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!
Servings: 4 -6 servings
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
- 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.
- 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!
- To the bowl, add the vegan mayo, Dijon mustard, nori cut into small, thin slivers, pepper, and the drained celery and red onion.
- 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
- Toast your bread to your desired amount. Once toasted, add 1/3 cup of chickpea tuna mix to one slice.
- 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.
- While that's toasting, butter the other slice of bread.
- Once the cheese is melted, add the buttered slice on top, and slice in half to enjoy!