Cowboy Caviar

INGREDIENTS 

• 1 can black beans, drained, rinsed
• 1 can (4 oz.) chopped olives, drained
• small onion, finely chopped (¼ cup)
• 2 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 2 T. vegetable oil
• 2 T. lime juice
• ¼ t. salt
• ¼ t. crushed red pepper
• ¼ t. ground cumin
• ⅛ t. pepper
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
• 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
• 1 green onion, sliced
• Tortilla chips

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix all ingredients except cream cheese, eggs, onion and chips.
2. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
3. Spread cream cheese on serving plate. Spoon bean mixture evenly over cream cheese.
4. Arrange eggs on bean mixture in ring around edge of plate; sprinkle with onion. Serve with tortilla chips.
5. Serve with dip-size corn chips, in pastry shells, or crackers.

Recipe Author: Betty Crocker