This jewel-colored beet hummus takes an ordinary dip into an absolutely striking spread when served with fresh crudités, pita triangles, or your favorite crusty bread.
How to Make Beet Hummus
Beet hummus is bright, fresh, and full of heart-healthy vitamins making it one of our favorite – and easy to prepare! -- accompaniments to any meal. We prepare our beet hummus in minutes by blending roasted beets, canned chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, and salt in a food processor, resulting in its elegant purple color and super-creamy consistency.
How to Roast Beets
Our foolproof method for roasting beets is so simple, you’ll find yourself adding beets to every meal.
5 steps to delicious fresh roasted beets:
- Remove beet greens, but don't throw them away. Beet leaves are edible and delicious. Use them in a salad or cook them like spinach or Swiss chard.
- Wash, and trim ends. No need to peel beets before roasting
- Wrap each beet in aluminum foil
- Place them on a baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for an hour or until the beets are tender. Time will depend on the size of the beets. Large beets can be cut in half to speed the roasting process
- Remove from the oven and let them cool
- Remove aluminum foil and rub beet skin with hands, they will easily peel.
Once you’ve seen how easy preparing roasted beets can be, you may also want to try some of our other delicious beet recipes like our appetizer-sides Beet Carpaccio with Avocado-Chia Dressing or Beet Salad with Horseradish-Alioli & Caramelized Walnuts. You can highlight beets as the main course with our delicious Dijon-Beet and Chickpea-Quinoa Veggie Burger or Beet and Sweet Potato Fall Tacos.
Make beet hummus even easier!
No time to roast your own beets? Try one of the many brands of pre-cooked beets that are now sold in vacuum-sealed packets in the produce section of most supermarkets. It is important to note that the color of the hummus will not be as vibrant as it will be when using fresh beets, but it will be just as delicious. Note: You may want to increase the tahini or lemon juice to help brighten the taste.
Don’t like tahini? Whether you don’t like tahini, or simply ran out, you can substitute peanut, almond, or sunflower butter for the sesame paste without losing any of the protein or taste. Delicious
Some Inspired beet recipes
- Cauliflower beet dip
- Roasted beet salad with creamy horseradish and candied walnuts
- Roasted beets and sweet potato tacos
- Quinoa, chickpea and beet burger
- Beet carpaccio with chia seed dressing
- Beet smoothie bowl
- Veggie noodle salad with peanut dressing
- How to cook beets
- Apple Beet Salad with Pickled Onions
Other Hummus Recipes
- 5-Minute Hummus
- Roasted Beet Hummus
- Chocolate Hummus
- Hummus and Grilled Vegetable Pizza
- Red Pepper and Harissa Hummus
- Chipotle Hummus and Roasted VegetableTacos
- Cauliflower Hummus
- Warm Deconstructed Hummus
- Shawarma Mushroom Hummus Recipe
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Roasted Beet Hummus
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 ½ cups 1x
Description
This jewel-colored beet hummus takes an ordinary dip into an absolutely striking spread when served with fresh crudités, pita triangles, or your favorite crusty bread.
Ingredients
- 1 medium-large beet, trimmed ( or 1 medium-large store-bought cooked beet) (See Note 1)
- 1 - 15 ounce can of chickpeas
- ⅓ cup tahini
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ cup water
- ½ tsp salt
- Optional garnishes:
- Dukkah
- Roasted hazelnuts
- Black sesame seeds
Instructions
- If using a fresh beet, preheat oven to 400F. Wrap it in aluminum foil and place it on a baking sheet. Cook for one hour or until tender (See Note 2)
- Remove the beet from the oven and let it cool. Rub the skin off and dice it into medium size pieces
- Place all the ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth and creamy. You may need to add more water, one tablespoon at a time, to achieve the desired consistency
Notes
- In order to save time, store-bought cooked beets may be used, but please note that the color of the beet hummus won't be as vibrant.
- Since beets take a while to cook, we recommend cooking several beets, and add them to salads or eat them as a side, dressed with some salt, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- Category: appetizer
- Method: roasting
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 55
- Sugar: 1.1
- Sodium: 115
- Fat: 2.7
- Saturated Fat: 0.3
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Fiber: 1.7
- Protein: 2.3
- Cholesterol: 0
Keywords: Hummus, vegan, gluten free, appetizer, dip, spread, beet
Raquel says
yummy!!!
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Reena says
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Maudie says
Really delicious Roasted Beet Hummus recipe. Thank you for sharing!
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Tommie says
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Ronnie says
Roasted Beet Hummus, Simply Genius!
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Kathleen says
This roasted beet hummus was amazing!
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June says
I have not made the recipe yet, but thanks for sharing it. I saw a recipe that calls for beet hummus as an accompaniement. So thanks again for sharing i will certainly be making it.
Vicky & Ruth says
Thank you! Enjoy!