Welcome back for another installation of The Bodacious Bean. This week’s recipe is a flavorful Black Bean Hummus.
Yeah, we eat hummus here in the south. It’s even one of my daughter’s favorite foods. She’s a rare and complicated child though.
Making hummus is easy as, well… hummus. This recipe replaces the usual chickpea (or garbanzo bean) with yummy black beans. It’s tasty and spicy and garlicky and… you fill in the blank after you try it.
Basically, you mix all the ingredients below in a food processor. That’s it. Serve it with pita chips, pita bread, or your favorite chip or cracker. I like it on celery as well.
One note, this recipe makes about 4 cups. That’s a lot of hummus, so you can easily half the recipe, or third it, or fourth it. (Okay, I haven’t had my coffee yet today – just bear with my goofiness.)
Enjoy! And check back next week for another Bodacious Bean Recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 – 15 ounce cans black bean, drained
- 3/4 cup tahini (sesame seed paste)
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, packed
- 1 cup onion (yellow)
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Salt & Pepper to taste (I used 1/4 teaspoon of each)
Instructions
- In a food processor combine all ingredients until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
I discovered hummus at a get together this summer and really like it! I even went to the health food store to get the tahini. I love the fact that I can consume as much as I want and not feel guilty like I would if it were chip dip.
Thanks for the different recipe – can’t wait to try it.
I love the addition of the soy sauce! I will try it.
I love making my own hummus too! I like to add a bit of mustard to mine and serve them with homemade pita chips. YUM!
This sounds great! I always make homemade hummus, I look forward to trying this version!
This is one of those things that after I see it I think ‘duh’! I could have been enjoying black bean hummus all this time! Thank you so much for the enlightenment. Looks so wonderful. I’m definetly bookmarking this for further study
Best, Emily
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I’ve been playing around with black bean hummus lately and used most of the same ingredients. Mine isn’t quite perfect yet so I think I’ll just make yours! It looks so yummy. Thanks for sharing!
-Sara
Love hummus and I have to say, that’s the most gorgeous photo of any type of hummus I’ve ever seen. Stunning…just stunning.
That hummus looks good!
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I’d have never thought of using black beans in hummus, but I’ll bet it really, really works well! Gotta try this soon.
Wow, this is really, really, really tasty.
Just happened across your site, AWESOME!!! This black bean hummus looks amazing! Trying it VERY soon! Thank you