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Vegan Chickpea Tuna Melt

This has been an easy and filling sandwich that I've been meal prepping for easy and quick, hot lunches! To make this gluten-free, use your favourite GF bread or use lettuce to make chickpea tuna boats!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 4 -6 servings
Course: Lunch
Cuisine: Vegan , gluten-free

Ingredients

  • 1 rib celery finely diced
  • 3 tbsp minced red onion
  • 1 14 fl oz/400 mL can chickpeas rinsed and drained
  • 1/3 cup Vegan mayo
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 sheet nori cut into slivers
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
Per sandwich
  • 2 slices bread of your choice
  • 1/3 cup chickpea tuna mix
  • 1 slice vegan cheese I used Chao original
  • 2 tsp vegan butter

Instructions

For the Chickpea Tuna Mix
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  1. In a small bowl of cold water, soak finely diced/minced celery and onion while you flake your chickpeas. Soaking in water makes the celery crunchier and takes away the stinky onion bite while leaving you sweetness and crunch.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, use a fork to flake the chickpeas. Do your best to get each bean, and don't worry about the skins coming loose. It adds extra flaky texture to be like tuna!
  3. To the bowl, add the vegan mayo, Dijon mustard, nori cut into small, thin slivers, pepper, and the drained celery and red onion.
  4. Mix well and taste for seasoning (I didn't need to add any extra salt but feel free to if you like)
For the Chickpea Tuna Melt
  1. Toast your bread to your desired amount. Once toasted, add 1/3 cup of chickpea tuna mix to one slice.
  2. Add a slice of vegan cheese on top of the chickpea tuna mix, then pop that in the toaster oven on broil for 4 minutes or until it is melted to your liking.
  3. While that's toasting, butter the other slice of bread.
  4. Once the cheese is melted, add the buttered slice on top, and slice in half to enjoy!