This Spicy Chickpea Smash is so good! Made with just 3 ingredients (plus salt & pepper) and ready in minutes. Great with salads, as a vegan sandwich filling or dip, and a topper for baked potatoes and toast.

A bowl of spicy chickpea smash on a wooden board. Surrounded by small green sprouts, half an avocado, some yellow cherry tomatoes, and toast.

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I love having some of this Spicy Chickpea Smash in the fridge. It only takes a couple of minutes to make and keeps for up to a week. Use it as a wrap or sandwich filling, on salads, or piled on toast or a baked potato. So good!

My current fave way to eat spicy chickpea salad is on warm toast with a few slices of avocado, some microgreens, a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil, and a good grind of black pepper! (Picture included below).

Love recipes like this? Be sure to check out my white bean artichoke sandwich filling!

Mel x

Ingredients

Recipes don't get much simpler than this! Here is what you need at a glance along with some very minimal ingredient notes & substitution ideas:

chickpeas, sriracha, vegan mayo, salt, and pepper.

Chickpeas - I used canned chickpeas but you can use home-cooked chickpeas. White beans such as navy beans or great northern beans would also work.
Sriracha - Use as much or as little as you like heat-wise! Remember that the heat will be diluted somewhat by whatever you serve your spicy chickpea salad with, whether that be bread, greens, or toast.
Mayo - For the creamy factor. Use your fave vegan mayo!

a piece of toast topped with sliced avocado, sprouts, freshly ground black pepper and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

Recipe

Spicy Chickpea Smash

Author: Melanie McDonald

5 from 1 vote

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PREP 5

COOK TIME 0

Total 5

Serves to 6 servings (1½ cup total)

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Ingredients

▢ 1 x 15oz can (1¾ cups) chickpeas , (398ml in Canada or 400g in UK)
▢ 4 tablespoons vegan mayo
▢ 1 to 2 tablespoons sriracha
▢ ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt , (adjust as necessary if using table salt)
▢ ¼ teaspoon black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

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Smash the chickpeas - I like to pulse them in my food processor because it's so quick and easy and I like mine smashed up into very small pieces, but you can put them in a bowl and use a potato masher or a fork. Make them as smashed or chunky as you like.
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Mix it up - Add the mayo, sriracha, salt, and pepper. Start with 1 tablespoon of sriracha then add more to taste. Stir it up really well and that's it, you're done!