This Vegan Chickpea Dressing is a healthy creamy dressing option for your salad! Made with six ingredients and ready in 5 minutes, this is the perfect plant-based creamy salad dressing.
If you like hummus, you are going to love this creamy dressing.
Why? Because this vegan chickpea dressing is basically a slightly thinner version of hummus.
And I am not sorry about it. The dressing is ULTRA creamy because blended chickpeas create a beautiful thick and creamy texture. Without any dairy, of course!
This dressing has an incredibly decadent texture for such a healthy food. And it's basically like super smooth, creamy hummus. Perfect for drizzling all over a salad. YUM!
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Why I love this Vegan Chickpea Dressing
- Dietary needs - this dressing is vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, oil-free, and refined sugar free
- Quick dressing - ready in less than five minutes!
- Simple ingredients - you probably have all the ingredients in your kitchen right now!
- Versatile - you can use this dressing for more than just salads. Serve it with pasta, as a dipping sauce, or as a marinade
- Great on any salad - this is a neutral-tasting creamy dressing, so it's great on any salad you might dream up
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
- Chickpeas & Aquafaba: this dressing is easiest when you use a can of chickpeas. When draining the chickpeas, reserve the liquid in the can (known as aquafaba). Then the chickpea liquid becomes the liquid to help blend the mixture into a dressing texture.
- Peanut Butter or Tahini: I love this dressing with peanut butter (I love anything with peanut butter, really) and I think it creates a unique flavor. But tahini is a more classic ingredient in hummus and it has a more neutral flavor. So go with your favorite option. And make sure the only ingredients in your nut or seed butter are the nut/seed and maybe some salt.
- Garlic: use fresh garlic here. You can mince it before hand if you are concerned it will be too strong, but I don't find that the extra step is necessary in this recipe
- Maple or Date Syrup: for a completely fruit sweetened dressing, use date syrup. Otherwise, maple syrup will work great!
- Salt: if your nut butter is salted you may not need salt.
How to make Vegan Chickpea Dressing
All you need is a blender or food processor!
Step 1. Add all the ingredients to a food processor and process until smooth. Drizzle on your favorite salad. Enjoy!
If you want your dressing super thick, use less aquafaba. Or add some more more chickpeas to help re-thicken the dressing.
Or, if you want a thinner, more drizzleable dressing, add more aquafaba 1-2 tablespoons at a time until you achieve your desired consistency.
Store covered in the fridge for up to two weeks.
I usually keep mine in a mason jar.
Salads that go with this Vegan Chickpea Dressing
Use this dressing on any salad! Here are a few suggestions:
- Rainbow Salad
- Arugula Citrus Salad
- Carrot Raisin Salad
- Black Lentil Salad
- Kale Harvest Salad
- Quinoa Chickpea Salad
More vegan dressings
Looking for other easy vegan versions of your favorite dressings? I've got you:
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Chickpea Dressing
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 Ounces Chickpeas
- ½ Cup Aquafaba this is the liquid from a can of chickpeas
- ¼ Cup Peanut Butter or Tahini
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 1 Teaspoon Maple or Date Syrup
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a food processor and process until smooth. Drizzle on your favorite salad. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is an estimate.
Frannie
I now make this all the time!!! It is so satisfying when you want a creamy salad dressing.
Elizabeth
Love to hear it!
Lincoln
Surely there has to be an acid like vinegar or lemon don’t you think ?
Elizabeth
Hi Lincoln - I love this dressing without any extra acidity. The bite from the garlic as well as the aquafaba from the chickpeas does provide a acid-like taste. But feel free to add a teaspoon or two of lemon juice or acv, like you mention.