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Slightly Garlicky Chickpea Hummus Dip Recipe

How To Make Blissfully Satisfying Hummus Dip

This chickpea hummus recipe is so good, you'll want to eat hummus every day, as a filling for sandwiches or wraps, on crackers, as a dip, thinned to make a sauce or salad dressing, by the spoonful straight out of the container.

Slightly Garlicky Hummus

A stick blender works best for hummus, but you could also use a regular blender, food processor, food mill, or potato masher to make hummus - anything to pulverize the beans.

Bean cookng directions are included, but canned beans will do - drain and rinse, and substitute water for the liquid.

3 - 4 cups, 12 - 16 Servings: This hummus recipe keeps, tightly sealed, in the fridge for a week - not that it usually lasts that long!

Cooking Tip: The fresher the ingredients, the better the hummus!

Printable Recipe: Click the printer icon on your browser - you'll get just the recipe


Hummus Ingredients:

  • 2 - 3 cups cooked and drained garbanzo beans (*directions below), or canned beans drained and rinsed
  • 3 - 6 Tbsp bean cooking liquid or water - how much liquid you need depends on the amount of moisture in the beans
  • 1/4 - 1/2 c. unroasted sesame tahini
  • 1 - 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice
  • 2 - 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 or more cloves fresh garlic, peeled, stem removed, minced OR 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • Optional: 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger, or 1/2 tsp dried
  • Optional: 1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced, OR a pinch of dried cayenne powder
  • 1 - 2 tsp ground cumin seed
  • Optional: 1 - 2 tsp ground coriander seed
  • 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper or to taste

Hummus Directions:

  1. Rinse and drain the beans in a wire colander. Reserve the cooking liquid if you cooked your own beans
  2. Put the beans, salt & pepper, cayenne and 3 Tbsp bean liquid or water in a deep 4 qt pitcher or other container, or in the blender jar if you're using one
  3. Heat the chopped fresh garlic (+ ginger or jalapeno if using), in the olive oil until soft & lightly roasted
  4. Add the dry spices to the oil and heat for five minutes
  5. Add the hot oil & spices to the beans
  6. Rinse the pan with the lemon or lime juice and add it to the beans
  7. Add the salt and pepper
  8. Making hummus in a blender: Blend everything EXCEPT THE TAHINI. Use the pulse setting, alternately pulsing and poking until smoothly blended. Add a little extra liquid, 1 Tbsp at a time, if the mixture is too thick to blend easily. Using a rubber spatula, scrape the mixture into a bowl, and thoroughly mix in the tahini
  9. Making hummus with a blender stick: Add all the ingredients to your deep container, and pump the blender stick up and down until it's smooth - a noisy, but fulfilling experience
  10. Adjust seasonings to taste

How To Cook Garbanzo Beans:

  1. Note: This recipe makes enough beans for a second batch, or to freeze, or to make soup or tabouleh
  2. Using a pressure cooker greatly reduces cooking time, but don't omit the soaking!
  3. Soak 1 c. of garbanzo beans 4 - 8 hours.
  4. Quick Soak: Bring the beans and soaking water to a boil, turn off the heat, cover, and soak for one or two hours
  5. Drain & rinse the soaked beans, cover with cold water to cover & bring to a boil
  6. Boil ten minutes & skim the foam
  7. Cover & simmer the beans for 1 - 2 hours, until they're tender (can be mashed between thumb & finger)
  8. More bean cooking tips and directions

More Great Veggie Spread & Dip Recipes:

Low Fat Spicy Bean Dip Refried Beans Santiago's Salsa Fresca Simplest Guacamole Sour Cream Dip Spinach Dip

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