Sunday, October 25, 2009

Simple Garlic Hummus

Ingredients
4 Cups Chickpeas (canned, drained, but save some liquid)
1/2 Cup Olive Oil
4 Cloves Garlic, Peeled
1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
Salt & Pepper
1 Tablespoon Cayenne Pepper

Real simple. Put all this stuff into a blender. Blend until you have hummus. Add more garlic, lemon juice, or cayenne pepper, to taste. The only trick here, if it's too thick, you can add some of the liquid from the beans to keep it blending smoothly.

This is probably the most basic of many possible variations, but it turned out as good as the Trader Joe's garlic hummus we usually get. It was so easy, I'm not sure why we haven't been making it ourselves all along.

1 comment:

  1. This sounds fantastic -- I LOVE home-made hummus with kalamata olives and a drizzle of good olive oil on top. Thanks for sharing!

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