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The Best Vegetarian Beach Sandwich

This is the BEST Vegetarian Beach Sandwich EVER - a curried chickpea salad sandwich on ciabatta with a black pepper hot honey butter!
Course Lunch, Sandwiches
Keyword arugula, black pepper, butter, chickpeas, ciabatta, cilantro, hot honey, raisins, scallions
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 456kcal

Ingredients

Chickpea Salad

  • 2 15 oz Cans Chickpeas or about 3 cups
  • 1/3 Cup Diced Celery
  • 1/3 Cup Chopped Scallions
  • 1/4 Cup Raisins
  • 1/3 Cup Chopped Fresh Parsley or Cilantro or both

Dressing

  • 1/3 Cup Mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
  • 1 1/2 Tsp Curry Powder
  • 1/2 Tsp Hot Paprika
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • Fresh-Cracked Black Pepper to taste

Black Pepper Hot Honey Butter

  • 6 Tbsp Salted Butter
  • 1 Tbsp Hot Honey
  • 1/2 Tsp Fresh-Cracked Black Pepper or more

Arugula Salad

  • 2 1/2 Cups Arugula Packed
  • Drizzle of Good Olive Oil
  • Squeeze of Lemon Juice
  • Sprinkling of Maldon Salt or regular sea salt

The Bread

  • 4 Large Ciabatta Rolls

Instructions

  • To begin, make the chickpea salad. Add the chickpeas to a mixing bowl, then using a potato masher or heavy spoon, crush the chickpeas until they're in smaller chunks. DON'T mash them into a purée - you still want some large-ish chunks of chickpea.
  • Add in the chopped celery, chopped scallions, chopped herbs, and raisins, and stir.
  • Make the dressing by combining all dressing ingredients into a bowl, and mixing well. Taste, and adjust seasonings to your preference.
  • Add in the dressing to the chickpea salad and stir well. Set aside while you assemble the rest of the sandwich.
  • To make the hot honey butter, use room-temperature butter. Or, soften butter in the microwave for about 15 seconds. You do not want to use melted butter.
  • Combine the softened butter, hot honey, and black pepper and stir until evenly combined.
  • Take out your ciabatta rolls or other firm, crusty bread and cut them in half. Spread on the hot honey butter on each piece. Then, layer on the chickpea salad on one half of each sandwich, at least until it is 1" tall. Then, using a spoon, spread out the chickpea salad.
  • On top of the chickpea salad, add on enough arugula to cover the salad. Drizzle over a little bit of olive oil on the arugula, and squeeze a little bit of lemon juice. Sprinkle with Maldon salt or sea salt.
  • Close up the sandwiches, and cover them in parchment paper or foil.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • It's weird to give people instructions on how to assemble a sandwich, because I'm assuming if you're on a food blog, you probably know how to make a sandwich by now :D So, you don't have to follow my instructions exactly. Just assemble the sandwiches how you like.
  • You MUST use ciabatta or another firm bread like a baguette for this recipe. Regular sandwich bread is too soft.
  • Once made, these sandwiches will keep for 2-3 days. Just keep them in the refrigerator or cooler until ready to serve.
  • Make this recipe vegan by using vegan butter and vegan mayo!

Nutrition

Calories: 456kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 986mg | Potassium: 215mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1179IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 1mg
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