Carolina Caviar (Southern Caviar Dip)
We love this easy-scooping Carolina Caviar, Add a Pinch’s Southern Caviar Dip, made with black eyed peas, veggies, and a sweet dressing.
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.
The marinade is sweet and tangy, similar to bread and butter pickles.
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.
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
How do you make Southern Caviar Dip?
- In a large bowl, combine the peas, 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.
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
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!
More bean dip recipes you may enjoy:
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Carolina Caviar (also known as Redneck Caviar)
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
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Yum. I make a similar dish called Texas Caviar and it’s always a hit. Sometimes my hubby likes the leftovers on salad or he’ll just eat it like a side dish!
Sandy,
I am so tickled that you enjoyed this – it’s great for an evening with friends and ball games – and so much more!
Your review of the book and kind words are so sweet – I feel so humbled and blessed to have friends like you!
I hope you find many other recipes from the book to enjoy!
Thank you so, so much, Sandy! Hugs to you, my friend!
Robyn xo