Green Chili Hummus

I found the original recipe for Green Chili Hummus here on Food.com and tweaked it to my own taste. The idea of a Mexican/Southwest hummus was so intriguing and you know what? It works – this is amazing with tortilla chips, on pita bread, whole grain crackers or as a topping on a taco salad. Use it as a spread for a wrap filled with veggies and salsa. The flavor of the green chilies, garlic, red pepper, lime juice and cumin with the garbanzo beans is fantastic. To really keep the calories in check serve it with some veggie dippers like baby carrots, celery, jicama and red pepper strips. Really want corn tortilla chips – try making our oil free Air Fried Corn Tortilla Chips. Yummy!

These are the two brands of Green Chiles my Whole Foods store carries. This recipe

was featured in our free Mexican Fiesta Cooking Class that we did on Amazon Live.

As you can see the Hatch brand has 120mg of sodium in 2 tablespoons and the Rio Luna brand has just 45mg sodium per 2 tablespoons. You can purchase Hatch chiles when in season and roast or grill them and cut them up and freeze for future use and have no added sodium. However, they are only available once a year so the canned ones are a nice alternative. Not sodium free but low sodium enough that we are fine using them.

Tami Kramer Nutmeg Notebook

Green Chili Hummus

A wonderful lower fat dip to use in place of quacamole on tacos and in burrito bowls and taco salads.

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 can Garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
• 1 -4 ounce can Fire Roasted Diced Green Chiles – mild**see note for salt free alternative
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• juice of 1 lime
• freshly ground black pepper to taste

Method

 

1. Put all ingredients in a food processor or blender & process until smooth and creamy. Chill or serve at room temperature.
2. For a lower sodium substitute for the canned chilies roast a poblano chili pepper, peel it and dice it to use in place of the canned chilies.

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