I had a bunch of celery to use up tonight and was too lazy for anything extravagant. An attempt at vegan mock tuna salad it was! I had made two previous attempts at this dish, one leading to this recipe and the other resulting in a big fail. The latter I blame on my vegan mayo substitute. While there are many delicious vegan versions of various products in the UK (Cheezly, for example), vegan mayo is not one of them. I tried a couple brands and they were both kind of gross. Okay in small amounts, but would ruin a recipe if they are a featured ingredient. In any case, now that I’m back in the US that means Vegenaise and lots of it.
Anyway, on to the recipe! I decided on this one by perusing a bunch of different mock tuna salad recipes and combining them with some things I needed to use up. I added carrots, scallions and kelp granules for some extra flavor.
Mock Chickpea Tuna Salad
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 4-5 stalks of celery chopped (more if you really like celery like me)
- 1 small carrot chopped (optional, I needed to use it up)
- 1/2 medium or 1 small red onion chopped (optional, I ran out of onions)
- 4 tablespoons vegan mayo
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 heaping teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon kelp granules optional, makes it taste more fishy
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish I just chopped up half a pickle really small
- 2-3 scallions chopped (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
- Mash with a potato masher, your fists, a fork, whatever.
- I let mine sit in the refrigerator for about an hour to let the flavors mesh, but you don't have to do this. Mostly I was just waiting for the rest of my dinner to be ready.
- Eat on a bagel or piece of toasted bread, cover with a slice of vegan cheese (I recommend Tofutti American Cheese Slices) and you have a delicious tuna melt or just eat it plain! Yummm.
Good menu and good food!!!
Congratulations.
yummmmmmmmms!
did you make potatoes again for it just like last time?
I had a bunch of potatoes left over from my CSA share so I did make some potatoes with Tofutti sour cream and scallions. Yummm.