Traditional Hummus recipe

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Ingredients

3 cloves garlic, peeled
2 (15 ounce) cans garbanzo beans, drained
1 cup olive oil
1 cup tahini
3 lemons, juiced
salt to taste
¼ cup olive oil

Nutrition Info

560.3 calories
carbohydrate: 22.5 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 50.5 g
fiber: 5.9 g
protein: 8.6 g
saturatedFat: 7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 244.4 mg
sugar: 0.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place garlic in a food processor and chop thoroughly. Add garbanzo beans and blend into a paste. Pour in 1 cup olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, and salt. Blend until smooth and creamy.

  2. Place hummus in a bowl and top with 1/4 cup olive oil.

Recipe Yield

2 cups

Recipe Note

This is my mother's recipe for creamy hummus. She cooked every day the food she learned how to cook when she was growing up. She gave us a history lesson of our culture and our family every night at the dinner table.

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