How does one peel and puree chick peas with a food mill for hummus? [duplicate]

Hating having to peel each individual garbanzo bean/chick pea by hand to make hummus, I read online that a food mill will press out the "meat" of the beans while leaving the skins behind. The food mill I have has three different disks - coarse, medium and fine. To make hummus from ground chick peas/garbanzo beans, which disk should I use? How often should I clear away the leftover skins?

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Best Answer

Grinding the chickpeas before cooking kind of defeats the purpose. To use a food mill to its best, you shouldn't do any grinding before you cook the chickpeas.

After you cook them, they will be more accepting of grinding or other techniques. Cook them low and slow just as you would any other bean. When they are tender (and cool enough to handle), put them in the food mill. My food mill only has one coarseness, so I assume that is about medium. So, cook your chickpeas and then use a food mill with the medium blade to remove the skins and proceed with your recipe.

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What is the fastest way to remove chickpea Skins?

Warm the coated chickpeas in the microwave or on the stove in a large skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes, then rinse them with water in a large bowl three times. With each rinse, rub the chickpeas vigorously between your hands, and the skins will fall off and rinse away.

How do you separate chickpea Skins?

Instructions

Add drained and rinsed chickpeas into a microwave safe bowl.

Add baking soda and mix it well.

Cook the chickpeas for 1 minute on high. Stir.

Put them in some cold water, rub between your hands\u2026 and the shells just kind of float to the top, so you can throw them away!

Should you peel chickpeas for hummus?

But our Garbanzo Beans are different than Middle Eastern ones, and you need to peel your Chickpeas if you want smooth hummus. The Baking Soda hack makes it pretty easy \u2013 most of the skins should just slide right off, but if not, just gently \u201cpinch\u201d each bean between your fingers.

Can you make hummus with a food mill?

Place half the chickpeas into a food mill and start processing them into a bowl. Add a very small amount of chickpea liquid to get the mash going. Process until all of the chickpeas are mashed and only the skins remain. Remove the skins from the food mill and repeat with the remaining chickpeas.

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