Chickpea & red pepper dip

Chickpea & red pepper dip

By Merrilees Parker
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Prep: 5 mins Ready in 5 mins

Easy

Serves 4
A fresh and healthy chickpea & red pepper dip for entertaining

Nutrition and extra info

  • Healthy

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal223
  • fat18g
  • saturates2g
  • carbs12g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre2g
  • protein5g
  • salt0.9g
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Ingredients

  • 390g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • squeeze lemon juice
  • 2 roasted, deseeded red peppers, chopped (from a jar is fine)
    Peppers

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  • small handful chopped fresh coriander
  • toasted pitta bread, to serve

Method

  1. Place the chickpeas in a food processor with the garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, red peppers and coriander. Blitz to a paste. Season to taste. Serve in a bowl with toasted pitta breads.

  • Recipe Tip

    Making it with cheese or as a sandwich

    Add feta or goat’s cheese to the ingredients in the processor. Or split some warmed pitta bread to make pockets, then thickly spread with the dip. Fill with salad leaves and shredded chicken to make a supper sandwich

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Rach30
6th Jul, 2019
5.05
I liked this recipe. I added a tablespoon of yoghurt to loosen it a little, plus it adds a little sourness
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GiSora
2nd Feb, 2019
3.05
It was good but was as tasty as the cashew dip recipe.
ajbanks
13th Oct, 2017
3.05
I agree with some other people that it's too bland. I personally wonder if there is too much olive oil in the recipe. I added some chilli paste and a bit more lemon and that improved it. May add some ground cumin as suggested and see if that improves it further.
Iamrsjh
19th Mar, 2017
5.05
Made this recipe today and omg it's so good. I actually prefer it to hummus. I added 2 more peppers and would probably add another and a bit more coriander. Oh and I forgot to add lemon juice and I won't bother with it when I make it next. I'm going to take this to work with pitta and raw veggies, it's delicious!!
Garbanzo III
4th Jun, 2014
I added a couple of sun-dried tomatoes in oil, as well as the cumin as suggested below. Also substituted flat-leaf parsley for the coriander. I love garlic, but I think 1 whole clove of raw garlic was a bit too potent, even for me!
psamiad1
10th Apr, 2012
3.05
Wasn't very impressed. Bit bland.
janetell
22nd Jul, 2011
4.05
I made this with just one red pepper and added cumin as suggested by Donna D (thanks for the tip!). I found it really tasty and I'm going to have mine on my home made bread made with half spelt flour/half white. Yum!
donnadrew
30th Jan, 2011
4.05
Really tasty - I added a teaspoon of lazy chilli & half of ground cumin. Will be also adding half a block of feta next time - very soon!!
carolyn12
25th Sep, 2010
5.05
Great dip. Roasted red peppers and added some chilli.
sarahdarah
4th Feb, 2009
3.05
Something was missing and I'm not sure what it was. I agree it was a rather bland dip so i added some fresh chilli which definitely perked it up and then tried adding the feta as suggested in the recipe. Even threw in a couple of walnuts in the end. It was okay but not great.

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