Hummus Sandwich

If you like hummus, you’ll love this hummus sandwich! It’s tasty, nutritious, and comes together quickly.

It’s an excellent packed lunch, snack, or light dinner, served alongside creamy cauliflower soup, carrot ginger soup, or tabouli salad.

You can make this recipe with your favorite store-bought hummus or with one of our homemade hummuses.

Try our classic hummus recipe, hummus without tahini, roasted red pepper hummus, and lentil hummus.

Here, we use whole-grain bread, but you can also use warm pita bread, a wrap, sandwich bread, or homemade focaccia.

For the veggies, our advice is to combine multiple textures and colors.

Pick something crunchy (carrots), something leafy (spinach), something savory (roasted bell peppers or sundried tomatoes) and something creamy (avocado).

Finish off with salt and pepper to taste and pickled vegetables, such as our quick-pickled red onions, jalapeños, or cucumber.

You’ll love the combination of textures and flavors of this humble but fulfilling hummus sandwich recipe.

Quantities are in the recipe box at the bottom of the page.

Hummus

If you are short on time, you can use store-bought hummus or make your own by following our hummus recipe.

Or try different hummus flavors such as roasted bell pepper hummus, hummus without tahini, and lentil hummus.

Substitute avocado spread, guacamole, curried chickpea salad, romesco sauce, white bean dip, vegan egg salad, and vegan tuna salad for regular hummus.

Bread

We use toasted whole grain bread cut into 1/5 inch or 1 cm slices.

You can substitute sandwich bread, pita bread, sourdough bread, focaccia, and wraps, or pick your favorite bread.

Vegetables

We recommend mixing thinly sliced vegetables with different textures and colors to get a nutritious hummus sandwich that is fun and satisfying to eat. We use:

CARROTS: Substitute thinly sliced radishes, cucumber, or red onion.

SPINACH: Substitute arugula, watercress, lettuce leaves, radicchio leaves, or other leafy greens for spinach.

AVOCADO: We slice it thinly. Substitute mashed avocado or thinly sliced tomato.

ROASTED BELL PEPPERS: Use jarred or home-roasted red peppers.

We recommend them because they add meatiness, umami, and a bold, savory flavor. Substitute sun-dried tomatoes in oil, sliced olives, or marinated artichoke hearts for roasted bell pepper.

Pickles

Pickled vegetables add tanginess and freshness and are essential to make the best hummus sandwich.

We use our own quick pickled red onion.

Substitute sliced pickled cucumbers, jalapeños, cabbage, or any other pickled vegetable for the onions.

Salt & Black pepper

To taste. Depending on the saltiness of your hummus, you might not need any salt.

Optional ingredients

Optionally, add crumbled vegan feta or regular feta cheese for an extra burst of umami.

A drizzle of extra virgin olive oil is also optional.

Halloumi cheese or vegan halloumi works well here, too. Cut thin slices, pan-fry them, or grill them on both sides for a few minutes.

Sprouts are also an ingredient often found in hummus sandwich recipes; feel free to add them if you like.

US cups + grams measurements in the recipe box at the bottom of the page.

1. Prepare the ingredients

Make the hummus or use store-bought hummus.

Make the quick pickled red onions, or use store-bought pickles.

Roast the bell pepper or use store-bought jarred red pepper.

Thinly slice the carrot with a vegetable peeler or grate it with the large holes of a box grater.

Thinly slice the avocado. Toast the bread slices.

2. Build the hummus sandwich

Spread a generous amount of creamy hummus on the bottom slice of bread (about 2 to 3 tablespoons).

Spread a thinner layer of hummus on the top slice of bread (1 to 2 tablespoons)

Top with roasted bell pepper, spinach, carrot, avocado, and pickled onions.

Season with salt and black pepper to taste, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil optionally.

Cover with the top slice of bread, then cut in half with a serrated knife, trying not to apply too much pressure to the sandwich.

This homemade creamy hummus sandwich with veggies is excellent for any meal.

Have it on its own for a fulfilling breakfast or mid-afternoon snack.

For your lunch break, pair it with a salad or fruit. We recommend:

• Couscous salad
• Lentil salad
• Sweet potato lentil salad
• Cauliflower lentil salad
• Cucumber tomato salad
• Tabouli salad
• Tomato salad

30-Min Meals

Lentil Salad

Salads

Tabouli (Tabbouleh Salad)

Salads

Cucumber Tomato Salad

Salads

Lentil Sweet Potato Salad

For a healthy dinner, serve it next to a creamy soup like:

• Cauliflower soup
• Turkish lentil soup
• Carrot ginger soup
• Sweet potato soup
• Butternut squash soup
• Potato leek soup

Soups

Cauliflower Soup

One-pot Meals

Turkish Lentil Soup

Soups

Sweet Potato Soup

Soups

Potato Leek Soup

This is one of the creamiest, tastiest, and most interesting sandwich flavors. It’s made with mashed chickpeas, hugged by a creamy tahini mango and curry dressing.

Here’s our curry chickpea salad recipe.

Chickpea tuna sandwich

This is an excellent combination of mashed chickpeas, vegan mayo, pickles, and other simple ingredients, with a mild scent of the ocean.

Here’s our chickpea tuna.

White bean dip sandwich

A light and creamy spread with white beans is excellent as a dip for a delicious sandwich.

Here’s our white bean dip recipe.

Avocado spread wrap

This creamiest, most delicious avocado spread with tahini and lemon is excellent for wraps and sandwiches.

Here’s our avocado spread recipe.

Vegan egg salad sandwich

Soft tofu wrapped in a flavorful and creamy mayo and yogurt dressing. It is excellent as an egg salad substitute in a sandwich.

Here’s our vegan egg salad recipe.

Tofu meatball marinara sub

Satisfying tofu meatballs hugged by a flavor-packed marinara sauce. Excellent for stuffing in a sub sandwich.

Here’s our tofu meatball recipe.

Eggplant marinara sub

Breaded eggplants, fresh basil, and marinara sauce. It’s the perfect trio to go in a warm sub sandwich.

Here’s our breaded eggplant and marinara sauce recipes.

Make ahead: Hummus sandwich is an excellent recipe for a packed lunch. It keeps well for 12 hours.

Refrigerator: Keep the sandwich in an airtight container in the fridge for 6 to 12 hours.

Freezer: The recipe is not suitable for freezing.

Reheat: We reheat our hummus sandwich in the air fryer for 2 minutes.

More easy recipes

• Chickpea fritters
• Zucchini fritters
• Lentil patties
• Tofu scramble
• Microwave sweet potato

Mains

Chickpea Fritters

Starters

Zucchini Fritters

30-Min Meals

Lentil patties

Mains

Microwave Sweet Potato

• Baba ganoush
• Mutabal
• Romesco sauce
• Pesto sauce
• Guacamole
• Avocado spread
• Tofu cream cheese

Starters

Baba Ganoush Recipe

Sauces

Vegan Pesto

Sauces

Romesco Sauce

Tofu

Tofu Cream Cheese