Red pepper hummus recipe

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Making your own hummus? Give it a fresh twist by adding red peppers and sun-dried tomatoes. Bursting with flavour, this dip will be an all-round hit

Roasted red pepper hummus
  • healthy
Serves6
Preparation Time10 mins
Total Time10 mins
Five A DayOne
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories166 Kcal8%

Making your own hummus? Then why not try our red pepper hummus recipe. By adding red peppers and sun-dried tomatoes it gives a fresh twist to your classic hummus, bursting with flavour it'll be an all-round hit.

Hummus is like a creamy paste that is oozing with rich umami flavours. The dip has a melt-in-your-mouth consistency that tastes rich and garlicky. Most commonly served as a dip or a spread, hummus is a fantastic accompiniament to any bread or crudites based starter.

This red pepper hummus dish is a great healthy snack idea as a serving only contains 166 calories and also can count towards one of your 5-a-day. This portion serves 6 and only takes 10 minutes to whip up, any that you didn't eat can be chilled in an air-tight container in the fridge and should be finished off within 2 days.

If you like this, why not try our classic hummus recipe - it's easy and a delicious base to our Hummus and Tomato wraps recipe.

Ingredients

  • 400g can chickpeas, drained
  • 1 large ready-roasted grilled red pepper (about 125g/4oz)
  • 2 sun-dried tomatoes
  • 4 tablespoons tahini (crushed sesame seed) paste
  • 2 peeled and crushed cloves of garlic
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Juice from 1 lemon, or more, to taste
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Pitta bread, griddled, to serve

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Method

  1. Put the chickpeas, pepper and tomatoes into a food processor and whizz until roughly chopped.
  2. Add the tahini, garlic, oil, and lemon juice and whizz until fairly smooth. Add more lemon juice and seasoning, to taste. Serve with the pitta bread. Use within 2 days.
Top Tip for making Red pepper hummus

Variations: Use canned butter beans, cannellini or haricot beans instead of chickpeas. Add fresh coriander, if you like

Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies