Chickpea Salad Sandwich
A creamy, textured chickpea salad with crisp celery, red onion, parsley, and lemon, served on whole-wheat bread with lettuce.
Instructions
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Step 1
Drain the chickpeas in a colander, rinse them under cool running water, and shake off as much water as possible.
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Step 2
Transfer the drained chickpeas to a mixing bowl and mash them coarsely with a fork, leaving some chickpeas partly intact.
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Step 3
Finely chop the celery, red onion, and parsley on a cutting board.
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Step 4
Stir the mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper into the mashed chickpeas until evenly combined.
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Step 5
Fold the chopped vegetables and parsley into the chickpea mixture.
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Step 6
Arrange the lettuce on four bread slices, divide the chickpea salad evenly over them, and close with the remaining bread slices. Cut the sandwiches if desired and serve promptly.
Nutrition (Estimated)
Food safety
Caution: low
Serve promptly or refrigerate the filling and assembled sandwiches at 4°C or below. Discard food left at room temperature for more than 2 hours, and use refrigerated leftover filling within 3 days.
Risk factors
- The ready-to-eat filling can support microbial growth if held warm for an extended period.