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Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus [Instant Pot]

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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.

Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

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!

Fresh Raw Garbanzo Beans

Fresh Raw Garbanzo Beans

Ingredients to Instant Pot Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

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!

Roast Red Peppers Over Open Flame

Roast Red Peppers Over Open Flame

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 Red Peppers Using Crisping Lid

Char Red Peppers Using Crisping Lid

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.

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

Peel the Skin from Red Peppers

Peel the Skin from Red Peppers

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.

Make Homemade Tahini

Make Homemade Tahini

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.

Use a Food Processor to Grind Beans and Roasted Red Pepper

Use a Food Processor to Grind Beans and Roasted Red Pepper

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.

Storing Red Pepper Hummus

Storing Red Pepper 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!

Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

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:

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Here is the handy printable recipe:

Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus [Instant Pot]

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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 151kcal
Author: Jill Selkowitz

Ingredients

Tahini

US Customary - Metric

Recommended Products

Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker
Salbree Steamer Basket / Colander
Stainless Steel Tongs
Liquid Measuring Cup Set
Cuisinart Large Food Processor
High Heat Resistant Spatula

Instructions

Beans

  • Add Garbanzo Beans and water to Pressure Cooker cooking pot.
  • Lock lid and close Pressure Valve. Cook on High Pressure for 70 minutes. (While beans are cooking, prepare the red peppers and tahini.)
  • When Beep sounds, wait 10 minutes and then release the rest of the pressure.
  • Drain garbanzo beans, but make sure to reserve the aquafaba for later use.

Char Red Peppers

  • Char Red Peppers Using Open Flame
    Using tongs, char Red Peppers over gas burner on stove (or cook with Garlic in oven at 400 degrees), turnng to make sure each side is charred.
    Char Red Peppers Using Crisping Lid
    Place short legged trivet and basket into Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Place red peppers into basket. Cook at 425 degrees for 4 minutes and then turn to the next side. Repeat until the peppers are charred.
  • Place roasted peppers in a paper bag for 5 minutes. The steam will help remove the skin.
  • When peppers are cool enough to handle use a paper towel and brush off the charred skin.
  • Remove seeds and stems.

Partial Tahini - Sesame Seeds and Garlic (the rest of the Tahini ingredients are added in with the beans)

  • Using a cast iron skillet, or other heavy pan, heat on medium high until hot
  • Add 1 Tablespoon of sesame oil and sesame seeds. Make sure seeds are in a single layer.
  • Toast the sesame seeds in the oil by using a spatula and stirring constantly until they begin to darken, but don't let them turn dark brown. This should take about 5 minutes.
  • Add garlic and toast another couple of minutes
  • Place toasted seeds with the garlic and oil into food processor.

Bring it Together

  • Place 2 Tablespoons sesame oil, 1 Tablespoon olive oil and lemon juice into food processor on top of the toasted sesame seeds and pulse to combine.
  • Add drained garbanzo beans, cumin and salt to food processor and process until very smooth.
  • Add one Tablespoon at a time of aquafaba and process until thick consistency is achieved. For thinner hummus, add more aquafaba.
  • Taste and adjust seasoning before adding the roasted red peppers.
  • Add roasted red peppers and pulse, leaving tiny bits of red peppers for texture.

Notes

If you have a crisping lid accessory, which can be used on top of your Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot 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.
This is a wonderful option for those not wanting to use an open flame!

Save the Aquafaba

  • The cooking liquid from chickpeas and other types of beans is referred to as "aquafaba." There is great protein and saponin in the aquafaba and it can whipped up easily like you would egg whites and used in place of egg whites!
  • So, save your aquafaba and don't toss it down the drain! 

More Uses for Aquafaba

My Homemade Tahini Trick

  • Tahini as a separate ingredient is not added to this recipe as the tahini is made easily and totally from scratch.....in two parts
  • Part of the tahini ingredients are mixed with the toasted sesame seeds and the remainder of the ingredients are added to the garbanzo bean mix.

What to Eat with Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Love hummus and want to make it often? Grab a set of these Dwellza Kitchen Airtight Containers and fill one up with lots of dried garbanzo beans, so that you are always ready to make hummus!4.
Originally published Feb 23, 2016. Republised on February 21, 2020 to add more details as well as nutrition details.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Pressure Cooker Roasted Red Pepper Hummus [Instant Pot]
Amount Per Serving (0 g)
Calories 151 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 446mg19%
Potassium 199mg6%
Carbohydrates 12g4%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 970IU19%
Vitamin C 43mg52%
Calcium 111mg11%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  2. Sarah says

    Is 2 Tbsp of sesame oil correct? I added in half this amount and it’s still overwhelmingly sesame oil flavored.

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  5. Oluchi Njoku says

    Hello there, absolutely, love your recipes. my readers would be ecstatic – how do I get permission to share the recipes on my blog?(with reference to your site of course)

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    • Jill says

      Hi Oluchi. You are welcome to use a link to my site (w/a photo if you let me know), but not post the recipes themselves. Jill

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