian salad dressing

Add:

¾ cup chopped cilantro

Mix until well coated.

Refrigerate until the flavors have melded, at least 20 minutes or up to 3 days, before serving.

Source: Allrecipes · Cowboy Caviar

tags: bean,corn,pepper,lime · popularity: evergreen · meat: no

Pickled Black-eyed Peas (the original 'Texas Caviar')
Book: Helen Corbitt's Cookbook by Helen Corbitt (1957)

crumb: black-eyed peas in oil and vinegar dressing, now with beans and corn

Helen Corbitt's Cookbook includes “Pickled Black-eyed Peas (the original 'Texas Caviar')”. Helen Corbitt wrote it (1957). The Neiman Marcus food director wrote this Texas cookbook. It first printed pickled black-eyed peas ('Texas caviar').

Differences:

Both soak canned black-eyed peas with onion and garlic in an oil-and-vinegar dressing. The online version uses bottled Italian dressing. The popular online bowl adds black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, green pepper, pickled jalapeños and cilantro. That turns Corbitt's plain pickled peas into a colorful salsa for scooping with chips.

Match: Reasonably similar, but will taste different

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Cowboy Caviar

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Servings: 8 · Prep 15 min · Additional 20 min · Total 35 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

A bean and vegetable salad in a tangy dressing. It keeps and travels well.

Mix together in a large bowl:
    1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained
    1 (15.5 ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained
    1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
    2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed
    ½ medium onion, diced
    ¼ medium green bell pepper, finely chopped
    ½ cup chopped pickled jalapeño peppers

Season with:
    ½ teaspoon garlic salt

Then pour in:
    1 cup Italian salad dressing

Add:
    ¾ cup chopped cilantro

Mix until well coated.

Refrigerate until the flavors have melded, at least 20 minutes or up to 3 days, before serving.

Citations
- Allrecipes · Cowboy Caviar: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/103674/cowboy-caviar/
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Cowboy+Caviar
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Cowboy+Caviar+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0395075777?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Helen Corbitt's Cookbook by Helen Corbitt (1957). Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1972 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0395075777.

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Dish: Cowboy Caviar
Match: Reasonably similar, but will taste different
Ancestor: Pickled Black-eyed Peas (the original 'Texas Caviar')
Source: Helen Corbitt's Cookbook by Helen Corbitt (1957)
Differences: Both soak canned black-eyed peas with onion and garlic in an oil-and-vinegar dressing. The online version uses bottled Italian dressing. The popular online bowl adds black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, green pepper, pickled jalapeños and cilantro. That turns Corbitt's plain pickled peas into a colorful salsa for scooping with chips.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: Allrecipes · Cowboy Caviar (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/103674/cowboy-caviar/)
Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Cowboy+Caviar)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Cowboy+Caviar+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Helen Corbitt's Cookbook by Helen Corbitt (1957).
The Neiman Marcus food director wrote this Texas cookbook. It first printed pickled black-eyed peas ('Texas caviar').

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Helen Corbitt's Cookbook by Helen Corbitt (1957). Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1972 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0395075777.

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