Hummus with Beef
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This Hummus with Beef recipe is a simple, authentic and popular Lebanese dish. Hummus with beef is a perfect appetizer, side dish or even a low carb meal by itself!
Take your simple hummus dip to another level, top it with a perfectly spiced beef, onion and pine nuts. This recipe incorporates the hummus recipe I posted a while back. As for the beef, you can use ground beef if you like, I prefer to mince a tender thin cut steak. I like the texture contrast created by the chunks of minced beef and creamy hummus.
How do you make beef hummus?
- Start by roasting pine nuts until golden.
- Sauté minced beef, onion and spices, then mix with the roasted pine nuts.
- Make your hummus and spread out into a serving plate. You can use store bought hummus or make my easy hummus recipe.
- Top your hummus plate with warm minced beef and pine nuts mixture, garnish with chopped parsley, if you’d like.
More popular Lebanese dips:
Yield: 6
Hummus with Beef
Take your traditional hummus bowl to another level. Top it with a delicious spiced beef and pine nuts mixture!
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Total Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
For Hummus
- 1/4 cup Tahini Paste- well mixed
- 1 (15 oz) can chick peas-rinsed and drained
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 small garlic clove- minced
- 3 tbsp water
- Salt to taste ( start with 1 tsp)
For Beef
- 1/2 lb thin cut steak- cut into very small pieces
- 1 large onion- minced
- 2 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- Minced parsley for garnishing- optional
- tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp black pepper
For pine nuts
- 1 tbsp of olive or avocado oil
- 2 tbsp pine nuts
Instructions
Hummus:
- In your food processor, pulse washed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, salt and garlic until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Scrape the sides and bottom of the food processor with a rubber spoon ,then pulse a little bit more, until smooth and creamy- about 1-2 minutes.
- If your hummus is too thick, add 2-3 tablespoons of cold water and pulse some more, until reaching your desired consistency.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning: extra pinch of salt or a little extra lemon juice.
Beef:
- First start by frying the pine nuts. In a medium size pan over medium heat, heat oil. Add the pine nuts and toast for about 5 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently; set aside.
- Next cook the beef. In a large skillet, over medium heat, heat oil. Add minced onions and salt and cook for 10 minutes or until wilted
but not browned. - Add minced beef and spices and continue cooking for additional 10 minutes or until beef is cooked through.
- Add roasted pine nuts and cook very well.
- Top your hummus with the beef mixture, garnish with parsley serve warm or at room temperature with pita bread and enjoy!