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Recipe: Texas Caviar

by Maricar on April 15th, 2008

Last weekend, we had a joint birthday party for my son and his cousin. As an appetizer, I prepared this dip for tortilla chips. It’s called Texas Caviar, and is honestly one of the best dips I’ve ever tried. I got the recipe from a friend of mine, who brought it to a girl’s night out a few weeks ago. I’m calling this Jodie’s Texas Caviar.

Jodie’s Texas Caviar:

Sauce:
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
3/4 cup vinegar
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup canola oil

Boil together above ingredients until sugar is dissolved.  Set aside.

Dip:

Combine the following:

1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 can whole white corn, rinsed and drained
1 can black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
1 cup diced green pepper
1 cup celery chopped
1 small onion chopped
1-3 tablespoons jalapeno pepper chopped
1 small jar pimento

Pour sauce over other ingredients.  Refrigerate overnight.  Drain to serve.  Serve with tortilla chips.

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I only used about half a teaspoon of very finely chopped jalapeno, to keep the heat level down. You could, of course, adjust it according to your own taste. The only thing that went wrong when I served this was that we ran out of chips early!

Thanks for the recipe, Jodie!

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