Everyday Dorie: Cowboy Caviar (salad or side)

September 10, 2021 at 12:01 am | Posted in cook the book fridays, everyday dorie, groups, salads, savory things, veggies | 5 Comments
Tags: everyday dorie, salad, savory

Cowboy Caviar is a fun name for a Southwestern-style bean and veggie salad. I used pinto beans in mine, which I love, but since the beans are the “caviar” here, maybe I should have used black beans instead to really give it that visual effect. The rest is a mix of chopped veggies…things like bell pepper, hot pepper, scallions, tomatoes, avocado and corn kernels. It all gets tossed up with a limey-cumin dressing to make a great salad or side dish, as the title says. I followed Dorie’s suggestion to scoop it up with tortilla chips. Makes me almost want to watch a rodeo.

For the recipe, see Everyday Dorie by Dorie Greenspan, and head over to Cook the Book Fridays to see all of our “caviars” this week.

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It is a fun name, and it looks really delicious!

Comment by Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen— September 10, 2021 #

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Loving your picture! This was a hit over here as well!

Comment by isthisakeeper— September 10, 2021 #

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I have made a salad with a combination of black beans, corns and tomatoes for many years. No matter how you tweak it, a pile of tortilla chips sound good to me.

Comment by Shirley @ EverOpenSauce— September 11, 2021 #

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It is a pretty salad and I can see it with black beans (or maybe even adzuki) to give it a touch of contrast! I was bummed I didn’t have any corn to add to the salad as I thought it’d be visually appealing and super tasty. In any case, looks great, especially with the tortilla chips!

Comment by Katie from ProfWhoCooks— September 11, 2021 #

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Yea ha rodeo. I am glad you used what beans you had. I had black beans so that is what I used.

Comment by Diane Zwang— September 29, 2021 #

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