📋Quick and Easy Edamame Hummus

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📋Quick and Easy Edamame Hummus

Edamame hummus is one of the simplest and satisfying dips and sandwich spreads. This healthy and flavorful dip has all the ingredients of a hummus, but without chickpeas. This protein-rich dip features the nutritious edamame, which are green soybeans, along with fresh cilantro to give it a fun green spin and pack more flavor into it.

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Total Time25

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Asian Fusion

Servings: servings

Calories: 191kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

2 cups shelled edamame frozen or fresh
¼ tahini
2 garlic cloves
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon sea salt
⅛ teaspoon ground pepper
½ cup cilantro loosely packed with tender stems
⅓ cup lemon juice freshly squeezed
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 – 2 tablespoons chilled water or ice cubes

Instructions

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add shelled edamame and cook according to the packet instructions. Usually takes 3-5 minutes for edamame to cook until tender.
Drain tender edamame and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.
Add it to a food processor along with the remaining ingredients.
Blend until smooth, scraping the sides a couple of times to ensure the mixture is evenly blended.
Add a tablespoon of cold water at a time while blending until the desired consistency is attained.
Taste and adjust seasoning as required.
Transfer to a bowl, garnish with toppings of your choice. Drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil.
Serve edamame hummus immediately with crackers, veggie sticks, and pita bread.

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Notes

Cook until tender. Cook frozen (or fresh) edamame until tender in boiling water. I used frozen edamame, which needed 5 minutes of cooking. Check the package instructions on how long you’ll have to cook a frozen bag of edamame.
Fresh garlic. Do not recommend garlic powder.
Secret for fluffy hummus– Ice cubes – A tip to make a super creamy, fluffy dip is to add ice cubes (or chilled water) while blending.
Powerful blender– a powerful blender like Vitamix or Ninja processor, you can get the creamy texture.
Extra few minutes– Blend for an extra minute or two after you see everything blend into a paste. This will make it smoother and creamier.
Make it loose– Make the dip a little bit looser than you would want. The dip will firm up as it cools. Making it loose won’t make it super thick as it cools.

Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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