Perfect hummus for lazy people
Easy way to make silky hummus without peeling chickpeas.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 50 min
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 3 cups 1x
- Category: Appetizer, Snack
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 C dry chickpeas
- 1/2 to 2/3 C tahini
- 4 garlic cloves
- juice of 1 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 C chickpea cooking liquid
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 heaped tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Soak chickpeas in water with baking soda for 8 hours or overnight.
- Drain, rinse, cover with fresh water and cook for 45 min to 1 hour.
- Meanwhile blitz garlic and lemon juice in food processor. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Drain the liquid and discard the solids.
- Pour it back in food processor together with tahini, salt and a little bit of chickpea cooking liquid. Blend until smooth.
- Add hot chickpeas and blend pouring chickpea liquid as needed until you reach desired consistency.
- Serve drizzled with olive oil, topped with fresh parsley and smoked paprika.
Notes
It goes perfect with my Homemade Pita Bread.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 286
- Sugar: 5.2g
- Sodium: 427mg
- Fat: 16.4g
- Saturated Fat: 2.2g
- Carbohydrates: 27.6g
- Fiber: 8.4g
- Protein: 11.1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg