Chickpea Hummus is a classic sauce from Middle Eastern cuisine that’s easy to make, flavorful, and very versatile. A vegetarian recipe with very few ingredients that together create an extremely creamy sauce known and appreciated worldwide. The essential ingredients needed to make delicious homemade chickpea hummus are, of course, chickpeas, which we can cook ourselves or buy pre-cooked, to be blended with lemon juice, garlic, tahini, a sesame seed-based condiment, oil, and a bit of water if needed to achieve a smooth, velvety, and not too thick sauce. Less than 5 minutes in the blender or food processor and our chickpea-based sauce is ready!
A very simple and quick recipe that we can customize by adding the spices we prefer, such as cumin seeds, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, or sesame seeds.
Traditionally, hummus is served as part of a meze, a selection of Middle Eastern dishes served as an appetizer. However, there are many ways to serve and enjoy hummus. We can serve it with pita bread for a tasty appetizer or aperitif, spread it on crostini, slices of bread, or bruschetta, fill sandwiches, tacos, or flatbreads, or use it as a sauce to accompany vegetables and salads, or even with grains like rice, quinoa, bulgur, or meat or fish dishes.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 242.93 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 22.04 (g) of which sugars 1.89 (g)
- Proteins 9.81 (g)
- Fat 12.90 (g) of which saturated 1.81 (g)of which unsaturated 4.24 (g)
- Fibers 6.53 (g)
- Sodium 332.26 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 50 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients to Make Homemade Chickpea Hummus, Easy, Quick, and Delicious Recipe
- 1 1/4 cups dried chickpeas (or 21 oz of cooked chickpeas)
- 3 tbsps tahini
- lemon juice
- extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- paprika
- sesame seeds
- water
- salt
- ground cumin
Tools to Make Homemade Chickpea Hummus, Easy, Quick, and Delicious Recipe
- 1 Food Processor
Steps to Make Homemade Chickpea Hummus, Easy, Quick, and Delicious Recipe
To prepare Chickpea Hummus, first soak the chickpeas in water for at least 8 hours or overnight. Drain, rinse, and place them in a large pot. Cover with plenty of cold water and cook for about two hours from the start of boiling, adding salt to the water at the end of cooking. Drain the chickpeas and retain their cooking water.
Transfer the chickpeas to a food processor.
Add the garlic, lemon juice,
the tahini, and 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil.
Blend all the ingredients, adding the chickpea cooking water to achieve a smooth and not too dense cream.
Pour the hummus into a bowl and season with olive oil, and if you like, with paprika and sesame seeds.
Simo and Cicci Recommend
Store chickpea hummus in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can also freeze it for up to 3 months.
You can naturally use canned pre-cooked chickpeas.
If you have trouble finding tahini, you can make it at home with our recipe using sesame seeds.
