My love for hummus runs deep. I've told you guys all about my perfect hummus recipe before. It's smooth and airy and perfectly seasoned. Today it's getting a facelift to become Loaded Hummus!
I guess technically it's not a face lift because we aren't doing major surgery... but we are giving it a bit of a makeover. Recently I was introduced to all these toppings you can put on hummus and essentially it's a salad / hummus combo that you eat with pita chips and then live happily ever after!! After you're done peeling the chickpeas (TRUST ME IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE) you whip up the hummus and then top it with red onions, feta cheese, pomegranate seeds, toasted chickpeas and some herbs. It's not only gorgeous but a total winner!
Loaded Hummus
Ingredients
- 1 15- ounce can garbanzo beans drained and peeled
- ½ cup tahini
- 2-3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice more as needed
- 2-3 small cloves garlic roughly chopped
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt or more to taste
- Water as needed
Toppings:
- ½ cup chickpeas dried and roasted until just toasty
- thinly sliced sliced red onion
- fresh parsley
- freshly crumbed feta
- pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- In a food processor, blend the chickpeas by themselves for 1 minute until powdery clumps form.
- Scrape down the sides and blend again until everything is the same consistency.
- Add the tahini, lemon juice, garlic and salt and blend until smooth. With the machine running, drizzle in 1 tablespoon of water at a time, until you get very smooth, light and creamy mixture.
- Taste and adjust seasonings, adding more salt, garlic or lemon if needed.
- To serve, top it with all the toppings sprinkled over the top, drizzle with olive oil and serve with freshly baked pita chips.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Adam Pearson / Recipe from What’s Gaby Cooking
Omg, that is a loaded-hummus and I love it!! Yum, looks delish.
xo,
Mariam
This loaded hummus is like a dream Gaby!
Love your colorful toppings! A big thumbs up on the peeled chickpeas--one of my favorite meditations.
This looks delicious! For the toppings, it doesn't mention how to roast the chick peas?
https://whatsgabycooking.com/roasted-chickpeas/
Prettiest hummus ever! Especially love how the pomegranate looks like little jewels!
Now that's how to do hummus!
Gorgeous hummus dip Gaby! Awesome tips!
I just love all the add-ins Gaby!! YUM- we will be making this stat.
I love hummus with plenty of different toppings! This combination looks delicious!
I would never think to top my hummus with that combination of ingredients but I LOVE IT! Making this over the weekend.
Gorgeous!
I love making my own hummus but never thought of adding all the trimmings. This looks delicious and it will be coming with me to my next party!
This is spectacular --- we eat so much hummus here we run out of ways to vary it up!
I love hummus, but have never thought of adding my own delicious ingredients. Thank you for all the great ideas!
I eat hummus pretty much every day. It's so delicious!
Kari
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