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Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad

Chickpeas make a great tuna-inspired sandwich filling. The dill, nori, capers, lemon juice, mustard, and tahini add to that typical flavor. The „tuna“ mixture is also delicious in wraps!

Vegan Chickpea Tuna Sandwiches

This is such a quick and easy recipe for vegan tuna salad. Just add all the ingredients into a food processor, pulse, and done!

The base for this vegan tuna is chickpeas. I am also adding canned artichoke hearts for the texture. For the typical fishy flavor, I am adding nori, dill, and capers. I love how easy it is to create vegan ‘fish’ dishes once you know how you can achieve those flavors!

While this vegan chickpea tuna is perfect for sandwiches, this is by no means the only way to eat it. You can serve it on a big salad, in wraps, on a bagel, even as a spread for crackers.

How to make Chickpea Tuna Salad

You will need:

  • canned chickpeas
  • canned artichoke hearts (I use some canned in brine)
  • capers
  • nori (dried seaweed)
  • fresh dill
  • tahini (sesame paste)
  • lemon juice
  • dijon mustard
  • salt
ingredients for chickpea tuna in food processor
Step 1: Add all the ingredients into a food processor.
chickpea tuna in food processor
Step 2: Pulse until chopped up and combined.

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Vegan Chickpea Tuna Sandwich

Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad

Bianca Haun | Elephantastic Vegan
Chickpeas make a great tuna-inspired sandwich filling. The dill, nori, capers, lemon juice, mustard, and tahini add to that typical flavor. The „tuna“ salad is also delicious in wraps!
4.41 from 5 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 6 servings
Calories 76 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 3/4 cups canned chickpeas rinsed and drained
  • 2 canned artichoke hearts
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste)
  • 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup fresh dill
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 sheet nori (dried seaweed)

Instructions
 

  • Add all the ingredients for the Chickpea Tuna into a food processor.
  • Pulse until it's chopped up and well mixed.

Nutrition

Calories: 76kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 527mgPotassium: 102mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 317IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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