Yummy Mock Chicken Salad

[iaquinto]

i've made something like this but thought it more closely resembled tuna salad - perhaps the green pepper's essential for it to be reminiscent of chicken.

This is actually a modified recipe for Mock Tuna Salad.  I never liked Tuna, so I always called it Chicken Salad.  And I'm not a big fan of celery, which is why I use green peppers.  I'm so glad everyone is enjoying it and offering so many great variations!  There is so much you can do with it and it's so easy and delicious!

[iaquinto]

This is actually a modified recipe for Mock Tuna Salad.  I never liked Tuna, so I always called it Chicken Salad.  And I'm not a big fan of celery, which is why I use green peppers.  I'm so glad everyone is enjoying it and offering so many great variations!  There is so much you can do with it and it's so easy and delicious!

[VeganChristine]

Holy moly this was good.  I changed it up to imitate the tuna salad sammiches I grew up on as a kid.  I only used 1/4 cup Vegenaise to save calories, subbed lots of chopped celery for the bell pepper and used green onion instead of white.  It tasted surprisingly similar to tuna, though better.  (I don't think I've ever eaten chicken salad, so I can't say how it compares).  In my 20 years of being vegetarian, I never had the desire to attempt the chickpea-tuna-salad idea, but I'm soooo glad I tried this recipe (thanks to all the great reviews and pictures!)

[cjkip]

Wow, this  was great!!  I've been doing a lot of beans and greens and this kicked things up a notch!  So easy and so yummy.  I used the dijon nayonnaise, put it in a whole wheat and flax tortilla with romaine lettuce, slices of onion and tomato, and my favorite Frontier veggie pepper.  I had to have seconds!!!  Can't wait to try other variations.

[saremca]

YUM!  I added tarragon to make it taste more like chicken salad and it was fantastic. 

[corinnas54]

Wow, what a great recipe. Like all good recipes this one can be adapted to taste, so here's my take. I left my chick peas really chunky (only mashed a couple of times), then I added 1/2 red bell pepper diced, 1/2 onion diced, 2 celery stalks diced, 1/4 c diced green onion, 2 tbs nayonaise, 2tbs dijon nayonaise, 1 tsp salt, pepper,and cayenne pepper. I made a wrap using a whole wheat wrap and 1 romaine lettuce leaf. This was AMAZING! It had such an awesome texture and flavor and was low calorie low fat as well. For those who are curious, Made this way using 2 tbs of mixture, 1 whole what wrap, and romaine lettuce, it was 155 calories and 4 grams of fat. Thanks for the great idea!

[corinnas54]

Ok so I just wanted to add on to my last post that I made this again, and added some sweet relish and it was even better! Plus I made a salad with it using romaine lettuce and topped it off with some homemade low-fat thousand island dressing, and it was OUTSTANDING! I will be eating this everyday for lunch! It is very rare to find something so yummy that is healthy as well. I just can't say enough! I will post my thousand island recipe as well incase anyone is interested. 

[Allychristine]

Yum! I was surprised at how different this came out to be than the "mock tuna" salad that I make. I think the difference is made  mainly by the lack of pickle and mustard in the "chicken" salad..I think those two are necessary for the "tuna." Despite all that..they are both great chickpea sandwiches! For this one, I just used chickpeas, mashed slightly, veganaise, 2 celery stalks, a little red pepper, green onion, and lots of s and p. It was great on toasted  sourdough bread! 

[tofreak]

After reading all the reviews, of quite a few of them. I did add the mustard s&p. It did need pickle relish. Although, it was very good in flavor. Just having to play with the recipe to get the right flavor as chicken salad it was fun . Definitely will make again for lunches.

[Allychristine]

This time I mashed my chickpeas more, and added lots of veganaise, some celery, green pepper, tomato, green onion, no-chicken broth (just a little for flavor), pecans, and Spike. Yum! 

[caroleena]

Love it, love it, love it. I grew up on tuna salad (not chicken salad so much) and would occasionally get nostalgic for it... turns out it wasn't the fish at all but rather the seasoning. To make it extra comfort-foody I made the following adjustments:

1. Celery rather than green pepper--it's what mom made
2. Onion powder rather than fresh onions--I'm not the biggest fan of raw onions in sandwich mixes (plus I think it adds to the cash-strapped comfort-ness of it)
3. Salt and LOTS of black pepper. As I've gone forward in veg*an cooking I re-discover the wonder of S&P, especially with anything mayonaise-y.

To me it's best on toast. To be truly comfort food-y it would be on white bread, but I prefer whole wheat bread from this wonderful family bakery at my farmer's market   

[Kikilola]

I added sweetcorn to mine this w/end, lovely

[LuckyUsagi]

I've missed a kick ass sandwich since I became veggie,I use to love tuna sandwiches and I must  say this sandwich really hit the spot! its was so0o0o good! I added a 1/4 cube in 1/4 of hot water Not Chick-N only to add a couple of tablespoons of this water, some spicy mustard, green onions, butter lettuce (kuz it's butta smooth) and celerly. It was such a sucessful meal that my b/f who dislikes chickpeas ate a sandwich himself and geniuallly enjoyed it

[caroleena]

Just to add--this is also wonderful on top of a lightly-dressed bed of romaine lettuce if you want to up the veggies 

[rccourtney]

My husband and I both loved this recipe but with the celery, we thought it was more reminiscent of egg salad than chicken salad.  I would definitely make this again. 
 This was great on an onion roll with tomato and mustard.