A plant-based alternative to the classic tuna salad.
Canned tuna was probably the last meat item I ate before going vegetarian back in 2002. Although it has been a while, I've been making these mashed chickpea salad sandwiches for sometime now. It's simple, makes for a great meal prep, and it's a quick go-to recipe for when we don't know what to eat for lunch.
Why you'll love this vegan chickpea salad
Similar to our Tofu Salad Sandwich, this filling comes together quickly, especially if using canned chickpeas. Just open a can of chickpeas, rinse, mash, and mix in a few chopped ingredients and seasonings. The filling can be refrigerated until ready to assemble in a sandwich, wrap, with crackers, or however you'd like to enjoy it!
Ingredients for mashed chickpea salad
- Chickpeas
- Pickles
- Onion
- Mayo
- Dijon Mustard
- Dill
How to make mashed chickpea salad
As long as you're using canned chickpeas, I guarantee you'll love how simple and tasty this recipe is. Although using dried beans won't take much more work, it does need a little more planning and time to soak the beans overnight. Regardless, this can be whipped up in under 10 minutes!
Substitutions & Additions
- Sub pickles for capers, or add a squeeze of lime or lemon juice.
- Add crumbled kelp or nori (seaweed sheets). Helps add that salty flavor normally found in traditional tuna salad, plus, it's a great source of omega-3s!
- Sub dill for parsley.
How to serve
This recipe is really an alternative to tuna salad, so anyway you would normally enjoy that you can enjoy this.
- As a sandwich! This is usually how we love to enjoy it, topped with some Peruvian Salsa Criolla (pictured above).
- With crackers or seaweed snacks (nori sheets)
- On top of toast
- In a wrap with fresh lettuce and tomato
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Ingredients
- 1 15 oz can chickpeas
- 2 tbsp vegan mayonnaise
- ½ tbsp dijon mustard
- ¼ onion diced
- 1 tbsp pickle or capers
- 1 tbsp fresh dill chopped
- ¼ tsp salt or to taste
Instructions
- Open and drain 1 15 oz can chickpeas. No need to rinse them, but you can if you want.
- Place chickpea into a large bowl and use a fork to mash them.
- Chop 1 tbsp pickle, ¼ onion, and 1 tbsp fresh dill. Add them to the bowl with the mashed chickpeas and toss in 2 tbsp vegan mayonnaise, ½ tbsp dijon mustard, ¼ tsp salt, and mix to combine.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to marinate.
- Serve with crackers, over toast, in a wrap, or make into a sandwich.
