# Cowboy Caviar Bean Salad

This is an easy and healthy bean salad recipe perfect for lunch meal prep that takes less than 10 minutes to prepare and requires no cooking.

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

## Ingredients

- 1 can chickpeas
- 1 can black beans
- 2 cucumber
- 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

## Instructions

1. Drain and rinse one can of chickpeas and add them to a large bowl.
2. Drain and rinse one can of black beans and add them to the bowl.
3. Chop two cucumbers and add them to the bowl.
4. Chop cherry tomatoes and add them to the bowl.
5. Add a whole pack of mozzarella pearls to the bowl.
6. Chop half of a red onion and add it to the bowl.
7. Add Kalamata olives to the bowl.
8. Add some banana peppers to the bowl.
9. Chop fresh parsley and add it on top of the ingredients in the bowl.
10. For the dressing, add olive oil to a measuring cup.
11. Add red wine vinegar to the measuring cup.
12. Add banana pepper juice to the measuring cup.
13. Add Dijon mustard and a little bit of maple syrup to the measuring cup.
14. Use a frother, whisk, or fork to mix the dressing ingredients together.
15. Pour the dressing over the salad.
16. Stir everything together to combine.
17. Store the salad in a container in the fridge.

## Equipment

- large bowl
- knife
- cutting board
- measuring cup
- frother

## Tips

- Other good ingredients to add include bell pepper, jalapeño, feta, avocado, lime juice, and corn.
- The salad marinates in the fridge and gets better throughout the week.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLtJuYUx3zY/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9a3deccb-63f0-499d-a8ac-29c0e7f2df29
- Extracted: 2025-07-21

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