What Tex-Mex dish is also known as “cowboy caviar”?

Texas caviar is the Tex-Mex bean salad also known as “cowboy caviar.”

The dish is generally made with black-eyed peas or beans, corn, chopped peppers, onion, and a tangy dressing. It is served chilled or at room temperature, often as a dip with tortilla chips or as a side salad.

Helen Corbitt, a prominent Texas chef and cookbook author, is widely credited with creating the dish in the 1940s. It became associated with Texas entertaining because it was inexpensive, colorful, and easy to prepare in large quantities.

Despite its caviar nickname, Texas caviar contains no fish roe. It is also different from pico de gallo: Texas caviar is bean-based, while pico de gallo is primarily a fresh chopped tomato salsa.