How to Make an Easy Hummus Recipe, Fast

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By Joan Haines
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Make this easy hummus recipe with canned chickpeas for convenience.

This three minute hummus is perfect for a party, or to feed your after work hummus addiction. With a food processor and these easy ingredients, you can zip it together in no time flat. It is delicious, nutritious, and costs less than half as much as store bought hummus. Hummus is a reason in itself to buy a food processor.

(This easy hummus recipe makes 2 cups of hummus.)

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1/2 cup water
¼ cup tahini
1/3 cup bottled lemon juice
2 cans garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained
¾ tsp. ground cumin
Pinch of cayenne pepper
2 tsp. minced garlic from a jar
½ tsp. salt
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Sprig of parsley or cilantro for garnish
food processor (even a small food processor will be fine.)

Step 1

Rinse the chickpeas, and drain them in a colander. Let them sit while you measure out the other ingredients into the food processor.
Step 2

Have the food processor ready with its metal blade. Put the water, tahini, lemon juice, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and minced garlic in the work bowl. Pulse the hummus ingredients 5 or 6 times to mix well.
Step 3

Add the drained garbanzo beans into the work bowl. Process for one minute. Stop, and scrape down the work bowl with a spatula. Then, process again for one minute.
Step 4

Scoop the hummus into a bowl. Dress the top of the dip by pouring a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil on it. Add a sprig of green parsley or cilantro as a garnish.

Scroll down for tips and warnings about this easy hummus recipe.

Tips & Warnings

The water in this easy hummus recipe makes it creamier than usual.
Tahini is sesame paste. It can usually be found with the peanut butter or in the health food aisle of the grocery store. If not, find tahini on the internet. One jar of it will last you a long, long time, as each batch of hummus only takes 1/4 cup of tahini.
You can adjust the cumin and garlic and cayenne pepper to your taste.
Even a small food processor of good quality will work to make hummus in a flash.
Be sure to stir in the separated oil in the tahini before using it. Keep refrigerated.
Cayenne pepper is incredibly hot. Put in only a pinch at a time, then taste your hummus before adding more. Wash your hands well if you touch it. Don't rub your eyes with hands that have touched cayenne pepper!