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Terrel's Cowboy Caviar

Name: Terrel's Cowboy Caviar: Homemade Cowboy Caviar with Black Beans, Corn, Anaheim, and Jalapeño
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: About 16 oz, 4 snack servings or 2 soup additions
Ingredients: 1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed (about half of a 15 oz can); 1 cup corn kernels, fresh, frozen and thawed, or canned and drained; 1/4 cup diced Anaheim peppers; 2 tablespoons diced jalapeño; 1/4 cup diced red onion; 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro; 1 clove garlic, minced; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons white vinegar; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste; 1/8 teaspoon black pepper; Tortilla chips, for serving

Homemade Cowboy Caviar with Black Beans, Corn, Anaheim, and Jalapeño

A homemade take on the 16 oz cowboy caviar from Terrel's Market in Mount Pleasant, Utah: black beans, corn, Anaheim, jalapeño, red onion, and cilantro in a sweet-tart vinegar dressing.

Appetizers Sides Snacks American Mexican Tex-Mex Latin From Terrel About 16 oz, 4 snack servings or 2 soup additions Prep 15 min Cook 30 min Total 45 min

Created October 31, 2025 Last cooked August 13, 2026

5.0 (1 review)

Finished

Ingredients

Mix

1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed (about half of a 15 oz can)
1 cup corn kernels, fresh, frozen and thawed, or canned and drained
1/4 cup diced Anaheim peppers
2 tablespoons diced jalapeño
1/4 cup diced red onion
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 clove garlic, minced

Dressing

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Serve

Tortilla chips, for serving

Instructions

Drain and rinse the black beans. If the corn is canned, drain it. If it is frozen, thaw it and pat it dry.
Dice the Anaheim peppers, jalapeño, and red onion small, the same small chop as a deli mix. Mince the garlic and chop the cilantro.

Prep
In a small bowl, whisk the vegetable oil, white vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper until the sugar dissolves.

Cooking
In a medium bowl, toss the beans, corn, Anaheim, jalapeño, red onion, garlic, and cilantro with the dressing.
Taste and add a pinch more salt or another splash of vinegar if it needs brightness.
Chill at least 30 minutes so the dressing settles. Serve with tortilla chips, or stir about 8 oz into Crock-Pot Cowboy Garden Taco Soup.

Finished Terrel's Cowboy Caviar: Homemade Cowboy Caviar with Black Beans, Corn, Anaheim, and Jalapeño — Finished dish

Notes

The Terrel's name has left the building, but the Mount Pleasant grocery is still there as a Ridley's. Grocery Dive and the Daily Herald reported that Ridley's bought all six stores in 2026, while the Sanpete Messenger remembered how Terrel Seely grew a tiny Main Street Red and White Market into six stores. So we keep making that 16 oz deli-tub cowboy caviar at home.
This is a homemade version of the 16 oz deli tub from Terrel's Market in Mount Pleasant, Utah. The lid calls it Cowboy Caviar.
The flavor on that label is Anaheim peppers, jalapeño, cilantro, red onion, garlic, vegetable oil, white vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Black beans and corn are the body of the mix you see in the tub.
For Crock-Pot Cowboy Garden Taco Soup, use about half of this batch (8 oz), the same amount as half of the store container.
Keeps 3 to 4 days in the fridge. Stir before serving.

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Anonymous 2026-08-13

The Mount Pleasant deli mix at home. Beans, corn, Anaheim, and that sweet-tart vinegar punch.