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Crunchy Hummus Dippers

March 29, 2010 by Shannon

Dip is delicious. Kids love it, adults love it…and for good reason. It makes everything yummier. So wrap your head around this – what if you could dip your dip and eat it??? Crazy, right? Yeah. Crazy delicious.

I came up with this one night after I’d breaded some tofu (yes, I bread tofu from time to time – it’s good, trust me) and I was left with a ton of egg and bread crumb mixture. Not wanting to waste it, I tried to think of something else I could coat. And then it came to me – HUMMUS. I’d just made a big batch earlier in the day to spread on sandwiches, so I pulled it out of the fridge to give it a try. It worked great. In fact, breading the hummus balls was way easier than breading the tofu, because you can kind of mash the crumbs into the gooey hummus, and they stick really well. Which is really nice when you’ve already breaded a bunch of tofu and you’re getting kind of tired of breading stuff.

Before we get into the recipe specifics, a word about hummus. I rarely buy it from the store because it is so quick and easy to make at home in the food processor. If you need a recipe, I highly recommend this Spinach Hummus Dip and Spread that I posted last summer. If you don’t have spinach handy or don’t like it, you can simply leave it out of the recipe. The hummus will still taste fab. Okay, on with the recipe…

Crunchy Hummus Dippers

• Approx. 1 cup of your favorite hummus
• 3/4 cup bread crumbs (preferably whole wheat)
• 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan (you could also use the pre-grated stuff, I used a mixture of both)
• large pinch of salt
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly beat the eggs. Mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan and salt together. Spray or grease a baking sheet. Set up the egg mixture, bread crumb mixture and baking sheet in a line so you can dip, coat and place the dippers on the baking sheet in assembly line fashion.
3. After you’ve coated each dipper, cook in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes. Then turn your oven to the broil setting (I used a high broil) and brown the dippers for anywhere from 2-5 minutes. Keep an eye on them so they don’t burn!
4. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce – ketchup, marinara, tzatziki, barbeque sauce – whatever suits your taste.

So there you go. When somebody asks what you had for lunch, you can tell them you had some dip with a side of dip, and then enjoy the confused look on their face.

Ahem. May I point out the fact that Kellan ate every single one of his Crunchy Hummus Dippers before he even touched his noodles? I’d say that’s a pretty good endorsement.