Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus [Instant Pot]

Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus is surprisingly easy to make. It’s creamy and dreamy with homemade tahini built right in to the recipe.

I love to make everything I make from scratch and having an Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker sure makes it easy to make delicious red pepper roasted hummus.

Even the tahini is made from scratch and the ingredients are built into the recipe. No need to buy a bottle of prepare tahihi!

 

Ingredients to Instant Pot Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

• Dried Garbanzo Beans
• Red Peppers and Fresh Garlic
• Pure Sesame Oil
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Cumin
• Sesame Seeds
• Lemon Juice
• Is something missing? 😉

Rinse the Dried Beans

It is important to rinse the garbanzo beans and remove any twigs or stones, which might have been in the bag. I like to use my Salbree Steamer/Strainer Basket to rinse the beans. You can actually just put that basket right into the cooking pot so that pulling out the beans is super easy and no draining required! You will be left with glorious aquafaba!

Another delicious hummus recipe is Pressure Cooker Roasted Onion & Garlic Hummus. This recipe is also very delicious and super simple to make!

 

Char the Peppers

If you have a gas stove, use tongs and char the peppers right over the flame, otherwise, roast them in the oven until charred.

Once charred, stick them in a paper bag and close it up, so that the skin will steam off.

 

Char Peppers Using Crisping Lid

If you have a crisping lid accessory which can be used on top of your Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker, or if you have a Ninja Foodie Air Fryer/Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot Air Fryer/Pressure Cooker Combo, you can use it to char your red peppers instead of doing so over the open flame.

• Mealthy CrispLid buy from Mealthy / Mealthy CrispLid on Amazon
• Instant Pot Crisping Lid (buy from Instant Pot) / Instant Pot Crisping Lid (buy from Amazon)

This is a wonderful option for those not wanting to use an open flame!

 

Can Jarred Red Peppers Be Used?

Yes, of course. If you don’t feel like charring your peppers yourself, go ahead and use a jar of roasted red peppers instead. No one will know and more importantly, no one is going to care! It is still homemade and still fresher and better than store bought.

Peel the Skin

It will be really easy to peel off the skin and then seed the peppers. If you are nervous about using the stove to char the peppers, try using my How To Roast Peppers {Charred Chili, Poblano, Jalapeńo, Bell} recipe and use the air fryer to roast the red peppers.

 

Where is the Tahini?

• Tahini as a separate ingredient is not added to this recipe as we will make the tahini from scratch in parts. You can safely say that the tahini is “built” into the recipe itself. So, don’t go looking for a bottle of tahini!
• Some of the ingredients are mixed with the toasted sesame seeds and some are added to the garbanzo bean mix.

While the garbanzo beans are cooking, make the tahini by toasting the sesame seeds and a couple cloves of minced garlic in a cast iron skillet or other heavy duty pan, with sesame oil.

The Clio Olivewood Spatula is my favorite wooden spatula. Once the sesame seeds are nice and brown, they will be added to the food processor with the rest of the tahini ingredients.

Pro Tip: Don’t want to toast your own sesame seeds? Buy already roasted sesame seeds if you like.

 

Drain the liquid from the garbanzo beans and reserve. If you are using a Salbree Steamer/Strainer Basket, just remove the basket with the Chick Peas.

How to Blend Garbanzo Beans

A good Cuisinart Large Food Processor is very handy to get the perfect consistency of the Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. It will break down the ingredients, but not liquify. You can choose your perfect consistency by adding in a little aquafaba at a time.

Save that aquafaba as it is great to cook with. You can use it in my Instant Pot No Knead Bread (Dutch Oven) in place of the whey or water!

What is Aquafaba?

• It is the cooking liquid from chickpeas and other types of beans. There is a lot of protein and saponin in the liquid and it can whipped up and used in place of egg whites.
• So, save it and don’t toss it down the drain! 

The aquafaba can be used in my Instant Pot No Knead Bread (Dutch Oven) for added nutrition!

Season the hummus with cumin and more salt to taste. Once very smooth, add the red pepper and process some more. I like to see a bits of red pepper in my hummus.

 

How to Store Hummus

As I make large batches at a time and have friends who love my hummus, I buy Reditainers Extreme Freezer Containers and package up the red pepper hummus. When friends come by, I can easily hand them a container.

As we make roasted red pepper hummus quite often, I store loads of garbanzo beans in my Dwellza Kitchen Airtight Food Storage Containers. They are airtight and measuring them out of the container is so easy. When I feel hummus, I can easily grab what I need.

My Instant Pot Yogurt Whey Indian Chapati / Roti {Flatbread} recipe is easy to make and pairs so perfectly with Instant Pot Red Pepper Hummus. For this recipe as well, if you don’t have yogurt whey, use the aquafaba for some protein enriched flatbread!

 

Now you a pro at making hummus. Think of all the possibilities you can make from this one easy recipe.

More Pressure Cooker Appetizer Recipes to Make:

• Pasta de Bocaditos {Cuban Deviled Ham Sandwiches}
• Pressure Cooker Cocktail Sausage Weenies
• Pressure Cooker Carrot Tail Wieners {Cocktail Weenies}
• Instant Pot Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

• Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker
• Mealthy CrispLid (buy from Mealthy) / Mealthy CrispLid (buy from Amazon)
• Instant Pot Crisping Lid (buy from Instant Pot) / Instant Pot Crisping Lid (buy from Amazon)
• Cuisinart Large Food Processor
• Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
• Simply Gourmet (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
• Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
• Cilio Olivewood Spatula
• Porcelain & Bamboo Salt Box with Spoon
• Salbree 3 quart, 6 quart or 8 quart Steamer/Strainer Basket
• OXO Stainless Steel Tongs

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