Truly Homemade Hummus
 
 
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Ingredients
Chick peas:
  • 16 ounce bag dried chick peas
  • 7-8 cups water (enough to cover 3 to 4 inches above the chick peas)
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda (totally optional, some say it helps to tenderize the chick peas)
Hummus Recipe:
  • 16 ounces (approximately 2¼ cups) cooked chick peas
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced or grated (or more if you like!)
  • 1½ teaspoons Kosher salt
  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice (I prefer fresh squeezed)
  • 1-3 tablespoons water (depends on how thick you want it...start with one and check consistency)
  • ¼ cup tahini (this is a sesame paste that should be readily available)
  • ¼ cup olive oil (I like to use the good stuff here because the flavor comes through)
Instructions
Cooking the chick peas:
  1. Start by setting your slow cooker to high temp for 4 hours.
  2. Add all ingredients to slow cooker, close lid and let cook for 4 hours on high temperature. When done, you will be left with more than double the amount of chick peas needed for this recipe. Take the rest and freeze them because I guarantee that you will be making this hummus again soon!
Making the hummus:
  1. Add one pound (I find this is about 2¼ cups) of the previously cooked chick peas to the bowl of your food processor along with the garlic and salt. Process for 20 seconds then scrape bowl. Add both the lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of the water. Process another 20 seconds and check for consistency. It should still be pretty thick at this point. If it is too thick, add another tablespoon or two of water along with the tahini.
  2. The tahini tends to settle, so make sure to stir it well before adding to the processor. Process another 20 seconds and scrape bowl before you add the olive oil. With processor on, drizzle olive oil in until blended.
  3. Nothing left to do but enjoy! Serve with pita chips, naan bread, carrots, cucumbers, pretzel sticks...pretty much whatever your heart desires.
Add a festive touch by drizzling basil infused olive oil or white truffle oil and adding some crumbled bacon on top.
Recipe by Cookin' It Real at https://www.cookinitreal.com/2014/10/01/truly-homemade-hummus/