Lunch · Modern British

Smashed chickpea & avocado toast

Name: Smashed chickpea & avocado toast
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Modern British
Ingredients: 8 slices Sourdough; 1 tin Chickpeas, drained; 2 Avocados; 1 Lemon; 150g Cherry tomatoes; ½ tsp Chilli flakes

Avocado toast, but the chickpeas mean it actually lasts you until tea.

Start to finish: 10 min
Hands-on: 10 min
In the fridge: 1 day
Freezes: Not well

VeganContains gluten

Ingredients

4 portions

8 slicesSourdough
1 tinChickpeas, drained
2Avocados
1Lemon
150gCherry tomatoes
½ tspChilli flakes

Plus salt, pepper and water.

Method

1
Put the bread on to toast, in batches if you need to.
2
Meanwhile, drain the chickpeas and mash them in a bowl with a fork. Add the avocado flesh and the lemon juice and mash again, leaving it a bit chunky. Season well.
3
Halve the tomatoes and toss them with a pinch of salt.
4
Pile the smash onto the hot toast, top with the tomatoes and finish with the chilli flakes.

On the day

Two slices each. Eat straight away, before the avocado starts to brown.

Cook’s tip

Mash the chickpeas on their own before the avocado goes in. They need more work, and it stops the avocado turning to paste.