Name: Spicy Sweet Potato Hummus Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 cups cooked chickpeas; 3 tbsp tahini; 3 cloves garlic; 1 lemon; ½ lemon; ground sea salt; 1½ tsp Cayenne pepper; ½ tsp smoked paprika; ¼ tsp cumin

Spicy Sweet Potato Hummus Recipe

How To Make Spicy Sweet Potato Hummus

The texture upon adding chickpeas in this sweet potato hummus becomes a smooth treat with a distinctly earthy and slightly sweet flavor countered by pepper.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 55 minutes

Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2sweet potatoes,medium
3tbspolive oil
2cupscooked chickpeas,(or one can of chickpeas), rinsed and drained
3tbsptahini
3clovesgarlic,peeled
1lemon,juiced
½lemon,zest
ground sea salt,to taste
1½tspcayenne pepper,start with less, season to taste
½tspsmoked paprika
¼tspcumin

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Bake the sweet potatoes on the middle oven rack or in a baking dish for 45 minutes to an hour.
While the sweet potatoes are cooling, toss all of the other ingredients into a food processor.
Once the sweet potatoes have cooled enough to handle, use a knife to peel the skin off of them.
Add the sweet potatoes to the food processor.
Blend well and serve!