Garlic Hummus Recipe

Learn how to make the best homemade Garlic Hummus Recipe ever! This recipe produces a creamy, smooth, and light homemade hummus!

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Have you ever opened a $6 tub of grocery store hummus, and thought “I wish I could make this”?

Friends, I’m here today with a simple recipe for the tastiest homemade hummus you can make yourself. This is better than storebought. This is YOUR homemade hummus!

If you love spicy flavors and hummus, you should check out our Buffalo Hummus recipe.

Ingredients & Variations

This recipe has:

• Garbanzo beans/chickpeas – canned or homemade
• Tahini
• Garlic, and lots of it. No vampires here!
• Fresh lemon juice
• Olive oil
• Spices – smoked paprika and sumac
• Garnishes {optional} – sesame seeds and parsley

If you found yourself saying “what is sumac” when looking at the ingredients list, you’re not alone. I said that the first time someone recommended this spice to me for hummus.  

It’s available at well-appointed grocery stores or on Amazon. If you can’t find it, dial up the smoked paprika a bit, and sub in cumin for the sumac. It’s not exactly the same but it will still be delicious!

How Do You Make Hummus Smooth?

There are three tricks to making homemade hummus smooth.

Trick one: the order in which you blend things matters. I first create a “paste” of lemon juice, tahini, garlic, olive oil, and salt, before adding the chickpeas. This gives you an incredibly smooth base in which to blend everything else together.

Trick two: use a power blender or food processor. Hummus is simple to make but you will be blending it for up to 10 minutes. You don’t want to motor of your blender/processor to burn out.

Trick three: if you don’t have a powerful blender or food processor, boil the cooked chickpeas for at least 10-15 minutes before blending them.

This will make them much softer when you start the blending process, and you’ll get a smoother finished product. You will need to cool the boiled chickpeas a bit before making hummus with them.

You can also remove the skins from the cooked chickpeas for a smoother finish but expect to add 10-20 minutes of work to achieve this.

WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS

One serving has 1 WW Freestyle SmartPoints.

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5 from 26 ratings

Garlic Hummus Recipe

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Learn how to make the best homemade garlic hummus recipe ever! This recipe produces a creamy, smooth, and light homemade hummus!

Servings: 34 servings

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Keyword: easy appetizer, gluten-free appetizer, homemade hummus

Calories: 22kcal

Author: Sarah Cook – Sustainable Cooks

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1/4 cup tahini
• ▢ 5 cloves garlic
• ▢ 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• ▢ 3 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 1 tsp kosher salt
• ▢ 2 14 oz cans garbanzo beans {drained with liquid reserved}
• ▢ 1/8 tsp smoked paprika
• ▢ 1/8 tsp sumac
• ▢ sesame seeds for garnish
• ▢ dried parsley for garnish

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Equipment

• Blender
• Food processor
• Silicone spatula

Instructions

• Drain chickpeas, setting aside the liquid (this is called aquafaba).
  2 14 oz cans garbanzo beans
• In a blender or food processor, blend the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt on high for 2-3 minutes.  Add a bit of the reserved liquid from the beans if the mixture is too thick.
  1/4 cup tahini, 5 cloves garlic, 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp kosher salt
• Add the chickpeas and blend on high, stopping to scrape the sides as needed.
  2 14 oz cans garbanzo beans
• Once the hummus is super smooth (3-6 minutes), stop the machine and add the smoked paprika and sumac. Pulse a few times.
  1/8 tsp smoked paprika, 1/8 tsp sumac
• Optional: garnish with sesame seeds, a pinch of smoked paprika, parsley, and additional olive oil.
  sesame seeds, dried parsley, 1/8 tsp smoked paprika

Notes

1. If the hummus seems too thick, drizzle in reserved chickpea liquid (called aquafaba) instead of adding more olive oil. The aquafaba makes the hummus smooth and light.
2. I don’t recommend using bottled lemon juice, as it makes the hummus bitter/acidic.
3. If raw garlic is a bit much for you, try roasted garlic instead.

• Nutrition values are an estimate only.

Nutrition Facts

Garlic Hummus Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 tbsp)

Calories 22 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Fat 2g3%

Saturated Fat 0g0%

Cholesterol 0mg0%

Sodium 26mg1%

Potassium 9mg0%

Carbohydrates 1g0%

Fiber 0g0%

Sugar 0g0%

Protein 0g0%

Vitamin A 5IU0%

Vitamin C 0.2mg0%

Calcium 3mg0%

Iron 0.1mg1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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