Enjoy fresh garbanzo beans year round. Traditionally available in only canned or dried form, fresh garbanzo beans are now available from Idaho’s Clearwater Country Foods. Fresh green garbanzos have a delicious, nutlike flavor, buttery texture and superior nutritional profile compared to their processed counterparts. Our garbanzo beans are picked, blanched, flash frozen and shipped overnight to ensure fresh-from-the-field quality and taste. As the most widely consumed legume in the world, garbanzo beans are a nutritional powerhouse packed with protein, fiber, folate and iron. A popular ingredient in Middle Eastern and Indian dishes such as hummus, falafel and curries, fresh garbanzos can be eaten as a healthful snack or added to soups, salads, spreads, dips, pilafs and entrees.
Grown in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho
Recipe Idea
Spicy Hummus, Quick Spread
1 lb green gargbanzo beans simmered and drained
2 tbs. tahini sesame paste
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp. crushed pepper flakes (optional)
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 lemon, juiced
Pita or French bread grilled or toasted and cut into wedges for dipping. Compbine beans, tahini, oil, pepper flakes, cumin, coriander, garlic, salt and lemon juice into food processor and mix into a smooth paste. Transfer into a small dish and surround with warm bread or pita wedges.
