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Smoked Chickpea Hummus

zahulio
zahulio Posts: 135
in Beef
Tried my hand at smoking chickpeas and blending them into a hummus. It actually came out too smokey. I left the chickpeas in the XL BGE for about 15 minutes with some Pecan wood. Posted about it here.
Also, i tried a nontraditional hummus recipe, which I think was too much experimentation.

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,330
    Were those dried chickpeas, or canned that you rinsed off?  I want to try this, love hummus!  
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
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    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Sory, but hummus sans tahini just ain't hummus IMHO.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • zahulio
    zahulio Posts: 135
    Botch said:
    Were those dried chickpeas, or canned that you rinsed off?  I want to try this, love hummus!  
    These were canned that I rinsed off. Try it and let me know how it turns out. Be careful about how long you smoke the chickpeas. Apparently, they take up the smoke flavor quickly (I didn't know!!).
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  • zahulio
    zahulio Posts: 135
    HeavyG said:
    Sory, but hummus sans tahini just ain't hummus IMHO.
    I agree with you actually. The recipe is more of a hummus-chutney hybrid. I just couldn't come up with a catchy name. Any ideas?
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  • jeffwit
    jeffwit Posts: 1,348
    Chummus? Hutney?
    Jefferson, GA
    XL BGE, MM, Things to flip meat over and stuff
    Wife, 3 kids, 5 dogs, 4 cats, 12 chickens, 2 goats, 2 pigs. 
    “Honey, we bought a farm.”
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  • zahulio
    zahulio Posts: 135
    jeffwit said:
    Chummus? Hutney?
    LOL! Nice :)
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    Never thought about what might happen from smoking pre-cooked beans of any kind. Good to know they suck up the smoke.

    I keep a bottle of smoked Asian sesame oil on hand for times when I'm either out of tahini, or want something smoother. If you like, sub the oil with 1/3 of that to get the seame flavor back in. A little goes a long way.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Botch said:
    Were those dried chickpeas, or canned that you rinsed off?  I want to try this, love hummus!  
    @Botch if you can, use the dried ones, much, much, much more flavor.  Wife makes them in the instant pot which saves time and reserves the water they cooked in to add back in as needed - lots more flavor that way.  The canned ones we’ve tried can be pretty bland.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    edited June 2018
    It looks great! I did the same thing last year and thought it was way too much smoke flavor. I found a hack to get some smokey flavor without it being overwhelming. I made the hummus (and added an herb dressing and parsley salad) then toasted about half a can of chick peas rolled in cumin, turmeric, garlic, oregeno, coconut sugar, S&P (or whatever you're shooting for) and then smoked those at about 350 until they got fragrant. 

    They had a nice light smoke flavor but just on the bites you got whole chick peas. May wanna try something like that  

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Legume said:
    Botch said:
    Were those dried chickpeas, or canned that you rinsed off?  I want to try this, love hummus!  
    @Botch if you can, use the dried ones, much, much, much more flavor.  Wife makes them in the instant pot which saves time and reserves the water they cooked in to add back in as needed - lots more flavor that way.  The canned ones we’ve tried can be pretty bland.
    Some years ago I tried using dry garbanzos but didn't really think they were that much better than the canned Goya beans I have always used. Plus, with the canned ones I don't have to deal with removing the skins.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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