I love to make my classic hummus recipe for guests. It comes across as so homemade and gourmet and yet, its probably the easiest thing you can make. Let alone- its healthier, cheaper and more creative than just making another batch of guacamole (which I'm not downright dissing because I happen to love guaco). The whole recipe- which serves up a large batch- costs less than 5-6 bucks and you probably already have most of the ingredients in your pantry.
For Friday night, I made the Olive variety but they are all amazing. (photographed below is also my sundried tomato version that I made for a previous event).
Hummus Recipe:
yield: 32 servings
one 16 oz. can chickpeas, drained, liquid reserved,
1/4 cup lemon juice or the juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp.salt
1-2 cloves garlic.. i find that fresh garlic cloves are much stronger than using the chopped up, jarred kind
2-3 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp dried cilantro or a small handful of fresh cilantro
1 pinch paprika for garnish
Directions:
Place the chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, garlic, and most of the cilantro in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth, gradually adding the reserved liquid to the thick hummus batter until your happy with its creamy consistency. Transfer mixture to a serving bowl. Drizzle olive oil over the hummus and top with a sprinkle of paprika and cilantro to impress your your friends!
Place the chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, garlic, and most of the cilantro in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth, gradually adding the reserved liquid to the thick hummus batter until your happy with its creamy consistency. Transfer mixture to a serving bowl. Drizzle olive oil over the hummus and top with a sprinkle of paprika and cilantro to impress your your friends!
For Spicy: Add 8 splashes of hot sauce and 2 Tbsp of roasted red peppers to the blended mix
For Olive: Get a jar of green olives and instead of reserving the juice in the chickpea can, reserve the juice from the olive jar to be added to the Hummus mixture to achieve a creamy consistency when the batter is too thick. Add about 3 Tbsp of green olives to the blender along with the other ingredients. Use olives to garnish.
For Sun dried Tomato: Get a jar of sun dried tomatoes in oil. Replace Olive oil in original recipe with the oil from the jar of sun dried tomatoes. Add about 3 Tbsp of sun dried tomatoes and an additional clove of garlic to the blender along with the other ingredients. Use sun dried tomatoes to garnish.
Tips: Use a good blender and set it to "Liquefy" when blending the Hummus. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts:
Per 2 Tablespoon.
30 Calories. 1 gram of fat. Just under 1 gram of fiber. Just over 1 gram of protein.
Cost: $
About $0.17 per serving
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