Spicy Chickpea Wraps

Looking for a super easy vegan meal? These spicy chickpea wraps with spinach and avocado take just minutes to make for a healthy and delicious lunch or quick dinner.

Chickpea salad is much like egg salad or tuna salad, without the eggs or tuna. It’s mashed up chickpeas, mixed with ingredients like vegan mayo, lemon, celery, red onion, dijon and other egg salad favourites.

It can be eaten on its own for a quick snack or meal or piled into a wrap or sandwich made with your favourite bread.

This version features sriracha, vegan mayo, lemon, sea salt, pepper and garlic powder for a spicy twist on the classic flavours.

These tasty wraps feature spicy chickpea salad packed in a wrap with avocado and spinach for a simple but nutritious meal that’s perfect for a packed lunch or easy dinner.

The recipe is nothing fancy, you’ll need just a few simple ingredients but the taste won’t let you down! The chickpea filling can be made in advance so it’s a great option for meal prep and it can be eaten on its own or used in this wrap, a sandwich or added to a salad.

Recipe Features

• Dietary Features: Vegan and can be made gluten-free.
• Easy meal you can make in 10 minutes.
• Customize with different veggies and and sauces.
• Enjoy the chickpea mixture in a wrap or sandwich, eat on its own for a quick snack or add to salads and bowls.

Ingredient Notes

• Chickpeas: Canned chickpeas work great. Drain and rinse them well before use and you’re good to go! You can also used chickpeas you cooked from scratch or switch it up and use white beans.
• Sriracha: Makes them spicy. Alternatives are buffalo sauce, any hot sauce or chili garlic paste.
• Mayo: Use a vegan mayo to keep this recipe vegan, otherwise, any mayo works. Tahini is also a suitable substitute.
• Lemon: If you don’t have lemon on hand a little splash of vinegar also works.
• Garlic Powder: I use garlic powder here for convenience but you can also use 1-2 cloves of minced garlic.
• Cilantro: You can swap this for parsley or omit it if you don’t like cilantro.
• Tortilla: Any large tortillas work. I like La Tortilla Factory.
• Spinach: Use fresh spinach or finely chopped kale massaged with 1 tsp olive oil to soften it.
• Avocado: Optional but delicious! Use as much or as little as you like.

How to Make Chickpea Salad

Step 1: Prepare the chickpeas.

You can either give the chickpeas a quick pulse in a food processor to break them up or you can mash them in a bowl with a fork.

Step 2: Mix the salad.

Next, add the rest of the salad ingredients to the chickpeas and mix well. This includes the garlic powder, Sriracha, mayo, lemon, cilantro, salt and pepper.

Quick Tip: If you want to add additional ingredients to the chickpea salad, try celery, red or green bell pepper, red onion or shallot, green onion, or dill pickle. Curry powder, grapes or raisins are also interesting!

Step 3: Build your wrap.

Start with a bed of spinach then add a big scoop of the chickpea mixture and top with avocado, another little sprinkle of salt and pepper and more hot sauce, if desired.

Roll up your wrap and enjoy!

Notes & Tips

• Looking for a side? Try these baked fries or tofu nuggets.
• For a side soup, try black bean soup, minestrone or kale cauliflower soup.
• For a side salad, try avocado corn salad, kale caesar salad or pasta salad.
• For a smaller serving, the recipe can be cut in half or even quartered but it does store well so feel free to make the full recipe and store the leftovers for later.
• Sauce: For even more flavour, try a spread of spicy cashew mayo, vegan tzatziki or ranch sauce in your wrap.
• Cucumber, red bell pepper and/or tomato can be added to the wrap for extra volume, flavour and nutrition.
• These pickled red onions or roasted red peppers would also be yummy in the wrap!

Making Ahead & Storing

• The chickpea salad mixture can be made ahead and stored in the fridge for up to 4 days.
• Assembled wraps will keep for 1-2 days in the fridge though they’re best assembled fresh due to the avocado.
• This recipe is not suitable for freezing.

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