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Homemade hummus with tahini and chili peppers

Homemade hummus with tahini and chili

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A creamy hummus made with tahini, lemon, and garlic, enhanced with chili peppers, cumin, and paprika, ready in just five minutes with a simple blender.

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Recipe from Max Speed, NERIUM, Grön and 6 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Hummus can be made in a flash: all you need to do is blend everything together. The tahini provides a creamy texture, the lemon adds a refreshing tang, and the cumin, paprika, and chili pepper give it a distinctive flavor. Serve it fresh, with bread or vegetables.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time—
  • Resting2 hr
  • Total2 hr 10 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodmixing
  • Estimated cost$3.39 $0.85 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.39
  • $0.13
  • $0.07
  • $0.59
  • $0.57
  • $0.10
  • $0.24
  • $0.03
  • $0.27

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Place the drained chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, chili pepper, paprika, cumin, and cayenne pepper in a blender. ≈ 3 min
  2. Mix until you have a smooth and creamy puree. ≈ 4 min
  3. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. ≈ 2 min
  4. If the puree is too thick, thin it out with a little water or olive oil. ≈ 3 min
  5. Reserve until the moment of serving.

The bill

Homemade hummus with tahini and chili

  • 400 g of cooked chickpeas$1.39
  • 1 to 2 cloves of garlic$0.13
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice$0.07
  • 5 cl of olive oil$0.59
  • 1 tablespoon of tahini$0.57
  • ½ teaspoon of paprika$0.10
  • ½ teaspoon of cumin$0.24
  • salt$0.03
  • pepper$0.27

Total$3.39

that's $0.85 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 400 g of cooked chickpeas
  • 1 to 2 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 5 cl of olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon of tahini
  • Half a hot pepper
  • ½ teaspoon of paprika
  • ½ teaspoon of cumin
  • A pinch of cayenne pepper
  • salt
  • pepper

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