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Home » Plant-Based Recipes » Snacks + Sides » Vegan chickpea salad sandwich

Vegan chickpea salad sandwich

Published: Mar 22, 2018 · Modified: Aug 13, 2022 by Lauren Glucina • Naturopath, Nutritionist

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A quick and easy vegan chickpea salad sandwich. I’m sure this will fast become your new go-to for work lunches or even picnics. Chickpeas are smashed and combined with celery, red onion, gherkins, tahini, lemon and coconut yoghurt to give a creamy, tangy filling – making an incredibly substantial and satisfying sandwich.

A sandwich made from rustic bread jam packed with fresh greens, avocado and a smashed chickpea filling. On a plate ready to eat.
Vegan chickpea salad sandwich

This delicious vegan chickpea salad sandwich is quick (15 mins), easy, healthy and delicious – it absolutely had to make an appearance here on the blog.

It is a one-bowl mix of chickpeas with finely diced celery, red onion and gherkins, with some lemon juice, salt and pepper, and creamy tahini and coconut yoghurt to round it out.

This combination very loosely reminds me of a creamy chicken, egg or tuna salad sandwich filling – but it is so much better because it is entirely plant-based!

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Lauren holding a giant sandwich filled with salad greens, avocado and smashed chickpeas

👏🏻Health and nutrition highlights

  • Chickpeas are a great source of plant-protein, fibre and iron. Chickpeas are ideal to use in curry dishes, tagines and this easy vegan falafel salad
  • Tahini is a source of calcium
  • Coconut yoghurt provides some beneficial bacteria
  • Celery is a great source of minerals
  • Nut free – so ideal for school lunches if the kiddos don’t mind the taste of onion

👩🏻‍🍳How to make it

Making the chickpea salad sandwich filling is as simple as anything – mash, dice, combine. You can add further spices to your liking such as cumin powder or chilli, or even a little Dijon mustard with a dash of black salt – which has a unique sulfur like taste and hence mimics eggs well in veganised recipes.

1. Dice: Finley dice the celery, red onions and gherkins/pickles.

Ingredients for a smashed chickpea salad sandwich filling laid out on a chopping board
Dice the vegetables

2. Smash and combine: Smash the chickpeas with a fork and combine all ingredients in a bowl.

Ingredients for a smashed chickpea mock tuna filling in a bowl ready to be mixed together
Smash the chickpeas, combine all ingredients

3. Mix: Mix all ingredients well to combine, and adjust seasoning as needed.

Smashed chickpea filling mixed together in a white bowl ready to spread over sandwiches
Smashed chickpea filling - done!

🥬Serving suggestions

I’ve photographed this as a sammie made from rustic seeded sourdough, fresh greens, sprouts, crunchy cucumber and mashed avocado. And if you have the time to make bread from scratch – I’ve got a fabulous recipe here for a gluten free Buckwheat and Millet loaf.

A lighter option would be to use a wrap, either grain based or a raw, dehydrated flax and vegetable number similar to this one.

Raw onion bread would also be a winner.

And even lighter still – spoon the smashed chickpea mixture into lettuce cups with a little quinoa and a dollop of avocado.

Lauren holding a large salad filled sandwich, at the kitchen table

Enjoy guys – take this one and make it your own with whatever herbs and spices you prefer. Thanks for reading and see you next week.

Lauren.

🌿Enjoyed this recipe? Leave a comment below, better yet - share a snap with me on instagram @ascensionkitchen. If you're after personalised health and nutrition advice, contact my clinic, I'd be happy to work with you.

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Close up of a large chickpea salad sandwich on a plate

Vegan chickpea salad sandwich

Naturopath Lauren Glucina
15 minute smashed chickpea filling ideal to make one delicious salad sandwich! Yields 6-8 serves (approx. 1/3 cup per). Nut free.
4.67 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Lunch, Main
Cuisine Gluten free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings 6
Calories 110 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tin chickpeas, drained 400g
  • 2 celery sticks
  • ½ red onion
  • 6 gherkins/pickled baby cucumbers choose a sugar free brand
  • 2 heaped tablespoons of coconut yoghurt
  • 1 teaspoon hulled tahini
  • juice of ½ a lemon
  • sea salt and pepper to taste

SANDWICH SUGGESTIONS:

  • seeded sourdough or rye bread, raw wrap or lettuce cups
  • avocado mashed
  • cucumber
  • salad greens
  • sprouts

Instructions
 

  • Finely dice the celery, red onion and gherkins.
  • Mash the chickpeas with a fork then combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Enjoy as is, or make an epic sandwich – pairs perfectly with avocado! (Doesn’t everything?).

Notes

Estimated nutritional information is for one serve (approx. 1/3 cup) of the smashed chickpea filling only.

Nutrition

Calories: 110kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 97mgFiber: 4gSugar: 1gVitamin C: 2.5mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 0.2mg
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I’m Lauren, practising Naturopath, Medical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and essential oils educator in Auckland, New Zealand. I’m incredibly passionate about food as medicine, and helping connect people with the healing power of Nature.

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