This simple recipe taste better than store bought and without all the added ingredients of the store bought brands.
I fell in love with how easy it is to make your own hummus at home and much more affordable. I have seen hummus as much as $10 for a 8 ounce container and the ingredient list was not what I would call healthy. This recipe is creamy, smooth and so delicious.
To make the creamiest hummus it is important that you add the ingredients in the order specified. Also, I used jarred red peppers, but I included how you could make your own roasted and grilled red peppers when you roast your garlic.
You can have great tasting and good for you hummus in less time than it would take to go to store. Want a basic hummus, just use, lemon, tahini sauce, garbanzo beans, EVOO and a little salt. It’s that easy!
Fun Fact: Garbanzo beans and chickpeas are the same thing. Essentially, they are the same variety of the chickpea known as kabuli chickpea.
Red Pepper Hummus
Equipment
- Food Processor
- baking sheet for roasting garlic and red pepper
- scrapper
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Tahini Sauce
- 1 tbsp Miso sauce mild, or hot if you like spicy
- 1/2 large lemon, zested and juiced OR 1 small lemon
- 1-2 drops Young Living Lemon Vitality Oil* See Link below to order.
- 1 can 15 oz Organic Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas) or 1/2 cup dried. If you use dried you will need to soak overnight in filtered water with 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
- 4 cloves garlic, roasted
- 3/4 cup Roasted and grilled red pepper chopped, jar or 1 whole red pepper if making your own. Make your own by roasting red pepper with garlic. See note below.
- 1-2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) Good grade and single source
Spices:
- 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp Chili powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander
- 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Curry
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1/4 tsp salt kosher, celtic or himalayan
Garnish:
- 1 tbsp Sliced pimentos, jar
- Pinch Spices listed above except salt.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and once heated add garlic cloves and red pepper if making your own for 15 minutes. Leave the outer part of the garlic on while cooking.3/4 cup Roasted and grilled red pepper chopped, jar or 1 whole red pepper if making your own., 4 cloves garlic, roasted
While garlic is roasting:
- Add the tahini, lemon juice, lemon zest, lemon vitality(optional) and Miso to food processor. Combine for about one minute, scrape sides and process another 30 seconds.3/4 cup Tahini Sauce, 1 tbsp Miso sauce, 1/2 large lemon, zested and juiced, 1-2 drops Young Living Lemon Vitality Oil*
- Drain, rinse and add garbanzo beans to processor with Olive oil. Combine for one minute. Scrape sides and process for additional 30 seconds or until well blended.1 can 15 oz Organic Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas) or 1/2 cup dried., 1-2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
- Add spices (except salt), peeled roasted garlic and red peppers. Process for one to two minutes.1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes, 1/2 tsp Chili powder, 1/2 tsp Coriander, 1/2 tsp Cumin, 1 tsp Paprika, 1 tsp Curry
- If you prefer your hummus extra creamy add water a teaspoon at a time until it is the consistency you like. See note on aquafaba*
- Add salt to your preference. If you used the aquafaba you will add less salt than in the ingredient list.1/4 tsp salt
- Spoon hummus into a bowl, make a well in the middle with a spoon and add sliced pimentos and sprinkle of the spices to the top for garnish.1 tbsp Sliced pimentos, jar
- Grab your favorite crackers or dipping vegetables and enjoy!
- Store in an airtight container and refrigerate up to five days.
