How To Make The Perfect Hummus From Scratch

This hummus is the absolute best hummus I've ever made from scratch. I thought I knew how to make hummus until someone that I followed on social media proved me wrong. This is his recipe. You're going to start with soaked chickpeas not canned. You're going to rinse the soaked chickpeas and then you are going to boil them. You're going to boil them for approximately two to three hours or however long it takes for them to get nice and soft. We're going to cool them down by running cold water on top of them so they can be nice and cool before blending them. I have my chickpeas. I have the water. I'm going to put my chickpeas in the water and then I'm going to add one tablespoon of baking soda. I'm going to start boiling these and just like he said there's going to be this white fluffy stuff that's going to come from the water. I have no idea what this is but it was totally like a science project. You're going to skim all of the white foam from the top of the beans and once they are nice and soft you are going to rinse these in cold water. When I say there was a lot of this foam it was tons of foam. It's time for me to rinse my beans. As you see I'm pouring off all the hot water and then I am going to rinse them in cold water. The rinsing is going to allow for the shell to come off of the beans and essentially this is what we want. We want all the shells to start to come off and then you have to go in there and individually pick out all the shells from the chickpeas. This took a long time. I'm not going to lie. I'm going to say it took me approximately about eight to ten minutes to get all the shells out. Now I cooked a whole bag of beans but it would be less if you cook maybe like a half a bag of beans. So yeah this took me some time because I wanted to make sure I got all of the shells out and every single time I flipped them over it was more shells. So just be patient. This is a labor of love but you will not be disappointed. Get all of the shells out. Once you're done with that the fun part begins. It's time to place your chickpeas in a food processor. I'm using about one third of my chickpeas and I'm going to have plenty left over for more and it's time to add some tahini to the chickpeas. Now tahini is a sesame seed paste. This is going to give it that beautiful flavor that hummus has. Once you have added your tahini to your chickpeas it's time to blend. Now you're going to blend this several times. You're going to stop and open it and stir it and make sure everything is combined. My food processor is pretty small so if you have a larger food processor you wouldn't have to do this many steps but every time I felt my food processor slowing down or not moving that meant that I had to open it up go in and kind of stir the chickpeas and the tahini around. You know it gets a little thick in there. I did this until everything was all combined and once I mixed it up I started my food processor again and when it started to slow down or even stop I had to open it go in and stir and I kept doing this until all of the chickpeas were broken down. Like I said I have a smaller food processor so if you have a bigger more powerful one you probably won't have to do these steps but if you're like me and you got this small one then you're going to have to repeat this step several times but it's okay. The end result is going to be worth it. You want to make sure that all of your chickpeas are nice and smooth and broken down and everything is all combined. Now that I have everything all mixed in it's time to add another ingredient. I thought that this ingredient was kind of weird but it was wonderful so I am adding ice. Now the golden balance said you can add ice or water but because he added ice to his recipe I'm gonna add ice to my recipe. I want my recipe to turn out exactly like his did. So I added the ice and now I'm literally watching the ice go around and get broken up by the food processor. You're gonna hear the ice breaking you're gonna hear you know some crackling noises but it's okay it's all supposed to happen just trust the process. Now what I am seeing is as the ice is breaking down and it's melting I see the mixture become more soft and smooth and it's actually becoming fluffy. I don't know if the coldness from the ice is making this texture fluffy but I really am enjoying the texture that I'm seeing. The more that I pulse with the food processor the easier the mixture is stirring and I see it all coming together. I'm actually quite impressed at this moment because who would have thought to put ice in your hummus. I am really really happy that I am following this recipe. Now once the ice is all combined everything looks nice and fluffy in here. Now he said that garlic is optional and because I love garlic I'm always add garlic please believe me and then you add the juice of a half of a lemon. This is going to make your hummus nice and fresh and bright so I'm squeezing in half of the lemon juice and then of course we have to season this so I am using some kosher salt. I'm gonna sprinkle a little bit in there and then it's time to blend it one more time. As you can see we have blended this for quite some time but this is going to give us a really nice smooth airy beautiful consistent sea hummus. I'm going to blend this for a little while longer until everything is combined. It's looking nice and smooth. I'm going to go in here one more time stir it up a little bit make sure everything is combined properly. Make sure I get everything from the sides because you know sometimes the food sticks to the sides so we just want to make sure that we get all of that from the side and then this is a chance for you to actually taste the hummus. You know I put garlic in here I put salt in here so I do want to make sure that everything is tasting well and I don't have to adjust my seasoning and this is just absolutely ridiculous. Y'all this hummus is delicious. I just want to go ahead and just mix everything up just a little bit more. I want to make sure that this hummus is all combined and all the flavors mesh well but I tell you right now I would never make hummus any other way. I thought that my current recipe was the best but it was nothing compared to this. First of all you have to use fresh beans no canned chickpeas but look at that this is nice airy fluffy creamy it has a beautiful color the texture is amazing you guys and the taste forget about it it tastes so fresh once you take the time to make hummus like this you will not want to purchase hummus again put it in a little container and I'm ready to serve if you want delicious hummus try this recipe you would not be disappointed