Chipotle Chickpea Spread

(from Cheri7787’s recipe box)

Ingredients

  • One 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • Juice of one lime
  • 2 canned chipotle peppers, chopped (to taste) or 1 teaspoon Tabasco Chipotle Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • Pinch of cumin
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 scallions, minced including tops

Directions

  1. Puree chickpeas, with garlic, and lime juice to a finely ground texture. Add half the chipotles, chili powder, and cumin, and blend until smooth. Add olive oil in a thin drizzle while food processor is running, blending until mixture is creamy. Season with salt and pepper, stir in half of the green onions, and add additional chipotle to taste. Transfer to small bowl and garnish with remaining scallions. The flavors are not middle-eastern, but more Southwestern and quite spicy… delicious in a small dish eaten with crisp diced cucumber and tomato or to use in a wrap with sauteed vegetables. Take some thick tomato slices, add small scoop of this spread, top with jack cheese and broil.

  2. One 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained

  3. 1 garlic clove, chopped

  4. Juice of one lime

  5. 2 canned chipotle peppers, chopped (to taste) or 1 teaspoon Tabasco Chipotle Sauce

  6. 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

  7. Pinch of cumin

  8. 2 tablespoons olive oil

  9. Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

  10. 2 scallions, minced including tops

  11. Puree chickpeas, with garlic, and lime juice to a finely ground texture. Add half the chipotles, chili powder, and cumin, and blend until smooth. Add olive oil in a thin drizzle while food processor is running, blending until mixture is creamy. Season with salt and pepper, stir in half of the green onions, and add additional chipotle to taste. Transfer to small bowl and garnish with remaining scallions.

  12. Optional way to eat:

  13. The flavors are not middle-eastern, but more Southwestern and quite spicy… delicious in a small dish eaten with crisp diced cucumber and tomato or to use in a wrap with sauteed vegetables. Take some thick tomato slices, add small scoop of this spread, top with jack cheese and broil

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