We love this easy-scooping Carolina Caviar, Add a Pinch’s Southern Caviar Dip, made with black eyed peas, veggies, and a sweet dressing.

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Friends, I’m so excited to share with you today Add a Pinch’s Southern Caviar Dip, a recipe from my friend Robyn’s new cookbook, Add a Pinch: Easier, Faster, Fresher Southern Classics. This is the best party dip, otherwise known as Carolina Caviar! If you love pineapple, you may also want to try our Cowboy Caviar Pineapple Dip–so good!

Carolina Caviar (Southern Caviar Dip)

Have you ever heard of Carolina Caviar? Some people call this recipe Redneck Caviar.

The dip is a marinated mix of black-eyed peas, corn, onions, peppers, and more. You dip it with tortilla chips, Fritos, or sturdy crackers (like Pita chips).

You can also serve it as a side dish–the perfect summer potluck sald or dip– with no mayonnaise or dairy ingredients that potentially would go bad in the hot weather.

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The marinade is sweet and tangy, similar to bread and butter pickles.

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Why we love this recipe

  • Delicious served on tacos, fish, chicken, salads, wraps, scrambled eggs.
  • Serve as a side salad.
  • Crowd-pleasing bean dip with your favorite chips.

Add a Pinch's Southern Caviar Dip

Gather these ingredients

  • Black-eyed peas:  we used 2 cans of Bush’s Black Eyed Peas
  • Corn kernels: fresh or frozen
  • Tomates
  • Green bell pepper: or red bell pepper or yellow bell pepper
  • Sweet onion: we used Vadalia
  • Jalapeño pepper: we removed the seeds
  • Garlic
  • Fresh oregano: or you can use dried
  • Fresh basil: or you can use dried
  • Olive oil

Add a Pinch's Southern Caviar Dip

How do you make Southern Caviar Dip?

  1. In a large bowl, combine the peas, corn, tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, jalapeño, garlic, oregano, basil, and oil.
  2. To serve, use a slotted spoon to transfer the mixture to a serving bowl, discarding the excess liquid.

Add a Pinch's Southern Caviar Dip

Robyn (who blogs at Add a Pinch) specializes in her savory Skillet Suppers, like Sunday Roasted Chicken, Broiled Grouper with Lemon Basil Butter, and Southern Buttermilk Fried Chicken. There are fabulous appetizers, like this Southern Caviar Dip recipe, Cranberry Chicken Bites, and Olive and Bacon Deviled Eggs (can you say, Easter Menu?).

Check out Robyn’s book yourself, Add a Pinch: Easier, Faster, Fresher Southern Classics, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Walmart and Target (sold out on QVC – ww!)

Add a Pinch's Southern Caviar Dip

Add a Pinch’s Southern Caviar Dip

This past weekend, friends came to visit, and we watched the final four March Maddness game (so sad to see Oregon lose). We munched, in delight, and then nervousness, and then delight, and then the dreaded loss, on Add a Pinch’s Southern Caviar Dip recipe, with chips and veggies!

So good, it will be a new favorite of mine, a great party recipe indeed! It’s even good on tacos, fish, chicken, salads, wrapss, scrambled eggs, or served as a side salad!

ENJOY!

Add a Pinch's Southern Caviar Dip

More bean dip recipes you may enjoy:

Balela Bean Dip

Black Bean Hummus

Texas Caviar Bean Dip

White Chili Bean Queso Dip

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Carolina Caviar (also known as Redneck Caviar)

This spicy southern twist on salsa features black-eyed peas and Vadalia onion. It’s full of fresh ingredients, so you know it’s good for you . You can add more jalapeno if you like a spicier spread, or use less if you prefer it milder. This recipe makes a gracious plenty, but it goes quickly.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 10
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Ingredients
 

  • 2 cups cooked black-eyed peas, I used 2 cans of Bush’s Black Eyed Peas
  • 2 cups cooked fresh or frozen and thawed corn kernels
  • 2 medium fresh tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped (I used a red bell pepper)
  • ½ medium Vadalia or other sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, or to taste, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 tsp. chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 tsp. dried
  • 1 tsp. chopped fresh basil, or 1/2 tsp. dried
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, combine the peas (beans), corn, tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, jalapeño, garlic, oregano, basil, and oil.
  • To serve, use a slotted spoon to transfer the mixture to a serving bowl, discarding the excess liquid.

Notes

Reposted from April 2017.
Cuisine: American
Course: Appetizer
Calories: 79kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 0.2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g, Sodium: 118mg, Potassium: 245mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 322IU, Vitamin C: 16mg, Calcium: 19mg, Iron: 1mg
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Carolina Caviar (Southern Caviar Dip)