Lunch · Beginner · 8 min

Chicken hummus sandwich

Use fully cooked chicken for an assembly-only lunch.

No cookIncludes meat4 ingredients

Original draft · Kitchen testing and human review pending.

Annie Spratt / Unsplash · Ingredient photograph

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Chickpea hummus sandwich →Use the specified vegan-labelled bread; check bread and hummus labels for allergens.Protein: -24 g per serving · other values update in the preview

What you need

Amounts for 1 serving. Weigh the prepared ingredient described below.

100 g Plain fully cooked chicken breastReady-to-eat roasted chicken, not raw chicken. Check the packaging.
100 g Wholemeal bread (vegan-labelled)Choose a vegan-labelled loaf for the displayed diet tags; other loaves may contain milk, egg or honey.
40 g Hummus
80 g Cucumber, skin on

Weights use g/kg or oz/lb. Instruction volumes use ml/L or US/UK fl oz. Cup equivalents appear only where the food source reports a matching household measure.

Diet and ingredient checks

Diet: Includes meat. Tags assume the specified products, including vegetarian cheese and vegan bread where listed.

Contains: Cereals containing gluten, Sesame

Product labels need checking for: Milk, Soy, Celery, Mustard, Lupin, Eggs, Tree nuts.

These are ingredient checks, not an allergy-safety guarantee. Check every package and avoid cross-contact in your kitchen. Vegan does not mean allergen-free.

About the 14 listed allergens

Let’s make it

Kitchen scales · Knife · Board · Forks

Check that the chicken is fully cooked, ready to eat and within its use-by date.
Wash and slice the cucumber; tear the chicken into small pieces.
Spread hummus on the bread, add chicken and cucumber, and close the sandwich.

A look at the nutrients

Estimated from ingredient amounts. Cooking losses and product differences are not adjusted. Total sugars include naturally occurring sugars; added sugars are not separately calculated.

Dietary fibre8.6 g

Total sugars5.92 g

Total fat14.28 g

Carbohydrate (by difference)51.6 g

Energy523.8 kcal

Protein47.03 g

Vitamins, minerals and other values

EPA0.01 g

DHA0.02 g

Retinol6 µg

Total monounsaturated fatty acids4 g

Total polyunsaturated fatty acids5.91 g

Total saturated fatty acids2.79 g

Beta-carotene42.8 µg

Vitamin C2.24 mg

Thiamin0.55 mg

Riboflavin0.36 mg

Vitamin K (phylloquinone)30.34 µg

Copper0.46 mg

Iron4.75 mg

Magnesium144.4 mg

Phosphorus531.6 mg

Starch32.6 gKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Fructose3.02 gKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Niacin18.63 mg

Pantothenic acid1.96 mg

Vitamin B-60.91 mg

Potassium752.4 mg

Zinc3.51 mg

Selenium55.42 µg

Alpha-tocopherol3.57 mg

Glucose1.68 gKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Water203.42 g

Calcium207.6 mg

Choline, total117.3 mgKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Sodium701 mg

Manganese2.71 mg

Vitamin A (RAE)10.4 µg

Folate, total70.8 µg

Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0.1 µg

Vitamin B-120.34 µg

Fluoride1.04 µgKnown subtotal · 3 ingredient values missing

Total trans fatty acids0.03 gKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Linoleic acid4.66 gKnown subtotal · 2 ingredient values missing

ALA0.42 gKnown subtotal · 2 ingredient values missing

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Food records, image rights & review status

Original Nutrition Atlas recipe draft, 6 September 2026. Kitchen testing and human editorial review are pending. Photography illustrates ingredients or serving ideas, not the exact prepared recipe.

USDA SR Legacy, April 2018, public-domain food data. Values retain their source definitions; a historical generic record cannot describe every brand. Nutrient links explain the measured substance and do not claim this meal covers your needs.

Plain fully cooked chicken breast — FDC 171477Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted
Wholemeal bread (vegan-labelled) — FDC 172688Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared
Hummus — FDC 174289Hummus, commercial
Cucumber, skin on — FDC 168409Cucumber, with peel, raw

USDA documentation · Unsplash image licence · Unit conversions: NIST · Food handling: FSA

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