This creamy butter bean hummus recipe is easy, healthy, and so simple to make! Cooked butter beans are blended with garlic, lemon, and spices into perfection in your food processor. Enjoy this hummus as a dip for vegetables, with pita bread or chips, or spread on a sandwich or wrap.
This simple hummus with butter beans is easy and the perfect texture, without using chickpeas. If you have cooked butter beans, you will have homemade hummus ready in minutes.
This Butter Bean Hummus Recipe Is:
- Inexpensive
- Creamy
- Healthy
- Bright
- Vegan and naturally gluten-free
- Protein Packed
- Loaded with Flavor
Used Canned Butter Beans or Cook Yours from Scratch
This recipe calls for butter beans- and some of the cooking/canning liquid too. I’d recommend a no-salt-added variety to keep the overall sodium content down, so you can control how much sodium is in the dish. Canned butter beans blend great, so if you are using canned, just watch the sodium or added salt content.
I prefer making my butter beans from scratch in my Instant Pot. I save the cooking liquid to add to the hummus. I make dried beans in my Instant Pot every week, it’s a great way to save on cost. If you’re a bean fan, then I’d recommend an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker as a way to take your recipes to the next level!
What’s In This Hummus with Butter Beans Recipe
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- Butter Beans – or large lima beans, are the perfect texture for hummus!
- Tahini: A fantastic and flavorful spread made from ground sesame seeds. This tahini is fantastic in any dish, it absolutely makes the hummus shine!
- Garlic
- Lemon Juice: Use fresh lemons if you have it, or this really great bottled lemon that you can keep in your pantry if you don’t have fresh lemons. This organic lemon is great for dressings, dips, and even cocktails – and it tastes fresh, which is great to have around if you don’t use lemon juice everyday but still want to keep some around.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: I like to use this fruity olive oil which has a fantastic flavor and deep color- it’s inexpensive & I like to keep a few liters stocked up in my pantry. For the quality of oil you get, it’s an excellent value.
- Sesame Seeds – I love adding a handful of these sesame seeds to finish off this recipe! These seeds add a nice crunch and light flavor to this dish.
How Do I Make This Lima Bean Hummus without Chickpeas?
- In a food processor, add the drained butter beans, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, and salt.
- Seal lid, and start processing with the food processor. If your lid has an attachment you can remove to add ingredients, remove that piece, and slowly pour in 1 tablespoon of olive oil at a time until the consistency is creamy and whipped. I used just 1 tablespoon for mine to get to the perfect texture I like, but feel free to use more to suit your taste.
- Pour hummus into a serving dish, and top with additional olive oil and sesame seeds for crunch.
- Refrigerate in an air-tight container for up to 5 days, and enjoy!
One of the Best Canned Butter Bean Recipes
This canned butter bean hummus recipe is a fantastic pantry-staple meal! It uses almost all ingredients you would have in your dry pantry or cupboards – most of which you probably have on hand. Keeping a well-stocked pantry makes it easy to come up with delicious and healthy meals using a few staples you can rotate.
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What’s the Best Food Processor for Hummus?
We have this fantastic food processor that has lasted us years and years, and I have to say I’ve been very happy with it! It gets weekly use, and is great for chopping ingredients for sauces, making hummus, and pureeing vegetables. It’s really basic and gets the job done! While you can make this hummus in a blender, I prefer using our food processor to get the texture just right.
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Butter Bean Hummus
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 14 ounce cans Butter Beans drained and rinsed
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 2 lemons juiced
- 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or more to taste
- 2 teaspoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a food processor, add the drained butter beans, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, and salt.
- Seal lid, and start processing with the food processor. If your lid has an attachment you can remove to add ingredients, remove that piece, and slowly pour in 1 tablespoon of olive oil at a time until the consistency is creamy and whipped. I used just 1 tablespoon for mine to get to the perfect texture I like, but feel free to use more to suit your taste.
- Pour hummus into a serving dish, and top with additional olive oil and sesame seeds for crunch.
- Refrigerate in an air-tight container for up to 5 days, and enjoy!
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It is so much economical to make my own. Yum