Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Cowboy Caviar
Cowboy Caviar brings together roma tomatoes, avocado, and red onion. The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 17 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Appetizers & snacks
- Primary protein
- Beans & lentils
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Quick dinners · Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: 30 minutes or less
- Budget (estimated)
- Low cost
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Keep the mixtures separate until their step
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
2. Have the whisking step ready
Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.
Get to know the ingredients
Roma tomatoes
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Combine tomatoes, avocado, onion, black beans, black eyed peas, corn, pepper, jalapeno pepper, and cilantro in a large bowl.
Avocado
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Combine tomatoes, avocado, onion, black beans, black eyed peas, corn, pepper, jalapeno pepper, and cilantro in a large bowl.
Red onion
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Combine tomatoes, avocado, onion, black beans, black eyed peas, corn, pepper, jalapeno pepper, and cilantro in a large bowl.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
How to make it
0 of 4 steps completeMake room for Cowboy Caviar
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: If not serving immediately, be sure to toss/stir well before serving. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Read the first preparation step before you get going: Combine tomatoes, avocado, onion, black beans, black eyed peas, corn, pepper, jalapeno pepper, and cilantro in a large bowl.
Which little step is worth remembering?
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: If not serving immediately, be sure to toss/stir well before serving.
How do I plan the ingredient amounts?
This version serves 4. Use the ingredient amounts listed for that yield. If you change the number of portions, check equipment and the full method as well as the shopping quantities.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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