Chickpea Tuna

Ingredients for vegan chickpea tuna

The ingredients, as always, are super accessible and easy. Pantry staples! All you’ll need is:

• Chickpeas

• Red onion

• Vegan mayo (if not, olive oil will do)

• Lemon juice

• Vinegar (this really helps add to the tuna flavour as so often vinegar is used when seasoning and flavouring tuna)

• Garlic powder

• Salt and pepper

First you simply blend the ingredients in a food processor to create your chickpea “tuna” alternative. Don’t overblend, as I find it tastes best when the texture is a bit lumpy, just as tuna would be.

My favourite way to enjoy chickpea tuna is in a big crusty sandwich with vegan butter, lettuce, tomato and extra mayo. It is so classic and all of the flavours come together to create something so familiar and comforting. It’s also perfect atop a big green salad.

This recipe should make about 4 sandwiches, but if you’re greedy and want to stuff your sandwich like me, maybe it’ll just make two or three.

You can prep the chickpea tuna at the weekend and simply add to your sandwiches for school or work!

If you’re at home, why not spread this in a sandwich with some vegan cheese and toast it up in your toastie-machine (if you have one) for a veganised tuna melt! Thank me later.