Hummus with Chipotle

Hummus is good, why do you think it’s eaten all over the world?  Easy to make yes, kick in some lemon juice, flavorings and mix in your processor. The flavor profile is wide open, I have tried several batches and find this is my favorite so far.

DSCN2010

Say hello to my little friend, a can of chipolte peppers in adobo sauce.

DSCN2011

Use what you need and put the rest in a zip lock bag in the freezer. It’s there when you need it.

Ingredients:

  • 1 can of chickpeas (drained)
  • 2 tbsp tahini
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 chipoltle pepper
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp adobo sauce
  • 1/4 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Don’t make this complicated, put everything in the processor and blend for a couple of minutes. Add more olive oil or water to achieve your desired consistency.

Top it with:

Another chipotle pepper (chopped) to make the red sauce in the middle. Drizzle with some more olive oil and serve with pita chips. I didn’t have any pita chips so I made my own. That’s a whole other story.

DSCN2015

To make pita bread see King Arthur.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s