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Hummus Recipe

Name: Hummus
Cuisine: Middle eastern
Ingredients: 2 cups canned chickpeas, drained, liquid reserved; 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste); 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons); 2 tablespoons water from the chickpeas; Olive oil; 8 dashes Tabasco sauce

by Annette Vlahos

Hummus

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This is very quick to make and lasts for a week in the refrigerator. It's great alone with pita bread or use it in the Mediterranean Layered Spread recipe on this website!

Recipe is adapted from The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Servings: 2 cups

Quick and Easy

Middle eastern

Ingredients

Cost per serving $1.10 view details

2 cups canned chickpeas, drained, liquid reserved
1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste)
6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)
2 tablespoons water from the chickpeas
Olive oil
8 dashes Tabasco sauce

Directions

Place all the ingredients (except olive oil) in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and process until the hummus is coarsely pureed. For more creamer hummus, add olive oil while the food processor is running.

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Goes Well With: pita bread, chips

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Elena Jimenez

July 21, 2008

Made this recipe over the weekend... loved it!

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yisel miranda

May 5, 2009

yo no le puse aceite de sesamo...... que se supone es el tahini...aceite de ajonjoli....en su lugar toste ajonjoli lo moli, y se lo agregue, y quedo muy rico en una reseta de una chica arabe ella dijo que se le añadian 4 hojas de menta y yo se las añadi. de verdad quedo buenisimo......

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yo no le puse aceite de sesamo...... que se supone es el tahini...aceite de ajonjoli....en su lugar toste ajonjoli lo moli, y se lo agregue, y quedo muy rico en una reseta de una chica arabe ella dijo que se le añadian 4 hojas de menta y yo se las añadi. de verdad quedo buenisimo......
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Amount Per Serving	%DV
Serving Size 354g
Recipe makes 2 servings
Calories 543
Calories from Fat 203	37%
Total Fat 24.3g	30%
Saturated Fat 3.31g	13%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 2539mg	106%
Potassium 662mg	19%
Total Carbs 68.45g	18%
Dietary Fiber 14.6g	49%
Sugars 1.35g	1%
Protein 19.25g	31%

Hummus Recipe

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