Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad with Thousand Island Style Dressing
Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad with thousand island dressing has great texture, flavour, and it’s versatile – it can be used in salads or sandwiches. Plus, the wonderfully creamy, thousand island style dressing makes it really delicious. It's an easy no-cook recipe with the same flavours as a tuna salad but with a few simple changes it becomes a delicious light vegan meal. Makes a great lunchtime sandwich filler.
Servings: 2
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- measuring spoons
- fork
Ingredients
- 1 cup chickpeas from a 15 oz (400g) tin drained
- 1/2 red onion finely diced
- 1/2 lemon juice squeezed from 1/2 lemon
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder or finely chopped garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon capers finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon dill finely chopped
- salt and pepper adjust seasoning to your personal taste
Thousand Island Style Dressing
- 3 tablespoon mayonnaise vegan
- 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- squeeze of lemon juice
Instructions
- Drain the canned chickpeas and add to a bowl, using a fork or potato masher, mash the chickpeas. You're aiming to break them down to a soft consistency. Leave a few larger pieces of chickpea for texture.
- Finely chop 1/2 of a medium red onion and add to the bowl with the mashed chickpeas.
- Add all of the other ingredients and stir to combine.
- Add the Thousand Island Style dressing and stir through the chickpea mixture. Check the seasoning and serve.
Thousand Island Style Dressing
- Measure the mayonnaise into a small bowl along with the tomato ketchup and a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Stir thoroughly to combine, this is now ready to add to the chickpeas.
Notes
Nutrition Information is computer generated and is intended as a guideline only.
Storage: This will store in the fridge for up to 3 days. It does not freeze well.
Suitable for: This salad is suitable for plant-based, vegan and vegetarians provided that you use vegan mayonnaise.
Ways of using this salad: Use this salad as a sandwich or filling for a wrap. It can be used as a topping on jacket potatoes or as part of a larger salad meal. Make extra dressing to drizzle over the salad, it's gorgeous.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 320mg | Potassium: 337mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 98IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 3mg
