Vegan Chickpea Tuna Avocado Sandwich

Ingredients

For the tuna

  • 1 large jar chickpeas
  • 1 x 200g tin sweetcorn
  • 1/4 red onion
  • 2 nori sheets
  • 1 tbsp capers
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tbsp plant-based mayo
  • Salt and pepper to taste

For the pesto mayo

  • 3 tbsp pesto
  • 3 tbsp plant-based mayo
  • 1 tbsp chilli crisp

The rest

  • 2 large ciabatta
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 large tomato

Preparation

Make the tuna

  1. Drain the chickpeas and sweetcorn.

  2. Crumble or cut the nori into tiny flakes.

  3. Finely chop the onion, juice the lemon, slice the avocado and tomato.

  4. Mash the chickpeas in a bowl, then stir in sweetcorn, onion, nori, capers, lemon juice and mayo.

Make the pesto mayo

  1. Mix all the pesto mayo ingredients together in a small bowl.

Toast the bread

  1. Heat a dry frying pan over medium-high.

  2. Toast the ciabatta, cut side down, pressing with another pan to get it golden and crisp.

  3. Flip and repeat.

Assemble

  1. Pile the chickpea “tuna” onto the base, top with tomato and avocado, then drizzle with pesto mayo.

  2. Add the top slice and serve.

Notes

  1. You will need a large frying pan.

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