The Unconventional Way Ina Garten Adds Spice To Homemade Hummus

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The Unconventional Way Ina Garten Adds Spice To Homemade Hummus By Haley McNamara Sept. 12, 2025 9:20 am EST

There's a quiet joy in watching culinary royalty like Ina Garten casually shake some humble Tabasco sauce into a dish like the rest of us. But what's more unconventional than Garten using Tabasco sauce is the recipe she uses it in — hummus! Traditionally, hummus is compromised of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans), tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and for a kick of spice, a sprinkling of paprika. When Garten made her hummus recipe on an episode of "The Barefoot Contessa," she specifically mentioned using 8 dashes of Tabasco — not Frank's RedHot, Texas Pete, or Huy Fong Sriracha, but Tabasco, the brand made by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island i