# Cowboy Caviar Bean Salad

A quick and easy no-cook bean salad perfect for lunches throughout the week, with a flavorful dressing.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 can chickpeas
- 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cucumbers
- cherry tomatoes
- 1 pack mozzarella pearls
- 0.5 red onion
- Kalamata olives
- banana peppers
- fresh parsley
- olive oil
- red wine vinegar
- banana pepper juice
- Dijon mustard
- maple syrup
- corn

## Instructions

1. Gather all the ingredients.
2. Drain and rinse one can of black beans.
3. Add one can of chickpeas to a container.
4. Add the drained and rinsed black beans.
5. Add two cucumbers.
6. Add cherry tomatoes.
7. Add the whole pack of mozzarella pearls.
8. Add half of a red onion.
9. Add Kalamata olives (optional, based on a comment recommendation).
10. Add some banana peppers.
11. Chop and add fresh parsley on top (cilantro can be used as an alternative).
12. For the dressing, add olive oil, red wine vinegar, banana pepper juice, Dijon, and a little bit of maple syrup to a separate bowl.
13. Whisk the dressing ingredients together using a frother, whisk, or fork.
14. Pour the dressing over the salad ingredients.
15. Optionally, add some corn.
16. Put the salad in a container and store it in the fridge to marinate.

## Equipment

- container
- frother
- whisk
- fork

## Tips

- No cooking required.
- The salad sits in the fridge marinating and gets better throughout the week.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRrrm339/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3d80e99e-67aa-42c1-962d-538458a54772
- Extracted: 2026-01-07

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