Easy Instant Pot Vegan Dip with Meyer Lemons
Discover this vibrant beet hummus recipe made in the Instant Pot with soaked chickpeas, fresh beets, tahini, and zesty Meyer lemons. A healthy vegan dip packed with flavor—perfect for serving with radishes, celery, and carrots!
Vibrant Beet Hummus
Vibrant Beet Hummus
An Instant Pot vegan dip of soaked chickpeas and white beans blended with roasted beet, tahini, and zesty Meyer lemon.
Ingredients
Equipment
- Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker
- High-speed blender (e.g. Vitamix)
Method
- Place the white beans and chickpeas in a bowl, cover with water, and soak or overnight.
- Roast the beet: wash it, trim the top and stem, wrap in foil with a pinch of salt and a drizzle of olive oil, and roast at 400°F for .
- Drain and rinse the soaked beans, then add to the Instant Pot with the water, 2 crushed garlic cloves, bay leaves, dried chiles, and salt. Add enough water to fully cover the beans.
- Seal and cook on high pressure for , then allow a natural release for .
- In a Vitamix, blend the roasted beet, olive oil, 4 crushed garlic cloves, tahini, salt, cumin, paprika, nutritional yeast, turmeric, balsamic vinegar, and lemon juice.
- Ladle the cooked beans into the blender (discard the bay leaves and chiles). Add some aquafaba (the bean cooking liquid) as needed and blend about until creamy. Pour into a large bowl.
- Stir in the honey, dill or mint, and parsley. Transfer to lidded containers and refrigerate up to 2 weeks.
- Serve with plantain chips, radishes, celery, and carrots.
Notes
- Meyer lemons (a lemon-tangerine cross) are sweeter and thinner-skinned—recommended here.
- See the full per-ingredient nutrition table below (6 servings).
Where it lands on the Intestinal food lists
Cross-referenced against Carolyn Mein’’s food lists for the Intestinal body type:
Solidly type-aligned — every food is “Frequently” or “Moderately” on a good day (2 in the top tier) and none are “Rarely” foods, though several ease back under stress.
- Garbanzo beans Moderately holds under stress
- Great northern beans Moderately holds under stress
- Garlic Frequently
- Beets Frequently
- Lemons Moderately holds under stress
- Tahini Moderately holds under stress
- Olive oil Moderately holds under stress
- Salt Moderately holds under stress
- Vinegar Moderately holds under stress
- Honey Moderately
- Parsley Moderately holds under stress
- Chili peppers Moderately
Scored against Carolyn Mein’s Intestinal Profile. See the full Healthy vs. Sensitive crosswalk.
Endorsed by Dwight Schrute’s Beet Farm (just kidding)
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| Ingredient | Measurement Volume (alternate in ml) | Weight (g) | Potassium (mg) | Protein (g) | Sugar (g) | USDA Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dried chickpeas | 1 cup (237 ml) | 200 | 1750 | 38 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Dried white beans (cannellini) | 1 cup (237 ml) | 193 | 3463 | 45 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Garlic cloves, crushed | 6 each (N/A) | 18 | 216 | 3.3 | 5.4 | USDA Link |
| Bay leaf | 2 each (N/A) | 0.4 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Dried red chiles | 5 each (N/A) | 5 | 210 | 0.7 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Sea salt | 2 tsp (10 ml) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Beet | 1 each (N/A) | 82 | 266 | 1.3 | 5.5 | USDA Link |
| Lemons, juice | Juice of 2 (94 ml) | 94 | 150 | 0.4 | 2.8 | USDA Link |
| Tahini | 1 cup (237 ml) | 240 | 994 | 40.8 | 1 | USDA Link |
| Olive oil | 3/4 cup (177 ml) | 162 | 1 | 0 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Salt | 2 tsp (10 ml) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Cumin | 2 tsp (10 ml) | 4 | 172 | 0.7 | 0.2 | USDA Link |
| Paprika | 2 tsp (10 ml) | 4.2 | 195 | 0.6 | 0.2 | USDA Link |
| Balsamic vinegar | 1 tsp (5 ml) | 5 | 9 | 0.02 | 0.9 | USDA Link |
| Turmeric, ground | 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) | 1.5 | 6 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USDA Link |
| Nutritional yeast | 1 tbsp (15 ml) | 8 | 115 | 4.9 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Honey | 1/8 cup (30 ml) | 42 | 16 | 0.06 | 17 | USDA Link |
| Parsley, chopped | 1/4 cup (59 ml) | 10 | 166 | 0.9 | 0.4 | USDA Link |
| Dill, finely chopped | 1/8 cup (30 ml) | 5 | 37 | 0.2 | 0 | USDA Link |
| Batch Total | N/A | 1098 | 7768 | 136.9 | 33.4 | |
| Per Serving (6 servings) | N/A | 183 | 1295 | 22.8 | 5.6 |
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