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Red Kidney Bean Hummus
This Kidney Bean Hummus is a red kidney bean dip made in classic hummus style with tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. It's perfect as a dip or with Middle Eastern meals, and it's even easier to make than classic hummus because there's no peeling chickpeas.
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 69 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern
Ingredients
- 1 clove garlic or 2 small cloves
- 15 ounces canned kidney beans rinsed and drained
- ¼ cup tahini paste
- 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice plus more as desired
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cold water plus more as desired
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil plus more for drizzling
- ½ teaspoon Sumac or paprika for sprinkling, optional
Instructions
- Add the garlic to the food processor and blitz until finely chopped.
- Add the beans, tahini, one tablespoon of lemon juice, and salt and blitz until a thick paste forms.
- With the motor running, add one tablespoon of cold water and one tablespoon of olive oil through the feed tube. Blitz until incorporated.
- Taste and first adjust with more lemon juice as needed. Then add more cold water as needed to get your hummus to your desired consistency.
- Serve at room temperature. Right before serving, drizzle the top with more olive oil and sprinkle on some sumac or paprika if desired.
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Notes
- This recipe will make about 1.5 cups of slightly pink hummus.
- One 15 ounce can of beans is equivalent to about 1.75 cups of beans which can be made with about three-quarters of a cup of dried beans.
- If you making this hummus with kidney beans that you have cooked from dried, there's no need to remove the onion or garlic cooked with the beans.
- This red bean hummus should be served at room temperature. Leftover hummus should be covered and stored in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Nutrition Information
Serving
2tablespoons
Calories
69kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Sodium
238mg
(10%)
Potassium
117mg
(3%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
3IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
18mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 69
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 2tablespoons | |
| Calories | 69kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 238mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 117mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 3IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.