Hummus For Real

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Fab-u-lous! Since the hummus only needs half a recipe of the chickpeas, I only made half a recipe, so I didn't need to worry about dividing it later. I toasted and ground a teaspoon of cumin seeds and added it to the hummus along with a pinch of cayenne. To me, if hummus doesn't have cumin, what's the point? Otherwise, I prepared it just as directed, and it was way better than any other hummus I have ever made. Loved it!

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Excellent recipe! The crock pot makes cooking the beans so easy. I figured out 1 pound of cooked beans is a little less than 4 cups, in case you don't have a scale. You'll have lots of left over garbanzo beans! Delicious!

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A great way to make hummus - and a good tip to prepare the beans in the crock pot. One suggestion - I thought the extra virgin olive oil was a bit heavy. Next time, I'll use a lighter version to keep the taste clean.

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I live in rural Texas where people do not even know what hummus is. Cannot buy it and I was craving. This recipe by the lovely and sexy AB saved me! Really good on pita...which we can buy here. I have no idea what the eat it with, but you can buy Pita here. I will eat my hummus on the pita. THX AB!

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I usually like Alton Brown's recipes but I was really disappointed in this recipe. It was really heavy and bland.

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I've tried making hummus before and failed miserably. Not only did I make this recipe successfully, it is the BEST hummus I've ever had anywhere! Thanks Alton!

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I raise my voice in chorus with all who dubbed this the creamiest best hummus they've ever tasted, much less made. I And thank you BW in Austin for your tip about the slow cooker recipe making TWICE the amount needed for the hummus recipe. Since the former calls for 1 lb of dry chickpeas and the latter for 1 lb of slow cooker peas I might have not noticed and used a full recipe. I did cook my chickpeas on low for 10 hours rather than high for 4. Folks, this one is really worth the effort but word of warning...you may never be able to eat store bought again.

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This is a very traditional way to make hummus. If you are looking for a really fun traditional Arabic breakfast, try with a kidney bean (which phonetically is called "fool" or try browning some ground beef with allspice and salt and putting it on top, as well as chopping up some fresh veggies to dip in it. We use cucumber, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper and olives. My husband also loves it with queso blanco cheese. Another fun spice to add is "zhatta", it is a green dry spice that is oregano mixed with other spices, and it really makes the hummus. Good job Alton!

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I have prepared my chickpeas many different ways, both dry and canned, and made many different hummus recipes. But I was never able to replicate the smooth and creamy (and preferred! texture of the hummus from my local falafel take-out. That is, until this recipe from AB came along. By far the best hummus recipe I've used. Easy to duplicate results, superb texture, very tasty, and highly modifiable recipe.

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Best hummus recipe I have tried! My 15 year old son loves it. So life is good.

I use a pressure cooker to cook the chickpeas (1 bag dried, rinse off dirt etc., soak overnight, then 20 minutes at pressure, let cool naturally. I also like a looser hummus, so I 1 double the EVOO and 2 save the cooking liquid to add as much as I need to get the right consistency.