If you’re like me, you love smooth and creamy hummus and have spent days wondering just how Sabra does it.
Well, as it turns out there is a secret to smooth hummus and I’m willing to share to the secret with you all, my lovely readers! If you want really smooth hummus you have to remove the chickpea’s skin.
Yup – that’s the skin. I’m not even going to write what I think this bowl of chickpea skins looks like, but let’s just say the end result is worth it and although a bit time consuming, it’s actually pretty easy.
Directions for removing chickpea skins:
- Place drained, canned chickpeas into a pot of boiling water.
- Let boil for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, place in strainer, and run cold water over the chickpeas. Let cool.
- Once they’ve cooled a bit (about 5 minutes). Take each chickpea in your hand and easily peel off the skin. I found that using my thumb and index finger to pop the skin off works really well.
Use this method when preparing your favorite hummus recipe or try my recipe below.
- 1 can chickpeas (drained, with liquid reserved)
- 2 Tablespoons tahini
- 2 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1-2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 medium clove garlic, sliced
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup reserved liquid or water, more or less to thin dip as desired
- freshly ground black pepper and sea salt, to taste
- ground cayenne pepper, to taste (optional)
- Remove peels from chickpeas, per instructions above.
- In a food processor, combine all ingredients except bean liquid. Purée until smooth, gradually adding liquid as desired to thin dip and scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
I added a sprinkle of cayenne pepper to add a bit of heat! We like things a bit spicy here at Casa EBF.
Over the weekend I served the hummus with fresh veggies and gluten free sesame seaweed rice chips- which are really tasty!!
I hope this tip is as exciting to you as it was to me!! Now go enjoy some super creamy, smooth and delicious hummus.
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I just tried this hummus recipe and I think the toasted sesame oil I used made the hummus taste rather bitter so I added more tahini which helped to balance the flavors. I think next time I will add 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil, rather than half tablespoon and see how that tastes or perhaps I just have some bad toasted sesame oil and should go find some of better quality. Anyway, I love this recipe because it is so smooth and I didn’t mind peeling the chick peas at all.
Thanks so much for the feedback! I think I’ll update the recipe to 1 teaspoon of sesame oil instead of the 1/2 Tablespoon.
After trying this, I’ll never go back to making hummus the other way again. The only thing I do differently is I don’t add any of the sesame oil and sometimes I throw in a some green onions and just a little more olive oil.
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