Quick and Easy Lemon Hummus
This easy hummus recipe is perfect on its own, but is also easy to dress up into other delicious flavor variations. Serve on its own or pile it high with your favorite toppings for more flavor and texture in every bite. There really is no wrong way to serve up this lemon hummus.
Ingredients
- 30 ounces canned chickpeas rinsed and drained
- ½ cup tahini paste
- 2 large garlic cloves crushed and coarsely chopped
- 2 lemons juiced
- ¼ cup cold water
- ½ TBSP coarse kosher salt plus more to taste
Instructions
- Combine the chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, water, and salt in a food processor or high-powered blender and blend until smooth. If needed, add more water 1 to 2 TBSP at a time to thin to your desired consistency. Taste and add more salt if necessary.
- Serve with your favorite crudite or dippers.Or serve topped with your favorite toppings. Like a drizzle of good olive oil, sliced ripe olives, crispy garlic, crushed pistachios, hot honey, zest, etc. Whatever your favorite hummus toppings are, they'll work here.
Notes
How to Make Three Hummus Variations From One Batch
Divide the lemon hummus evenly among three bowls.
Cover one bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Beet hummus: Transfer one portion back to the food processor with 1 to 2 small roasted beets, store-bought or homemade, and blend until completely smooth. Use red beets for a dark red hummus or yellow beets for a pale yellow one. Add any herbs and spices you like to pair with beets.
Turmeric hummus: Add 1½ tsp ground turmeric, 1 tsp ground black pepper, and 1 to 2 tsp lemon juice to the last bowl. Stir to combine. This creates a bright yellow hummus.
If any variation feels thick, thin it with 1 to 2 tsp water or lemon juice until you reach the desired consistency.
To build the platter: Layer spoonfuls of hummus onto a serving platter, then use the back of a spoon to make a small well in the center of each dollop. Fill the wells with a contrasting color of hummus.
Once you like how the platter looks, add toppings, starting with drizzles like olive oil and hot honey and building up to larger toppings like crispy chickpeas and olive slices.
Serve with your favorite crackers, pita bread, or naan for dipping.
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 8gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 738mgPotassium: 262mgFiber: 6gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 32IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 67mgIron: 2mg
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