Fred's Famous Hummus

BEST Hummus ever. Comes from a card tucked inside a new blender my buddy bought. These things show up in the darndest places...

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 2 cups

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) can chickpeas
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil (more or less)
• 1  medium onion
• 4 -6  cloves garlic
• 1⁄2 green pepper (optional)
• 1 -2  dried hot pepper, of choice
•  kosher salt or  sea salt, to taste
•  fresh cracked black pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Heat oil in a fry pan.
2. Ruff chop the onions and garlic and add to the oil.
3. If using the green pepper, dice it and add it too.
4. Add the hot pepper and give everything a good toss.
5. Keep the heat low and cook it all slow.
6. Stir occasionally and press down on the pepper into the oil but do not break it up.
7. Continue to cook until golden (ok, caramelized).
8. Remove from heat.
9. Drain and rinse the Chick Peas.
10. Dump them into a blender.
11. Remove the hot pepper from the oil.
12. Dump the rest into the blender.
13. Add 6 or 7 cranks of black pepper.
14. Purée.
15. Slowly add water until you get a preferred consistency.
16. Stop and taste, add salt carefully to taste.
17. If it is not spicy enough, add back pieces of the hot pepper and blend some more.