Slow Cooker Lentil Hummus–Make your own garlic lentil hummus at home in your slow cooker. It is super easy to make and a perfect healthy snack.
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Slow Cooker Lentil Hummus
You know what’s super easy? Making your own hummus at home. I love trying different types of hummus. For example instead of using chickpeas I’ll use white beans. In today’s case I used lentils. I love lentils because they have so much nutrition packed into a little pocket of goodness. Plus they don’t need to be soaked and they cook up fairly quickly. I used my slow cooker to cook the lentils which is a perfect hands off way to cook dried beans, legumes and lentils.
Dried Beans/Legumes Slow Cooker Recipes
I’m was so excited to use Hurst’s Garlic and Herb Lentils. I love using Hurst’s products because their beans and legumes are always so fresh and their seasoning packets are spot on. I’ve made lots of recipes with Hurst’s before. I hope you’ll give some of these other recipes a shot as well.
- White Bean Avocado Guacamole Dip
- Slow Cooker Hot Bean Dip
- Slow Cooker Shepherd’s Pie Chili
- Slow Cooker Turkey Bacon Avocado and Bean Soup
- Slow Cooker White Bean Corn Chowder
- Slow Cooker 15 Bean Beefy Chili with Cajun Lime Sour Cream
- Roasted Red Pepper 15 Bean Soup
- Creamy White Bean and Pinto Bean Soup—this is my favorite recipe!
- White Bean Soup with Ham, Cheddar and Bacon
- Warm Cheesy Bacon Dip
What kind of slow cooker did you use for this recipe?
For this recipe I used my little 3-quart Hamilton Beach slow cooker. You could definitely use a larger slow cooker for this recipe as well. I just like to use my 3-quart as much as possible because it’s so much easier to fit into my sink and clean. Guess I need to buy a few more slow cooker liners!
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Slow Cooker Lentil Hummus
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 24 servings 1x
Description
Slow Cooker Lentil Hummus–Make your own garlic lentil hummus at home in your slow cooker. It is super easy to make and a perfect healthy snack.
Ingredients
- 1 (15.5 oz) package of Hurst’s Brand Garlic and Herb Lentils
- 7 cups water
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- Fresh lemon juice, to taste
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place lentils into the slow cooker. Reserve the seasoning packet for later. Add in the water, salt and garlic cloves.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 5-6 hours or on HIGH for 2-3 hours, or until lentils are very soft and tender.
- Place a colander over a bowl. Drain the extra water into the bowl. Save for later.
- Place lentils into a blender or food processor. Add in oil. Blend until smooth. Add in seasoning packet and a little bit of lemon juice to taste. Salt and pepper to taste. If the hummus is too thick add in some of the reserved liquid and blend (you may even need to add in a bit of extra water).
- Serve hummus with fresh vegetables or pita chips. Store leftovers in airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
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Have you tried this in the Instant Pot? I would prefer to use that than the slow cooker if possible! 😀
I haven’t tried it yet but lentils cook fairly quickly in the instant pot so I think it would work great! Try cooking for 12 minutes on high pressure.
WHAT’S IN THE SEASONING PACKET? IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON’T BUY HURST LENTILS, WHAT SEASONING WOULD YOU SUGGEST?
Hi Rodrigo, Here is the information from the packaging:
Seasoning Packet: Salt, dehydrated garlic, herbs and spices (including spice extractives), sugar, maltodextrin, caramel color, soybean oil, natural and artificial flavorings )including artificial smoke flavor), hydrolyzed soy protein, FD & C yellow #6, and silicone dioxide (added less than 2% as an anti-caking agent)
I’d use salt and garlic powder or fresh garlic.