5-Minute Hummus
Published Sept. 25, 2022

- Total Time
- 5 minutes
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Ingredients
- ¼garlic clove
- Juice of 1 lemon, about ¼ cup
- 1(16-ounce) jar tahini
- 1tablespoon kosher salt
- 1teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 to 1½cups ice water
- 2(15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
Preparation
- Step 1
Drop the ¼ garlic clove into a food processor and add the lemon juice. Pour the tahini on top, making sure to scrape it all out of the container, and add the salt and cumin. Process until the mixture looks peanut-buttery, about 1 minute. Stream in the ice water, a little at a time, with the motor running. Process just until the mixture is smooth and creamy and lightens to the color of dry sand.
- Step 2
Add the chickpeas and process for about 3 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go, until the chickpeas are completely blended and the hummus is smooth and uniform in color.
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Comments
I am Armenian and have been making hummus for years. One jar of tahini is overbearing. Two to three heaping tablespoons should be sufficient. Eliminate the water. Add 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil and you should be good to go.
I made a few substitutions: flour for the tahini, butter for the lemon juice, sugar for the cumin, nixed the garlic, chocolate chips for the chickpeas... Let me tell you, the BEST hummus ever! Psych. I followed the recipe exactly and it was divine.
I make hummus regularly, to great reviews. The recipe is simple: 3 cloves garlic 1/4 cup tahini 1 can chickpeas, reserve the starchy liquid it is packed in 2 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper EVOO to taste Follow the procedure in this recipe, except use the liquid the chickpeas are packed in, which adds flavor and starch and makes for an exceptionally smooth hummus.
5 Minutes is a catchy title, but the timing is not realistic. By the time you collect the ingredients, juice the lemon. make iced water and transfer the hummus to a dish I would say more like 15 minutes. Also I think a little more lemon would help.
This recipe is too much tahini for my taste. My go-to hummus recipe includes a head of roasted garlic, a chunk ortwo of rinsed preserved lemon, a fat handful of parsley, a couple tablespoons of tahini (to taste) and a couple of cans of chickpeas. In order to keep the calorie count reasonable, I use the aquafaba rather than olive oil to blend the hummus. If I'm feeling fancy, I will drizzle with good EVOO before serving.
Nope. Ridiculous recipe and proportions but if often if you’re not the dish place of origin, unsurprising. When I saw the whole jar of tahini I had to read this recipe