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Spicy Cilantro Jalapeño Hummus! Made with fresh ingredients and a kick of spice. This homemade hummus is sure to brighten your plate! Perfect for dipping or using as a marinade.
Hummus is one of my favorite foods! If you come to my house, it's guaranteed you'll find a hummus in my refrigerator. I love having it with veggies in the afternoon for a quick snack.
I started eating hummus during my 80 pound weight loss journey when I was looking for a way to motivate myself to eat more veggies. Now I'm obsessed with hummus!
This cilantro jalapeño hummus is inspired by my FAVORITE restaurant in Phoenix called Pita Jungle. After my first time there eating it, I had to go home and master my own version. I guarantee this hummus is one you're gonna be obsessed with!
Cilantro Jalapeño Hummus
This is the best spicy hummus recipe you will ever eat. It's so delicious and perfect for a quick snack, appetizer or condiment. And, not to worry! If you're not a spicy person you can totally adjust the heat by using fewer jalapeño peppers.
This hummus is low calorie, gluten free, lower in carbs and easy to make. I may be biased, but homemade hummus is always tastes so much better than store bought. Fresh, bursting with flavor and creamy goodness!
What You Need
- Garbanzo Beans
- Jalapeños
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Cilantro (fresh)
- Tahini
- Water
- Lemon Juice
- Garlic
- Paprika, Cayenne, Salt
How To Make Homemade Hummus
It's so easy! If you've never done it before, not to worry! All you need is a blender or food processor. Add all the hummus ingredients to yours and blend until smooth!
I prefer refrigerating mine in a container for an hour before eating, but you can also your hummus immediately. Either options works!
How To Store Homemade Hummus
This hummus keeps fresh in a container in the refrigerator up to 10 days. While you could freeze hummus, I would not recommend it. It would add a lot of extra moisture to the hummus which would alter the flavor.
What To Serve Hummus With
- Veggies - Broccoli, Celery, Cucumber, Cauliflower, Carrots, Radishes, Jicama basically any veggie you love!
- Appetizer - Serve with tortilla chips or grain-free crackers for parties or gatherings.
- Condiment - This hummus is great for topping on my grilled shrimp taco recipe, easy chicken enchiladas or a high protein quesadilla!
- Marinade - Hummus is great for chicken and fish marinades. Use this jalapeno hummus recipe as an easy chicken marinade like this hummus chicken recipe!
Want more healthy hummus recipes? Try this easy red pepper hummus, no bean keto hummus or this delicious edamame hummus recipe!
Cilantro Jalapeño Hummus
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 3 jalapeno peppers seeded & diced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 6 tablespoons tahini
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 15 oz chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend until all ingredients are combined and smooth.
- Remove hummus from blender, sprinkle with more cayenne. Serve with fresh veggies or use as a marinade.
- Store hummus in the refrigerator up to 10 days.
Notes
- Each serving is 2 tablespoons
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Nutrition
This has excellent flavor! I think next time I would use more chickpeas, maybe 1.5 cans to get the right consistency - it just needs to be a bit creamier. I also used just a 1/2 bunch of cilantro but would probably just throw the whole thing in the Vitamix if using extra chickpeas. I left the seeds/white flesh on one of the jalapeños and next time will probably leave it for 2 for some extra heat - but I love some heat in my hummus.
Glad you liked it.
I LOVE the pita jungle...I used to work next door to one and would eat there everyday... I've been trying to figure out their roasted pepper hummus but I can't quite seem to get it... I'm missing something and hoped you might have an idea since you nailed this one...I use tahini, fresh lemon juice, fresh garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper and red bell peppers I roast at home, I've tried it 12 ways from Sunday but it is always lacking something and I can't figure out what.... Any suggestions?
Hi Karri! I love Pita Jungle! I'm always trying to deconstruct their recipes. I'm not sure but I've always suspected that their red pepper hummus does not have tahini and has sun dried tomato. Try this recipe Red Pepper Hummus recipe w/o tahini and let me know what you think! https://skinnyfitalicious.com/sun-dried-tomato-red-pepper-hummus/
I must say I'm very impressed with the swiftness of your response, sometimes you're lucky to ever get a response to a comment from some bloggers if their post is over 3 mos old... so thank you very much for that..I hadn't considered beanless before but will definitely try it and let you know... Thank you again and have a great weekend!
This hummus looks AMAZING!! I'm a huge fan of spicy anything so this is perfect for me 🙂
Aww thanks so much Sarah! That means the world to me!
I've gotta try Cilantro Jalapeño Hummus, looks delicious!
I really love hummus Megan! So glad you posted a green one this week! Your recipe is helping us to "Go Green" at Family Fun Friday Linky Party (Happyandblessedhom.com). Your post was selected to be featured this week. Thank you!! Already Pinned it! Stop by brittalafont.com after 2pm MST March 12 to see the collection and say Hi 🙂
Thank you Britta! I'm so glad you guys liked it.
Your cilantro Jalapeno Hummus looks delicious, can't wait to try it. I am pinning it to my Appetizer Board.Thanks so much for sharing this awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen