In wraps, enjoyed on rice cakes, used in Salads, stuffed into baked potatoes, wrapped in rice and Nori as a hand roll, or enjoyed as this EPIC vegan chickpea tuna sandwich, however you decide to use this filling, it’s one that I’m pretty confident you will end up putting on high rotation.
About six weeks ago I hit a little bit of a lull. I was feeling a little overwhelmed at the amount of unpublished recipes I had that I was yet to do a final edit on and shoot for the blog as well as a project I’m working on. If I’m being honest there was a week or two where I just felt a little uninspired.
To remedy that, I sat down and allowed myself some thinking time. Why did I feel this way? Was it internal or external pressures? The answer was there was a little of both. But how was I going to get my mojo back? It was actually quite simple, I just needed to address how I was feeling and make a plan.
I thought about what and why I loved to cook. Put simply I love to cook as I find it FUN and creative and it’s how I show love for others. So, to inject some fun back into my cooking I thought why not look to my childhood. Kids have the most fun, right? I wanted to pour some of that fun back into my cooking so I made a list of the things I loved as a kid that I haven’t yet found a substitute for and more recently I asked my Instagram readers what they enjoyed growing up.
I’ve ended up with a new list of inspiration and the best kind of inspiration is when it’s coming from you guys. I still have a long list of unpublished recipes to get through but having this kind of inspiration again makes me excited again.
So on to this recipe. Most kids I knew liked jam sandwiches (hey, they’re great too) but I was always into probably more mature choices. Maybe I was a strange kid? I did go through a phase of Broccoli, soy sauce and rice when I was about 4 but I won’t tell you how to prepare that.
I have always loved Tuna. Tuna in olive oil and brown rice or tuna sandwiches. Usually always with lettuce and mayo. Slap that together and I was one happy kid.
Now, for a few years I have been smashing chickpeas along with my Avocado mayo recipe into sandwiches along with some salad fillings but recently I knocked together my chickpea smash into a sushi roll and at that very second, I thought, what have I been doing all this time? Why have I not torn up this nori sheet and incorporated it into my smashed chickpeas? It seriously tastes like tuna or I have been a vegan far too long, I’ll let you be the judge.
This Chickpea Tuna Recipe has:
Tang
Creaminess
wonderful texture and;
a real resemblance to the real thing.
The recipe below is for the Chickpea Tuna Filling Club Sandwich however as mentioned above the Chickpea Tuna is so versatile and can be used in a number of ways.
The recipe yields enough for 2 standard sandwiches or 1 big epic Chickpea Tuna Club Sandwich
If you have any questions or if you make this recipe, or even have an idea for a recipe you would like to see ‘veganised’, drop me a comment below or let me know on Instagram @theplantritionist
Talitha xx
Add everything except the chickpeas to a food processor and pulse until it all comes together. Don't worry too much if it's still clumpy.
Add Chickpeas and pulse again for no longer than 10 - 15 seconds. You want some of the chickpeas to still retain most of their shape.
Taste and season with more salt if desired or add a little Wasabi (1/2 tsp if using this as a sushi filling)
Build your sandwich by laying the first piece of bread down (butter if you like) then add some of the chickpea filling followed by onion and lettuce, more bread and repeat until you have a big Sandwich ready to be split down the centre and enjoyed between two people or 1 person, if you're really hungry!
Ingredients
Directions
Add everything except the chickpeas to a food processor and pulse until it all comes together. Don't worry too much if it's still clumpy.
Add Chickpeas and pulse again for no longer than 10 - 15 seconds. You want some of the chickpeas to still retain most of their shape.
Taste and season with more salt if desired or add a little Wasabi (1/2 tsp if using this as a sushi filling)
Build your sandwich by laying the first piece of bread down (butter if you like) then add some of the chickpea filling followed by onion and lettuce, more bread and repeat until you have a big Sandwich ready to be split down the centre and enjoyed between two people or 1 person, if you're really hungry!
