Avocado Hummus Dip Recipe

Name: Avocado Hummus Dip Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 3 avocadoes; 1 lime juice; 1 cup cooked chickpeas; 3 cloves garlic; 3 tablespoons tahini; 2 teaspoons salt

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Avocado Hummus Dip Recipe

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Avocado hummus

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Homemade Avocado Hummus Dip is a perfect blend of creamy fresh avocados and chickpeas that is super healthy and delicious.

This hummus avocado dip recipe is super easy to make and you will only need super simple ingredients to achieve the perfect and creamy avocado hummus consistency that everyone will definitely love. This is most certainly the best recipe for avocado hummus.

What is avocado hummus made of?

Chickpeas, avocado, garlic, lime juice and tahini all blended together in a food processor to get a thick, creamy and soft consistency.

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What you will need

All you will need to make this easy avocado hummus is;

Chickpeas – Its not an avocado and chickpea hummus recipe without the chickpeas of course. You can also try out this amazing Za’atar Hummus recipe.

Avocado – Make sure to use nice and ripe avocados for this recipe. Avocados are super versatile and you can make so many amazing recipes from just one simple ingredient.
Garlic – garlic is one of the star ingredients of tasty hummus recipes.
Lime Juice – fresh lime juice zest adds a bright flavor and also helps the avocado to stay green in color.

Tahini – want to make avocado hummus without tahini? Just replace tahini with olive oil.
Salt – to taste

Hummus Dip

1 cup of cooked chickpeas

2 ripe avocados
3 cloves of garlic crushed
1 lime juice zest

3 tablespoons of tahini
2 teaspoons Salt

How to make Avocado Hummus Dip

These are the steps you will need to follow to make this avocado hummus recipe.

Rinse and drain the chickpeas. You want to rinse and drain your chickpeas thoroughly.

Blend your ingredients in the blender. Add the chickpeas, avocado, garlic and lime juice in the blender and blend everything together.

Add the tahini as all the ingredients are mixing together to get a smooth and creamy consistency.

Garnish and enjoy – after you have gotten a creamy consistency, add salt and any other toppings of your choice and enjoy.

Instructions

Rinse and drain one cup of canned chickpeas.
Add all your ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.

How do you keep avocado hummus from turning brown?

One of the major questions about this avocado hummus dip is does avocado hummus turn brown? Well the short answer is yes if you do not follow the tips shared below.

The one thing that probably everyone hates about avocadoes is that they turn brown very fast especially when exposed to the air. Being that avocadoes are one of the main ingredients of this recipe, you do run the risk of have a color changing, brown hummus that looks weird. To avoid this, here are some few tips;

Do not skip using lime in this hummus and even add a bit more since lime juice helps to preserve the green color of the avocadoes.

Avoid leaving this hummus exposed to the air, so always make sure that it in placed in an airtight container always.

What to serve with

You can serve this avocado hummus dip with;

Masala chips or peri peri fries

Grilled lamb meat
Pilau
Toasted bread

How to store avocado hummus dip

Since the avocadoes can turn brown relatively fast, this is best when served and enjoyed immediately. However, keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 days maximum.

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