Vegan Tuna Hoagie
I'm from Philly and sometimes there is nothing that will satisfy me like a hoagie! Making a hoagie without cheese or meat seemed too much of a challenge, so I avoided it until now. I found a few recipes for vegan tuna salad made with chickpeas (which I tweaked to my taste). I know what you are thinking, and I did too... Start with a crusty Italian roll, a good vegan mayo, and hoagie veggies, and you have the ingredients for a great vegan tuna hoagie.
Ingredients
Tuna
- 1 15 oz can chickpeas rinsed and drained
- 1/2 large onion diced
- 1 stalk celery diced
- 1 tbs sweet ralish
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbs vegan mayo more if you like...
Sandwich Fixins
- 1 large loaf of Italian bread any crusty bread will do in a pinch
- 1/2 large onion sliced
- 1/2 head iceberg lettuce shredded
- 1 large slicing tomato sliced
- dill pickles slices
- vegan mayo
- oregano
- salt and pepper
- crushed dryed peppers
Instructions
- Add chickpeas to the bowl and smash with fork or potato masher (leave some chunks)
- Add the other ingredients and mix like tuna salad then set aside
- Cut your roll and remove some of the fluffy bread if there is too much for you (one long or several smaller rolls will work just as long as the sandwich is about six to eight inches)
- Spread some mayo the top half of the roll and a layer of the tuna on the bottom
- Layer the shredded lettuce on the tuna and season with a light sprinkle of oregano
- Layer the tomatoes over the tuna and season with the salt and pepper to taste
- Top off the tomatoes with the dill pickles and crushed peppers to taste (pickled peppers can be used too)
- Close and cut large roll in six inch sections and serve