Buffalo Chickpea Salad Sandwich
Your favorite buffalo chicken sandwich, but make it vegan! That's right, no meat, no daily, all of the same punch!
Ingredients
- 8 slices multigrain bread lightly toasted
- 1 can (16oz) garbanzo beans/chickpeas drained and rinsed
- ¼ cup red onion diced
- ⅓ cup celery diced
- ⅓ cup red bell pepper diced
- ¼ cup green onion sliced thin
- 1 tsp black pepper
- pinch salt to taste
- 1½ tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ⅓ cup plain hummus
- ½ cup buffalo sauce or hot sauce
- ⅓ cup blue cheese or vegan blue cheese crumbles optional
- 1 head bibb or romaine lettuce leaves roughly torn
- 1 large hot house or beefsteak tomato sliced thin
Instructions
- Lightly toast your bread of choice and set aside
- While the bread is toasting, drain and rinse one can of chickpeas and add to a bowl
- Using a potato masher, an avocado masher, or even a fork, mash the chickpeas until they are chunky but not large whole pieces anymore, shy of being smooth.
- To the mashed chickpeas, add in the red onion, celery, bell pepper, and green onion. Also season with salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic powder
- Spoon in hummus and pour in the buffalo or hot sauce of your choice. Mix together Also fold in blue cheese (if using)
- Layer on slice of bread with lettuce leaves, tomato, and 3-4 heaping spoonfuls of the buffalo chickpea salad. Top with another slice of bread, cut in half, and enjoy! (Repeat this step 3 more times to make 4 sandwiches).