Homemade Hatch Green Chili Hummus
Hatch Green Chili Hummus — The recipe I am sharing with you today is NOT the fastest or simplest way to acquire this type of food — but WOW!!! The extra effort is so amazingly worth it. And actually, the process is as fast as could be hoped for –unless you are buying it pre-made.
I am talking about hummus. Do you like hummus? Have you tried it? Have you ever tried homemade–with canned beans? Well, I am going back to the beginning with this recipe…starting with dried beans.
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Did you know you can buy dried garbanzo beans (I bet you did – but I didn’t!)? I found them at the grocery store the other day and grabbed them mostly out of curiosity. Once I had those little gems in my possession, I knew I needed to find tahini paste. That stuff is tricky to find, but my diligent search was a success. To my surprise, tahini paste is expensive — but one jar of tahini paste makes approximately 27.5 cups of hummus, so I think the cost works out in my favor in the long-run haha!
In order to take the strong canned flavor out of hummus, I omitted the can from the recipe. (I know, you can count on me to bring deep thoughts into the discussion!) But, as usual, I didn’t have all day and night to soak and simmer the garbanzos so I pulled out the handy pressure cooker. In forty minutes, I had a pressure cooker full of delicious creamy little golden nuggets. I doubled the recipe in the pressure cooker recipe booklet and saved half of the batch to freeze for a later use (I have a curry recipe in mind that I think will make these babies sing the National Anthem…or some national anthem).
The big deal in this recipe is the addition of the Hatch Green Chili powder. This batch was made with mild, but I will use medium for an added kick next time. I made a few other adjustments that I think were for the best:
1 – I added large garlic clove & 2 t cooking oil to the pressure cooker before the beans were cooked.
2 – I reserved the cooking liquid to help reach the desired consistency, so don’t make the mistake of throwing it down the drain.
3 – I added the zest of the lemon along with the juice if the lemon — yum!
This recipe will take your from being a hummus wallflower to a hummus snob…just you mark my words.