5 Easy Steps to an Amazing Lemon Garlic Hummus That Will Have Everyone Asking, How to Make Garlic Hummus
Lemon garlic hummus is so easy and so so good that everyone will be asking, how to make garlic hummus! This recipe is a quick dump and go recipe that you can pull out for quick and easy apps on the ready!
If you love roasted garlic hummus you will love this hummus recipe! If you’re like me and feel like you’re constantly on the go, this recipe is for you. Throw two cans of chickpeas in the instant pot, set to pressure cook for 10 minutes, and you’ll have lemon garlic hummus that is so good you’ll forget about buying sabra garlic hummus ever again. Sorry Sabra!
This post is all about lemon garlic hummus!
Healthy Micro SuperStars Featured in lemon garlic hummus:
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What Do I Have To Do To Throw Together Lemon Garlic Hummus?
- First, add the canned chickpeas (and their liquid) to the instant pot with four cloves of minced garlic.
- Second, pressure cook for 10 minutes.
- Third, let pressure naturally release.
- Fourth, add lemon, tahini, olive oil, cumin, and salt.
- Finally, blend with your immersion blender and serve!
Lemon garlic hummus is so so good and best of all QUICK AND EASY!
How to Make Garlic Hummus
Add two cans of chickpeas, otherwise known as garbanzo beans, to the Instant Pot. Make sure you also add the liquid in the cans! Why chickpeas? They are healthy for you in so many ways! Read on below to learn all about how chickpeas support your gut health!
Why Use the Instant Pot for Garlic Roasted Hummus with Lemon?
The Instant Pot makes this garlic hummus recipe come together in a snap! If you’re constantly running from one thing or another, or just get glued to the latest episode of Outlander (and who could blame you) your garlic roasted hummus will come out ok! The Instant Pot has you covered.
The Instant Pot can help you actually eat healthy in a manageable way that fits into your lifestyle.How? It can take veggies and beans and cook them quickly to perfection. You can cook like your grandma, or great-grandma without all the behind the scenes effort they used to expend!
Pro Tip:
What Does the Instant Pot Do?
Really, this should say what does the Instant Pot not do. This amazing little machine can do it all,
Sauté
Pressure cook
Make stews that melt in your mouth
Make soups in half the time
Perfectly cook rice!!
Make chili and sauces in 30 minutes that taste like they’ve been cooking all day
Brown or sear meat
Steam veggies
Make yogurt
Make lemon garlic hummus!!
Add four cloves of minced garlic. Fresh is best!
Gut Health Secret:
Garlic Hummus Nutrition
The special micro superhero in garlic that makes is so good for you is allicin. Jarred garlic loses a significant amount of it. In fact, the minced garlic you can buy jarred at the store has lost at least half of the allicin within garlic!
Buy garlic fresh! Garlic is a staple ingredient.
For more information on garlic, check out my post on 3 Amazing Ways Eating Garlic Everyday Benefits Your Health. Or, if you want to read the science for yourself, check out Fujisawa et al., 2008.
Make sure the pressure valve is set to sealed by turning it to the sealed position. Make sure the lid is securely on. That’s it! Honestly, even my toddler can do this part!
Allowing the Instant Pot pressure to naturally release means you don’t move the pressure valve to “venting.” Basically, the Instant Pot will just slowly release the steam until it’s at an equilibrium where it could stay in the pot and on warm safely, but it could also be opened and served.
Extra virgin olive oil is worth the small up-charge as compared to olive oil. There are all sorts of olive oils and similar to wine, they really run the gamut on price.
Gut Health Secret:
Garlic Hummus Nutrition Facts
Choose extra virgin olive oil that has been cold pressed. Cold pressing means that the olive oil was made without heat or chemicals. Extra virgin olive oil that is cold pressed has greater nutritional value because the micro superstars within it are not broken down under high heat.
Web MD, 2021; Goméz-Alonso et al., 2003
You can buy cold pressed extra virgin olive oil at Whole Foods. A fantastic brand of is O-Live & Co.
Or, you can find blends from Italy, the motherland for amazing olive oil. This box from Zahara Sicilian Extra Virgin Olive Oil is absolutely gorgeous!
Or, you can buy extra virgin olive oil in bulk at Costco! We usually scoop up a large container of the organic Italian extra virgin olive oil.
Once you have added all the ingredients use your immersion blender to blend them together. Just pulse around the pot until you have them all nicely blended into a garlic roasted hummus with lemon. YUM!
Why Use an Immersion Blender for Garlic Hummus Dip?
Finding an immersion blender for your cooking style and kitchen is at the top of the to do list. It can make your life SO MUCH EASIER. I waited way too long to get one thinking I didn’t want anymore kitchen stuff, it would take up too much room, and that I really wouldn’t use it that much. Wrong!
You can use the immersion blender to blend any soup, sauce, smoothie, bean mixture, and more! It can puree, lightly blend, or mix. The top easily snaps onto the base. It immerses down into whatever you’re mixing, hence the name!
Finding the best immersion blender can save you time and mess. Instead of transferring this hummus from the pot to a blender or food processor, just use the immersion blender!
The immersion blender will allow you to get the perfect consistency for your hummus! Want to know more about the immersion blender? Check out The Best Immersion Blender that will Make Cooking Insanely Easier here.
A Garlic Hummus Recipe That is Baby and Kid Approved
This recipe is so easy and cheap that you could make it at least once a week. You can have it with chips or naan bread. Or, check out gut healthy recipes with hummus including Taco Bowls. Try layering lemon garlic hummus in Greek chicken tacos.
Or, use lemon garlic hummus as the base of my corn hummus recipe. If you have kids, even better, they will likely love this garlic hummus recipe and ask for it by name!
Lemon garlic hummus is the best base to get creative with dinner options. For a quick snack for kids, try serving it with whole wheat tortillas. If you’re like me and looking for easy clean up one pot meals, this hummus recipe definitely hits the mark. It’s kid approved, baby approved, and something even our blended family of seven can agree upon.
Chickpeas and Garlic Hummus Make Your Gut Happy
The benefits of chickpeas are one of those things your doctor is not going to tell you, but you need to know! Not only can they help you slim your waistline and feel full longer, chickpeas health benefits can reduce your risk for serious chronic disease!
The benefits of chickpeas are one of those things your doctor is not going to tell you, but you need to know!
Dr. Kait
To add to the appeal of lemon garlic hummus, chickpeas, the primary ingredient, are an amazing source of fiber and super healthy for you (Bulsiewicz, 2020; Monk et al., 2016).
Chickpeas have been found to help balance your microbiota and enhance the barrier that regulates your nutrient absorption and prevents pathogenic bacteria from invading (Rios-Arce et al., 2017). In plain English, they help your body keep the bad stuff out and better balance the good stuff.
Why Are Chickpeas So Good For You?
There are so many chickpeas benefits and side effects – positive side effects!! Chickpeas have a ton of vitamins and healthy micro superheros including fiber, protein, magnesium, potassium, and folate. Benefits of chickpeas include:
Is this Garlic Hummus Recipe Healthy? Yes!
Who doesn’t want to look good AND feel good? Let’s take a look at the some of the research on chickpeas. Doctors examining the effects of eating chickpeas across 21 clinical randomized trials have found chickpeas, on average, reduce people’s weight (Kim et al., 2016). How much? In one study, they found a 25% reduction in weight loss for those people eating chickpeas as compared to those who were not. Remember, this is a randomized trial with controls for other things that might contribute to this result. Meaning, the result is predominately -as much as we can say scientifically- due to chickpeas.
In a randomized trial, doctors found people eating chickpeas reduced their weight 25% as compared to those who were not.
Kim et al., 2016
Why are chickpeas so good for you? So many reasons! Let’s start with the fact that they contain a ton of fiber, protein, and also other micro superheroes that enter into your gut and strengthen its ability to fight off bad bacteria. This, in turn, strengthens your immune system. Ultimately, a stronger you is a healthier you. Your, new and improved, stronger body functions more efficiently which means storing less fat and leaning out your waist line.
If you want to learn more about all the reasons we should be eating chickpeas check out 11 Shock Statistics About Chickpeas Benefits and Side Effects For Your Best Gut Health!
Lemon Garlic Hummus that is Quick, Easy, and Budget Friendly
Making lemon garlic hummus in the Instant Pot is quick, easy, and budget friendly. Honestly, when a gallon of gas costs as much as hummus from the deli, I’ll take savings wherever I can find them. Best of all, making your own hummus gives you more control over what you eat. Keeping out the highly processed junk and preserving the healthy ingredients.
If you’re all about hummus and looking for other homemade hummus recipes, search hummus on Kait’s Cupboard, or check out my recipe for corn hummus or hummus pizza!
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Take care! Dr. Kait
5 Easy Steps to An Amazing Lemon Garlic Hummus that Will Have Everyone Asking, How to Make Garlic Hummus
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cans chickpeas 14.5 oz per can
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 lemons small to medium sized
- 1/2 cup garlic tahini
- 2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- 1 tsp salt Mediterranean sea salt
- 2 tsp cumin
- 3/4 cup pine nuts
- 2 tsp smoky paprika
Instructions
Cook the beans
- In an instant pot, add 2 cans of chickpeas to the instant pot with liquid.2 cans chickpeas
- Add 4 cloves minced garlic (that is typically 2 tsp if using jarred minced garlic).4 cloves garlic
- Set instant pot to high pressure for 10 minutes.
- Let pressure naturally subside. Then open pot and use immersion blender to blend beans into creamy consistency.
- Add lemon juice, tahini, olive oil, cumin, and salt to taste.2 lemons, 1/2 cup garlic tahini, 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp cumin
Serve
- Sprinkle pine nuts and paprika. Serve warm.3/4 cup pine nuts, 2 tsp smoky paprika
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