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Smashed Chickpea Salad Sandwich

Like tuna salad, minus the tuna. One can, a fork, and ten minutes.

Prep: 10 min
Total: 10 min
Makes: 3 sandwiches
Difficulty: easy

Chickpeas mashed with mayo, mustard, pickles, and celery give you the creamy, crunchy, tangy thing you want from a deli salad, and it keeps for days. Make a bowl and lunch is sorted.

Method

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Smash

Mash the chickpeas in the bowl with a fork until most are broken up but some chunks are left.
Mix

Stir in the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, celery, and pickles. Season with salt and plenty of pepper.
Build

Spread it thickly on bread, add lettuce if you like, and close the sandwich.

Notes

tipKeeps 4 days in the fridge; make the sandwich just before eating so the bread stays crisp.
variationAdd a spoon of curry powder and a handful of raisins for a curried version.
variationSkip the bread and scoop it up with crackers.