Inspired by the use of jackfruit over at the taste space and by the Midwest vaygun, I decided to try out this vegan delicacy. This is our simple interpretation of the BBQ pulled pork wraps from the taste space.
1. I drained 2 cans (20 oz each) of jackfruit and cut off the hard center parts while keeping the shreddy ends. Be sure to get unripe jackfruit in brine. After I cut out the hard center pieces, this is what it looked like.
2. N simmered the jackfruit in a pan full of store-bought BBQ sauce until the jackfruit didn’t have any jackfruity taste anymore (~20 minutes). Eat a raw jackfruit from the can before dousing with BBQ sauce to determine what a “jackfruity taste” is. The jackfruit should also be shredded up at this point.
3. Then, N smushed it all out on a baking pan and baked it at 400 degrees until it got a little crispy and dried out.
4. This was a tag-team meal, so while N took care of the jackfruit business, I got down with a side dish.
I dumped a can of drained black soy beans, a drained can of corn, some chopped tomatoes (about two), a handful of chopped cilantro, 1 chopped mango, 1/2 diced red onion, a drizzle or two of olive oil, a teaspoon or two each of chili powder, cumin and garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste and some generous splashes of lime juice and then mixed it all up.
I didn’t measure anything b/c this was a throw together meal, but it turns out cookingwithlightbulbs made something similar, so check out that blog if you want more precision.
5. We then got out our vegan hoagies and toasted them in the still warm oven for a bit.
6. Then we stuffed our faces with these. Get in mah belly!!
Quick, easy and oh so finger-licking good…just the way I like it. My meals. I’m talking about my meals.
Wow, yum. I had never even heard of jackfruit before. I’m off to google and learn all about it!
Yum! Where did you buy your jackfruit? No idea where I could get the stuff!
Asian markets are your friend. Be sure to get green jackfruit and not yellow b/c the yellow is sweet. The unripe green jackfruit has a very mild taste.
Thanks for the tip! I’m very excited to give it a whirl!
That looks so good!
thanks for the shout-out! we just served some to carnivores via tacos/tamales and got great reviews 🙂
Yeah, your Mexican food looks amazing!!
i get it from my hubby 😛
OMGoddess! I was just thinking about jack-fruit and how much I miss it! I just wish I could get it here…
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What a feast! I NEED to try this. Jackfruit as pork substitute, genius!
Whoa. Wha?! How does one get their hands on canned, unripe jackfruit?
Asian stores! Get the green jackfruit not the ripe yellow stuff. Our local asian market has a really helpful store clerk and she helps me find all sorts of various goodies like green jackfruit or glutinous rice flour, etc…
Thanks! We have a gigundo Asian store in OKC. Can’t wait to try this, it looks so good!
Oh man, I wish we could find some brined jackfruit here, I’ve only ever seen the stuff in syrup.
See my reply above to unrefined vegan….asian stores are where it’s at!
BBQ jackfruit is so good! It looks like you made it perfectly. I only had it once at a restaurant in Madison, but really liked it.
I just recently read about jackfruit and I’m so glad you wrote about it. I can’t wait to give it a try. It looks delicious!
I’ve never heard of jackfruit before! I feel like a bad recipe blogger. What does it taste like and where do I get it?
Ripe ones are sweet. Green, unripe ones have very little taste…it’s very difficult to describe. You should be able to find them at asian markets.
Perfect, I have one of those around the corner. Yum! I love trying new fruit/veg discoveries :p
I see jackfruit at my local markets and now I have a reason t throw myself on the grenade… er… jackfruit. THANK YOU!
I live next to an Asian market, we are so trying this over the weekend!!!
been wanting to try jackfruit forever! this looks awesome, i’m definitely giving it a go 🙂
I keep hearing about jackfruit. I need to actually try using it one of these days- looks good!
I have a feeling this would be a hit at a summer BBQ! I gotta get to an Asian grocery soon.
So funny – again. Today I tried Primal vegan jerky and immediatley thought… “VEGAN PULLED PORK?!?!?! gotta try that!!” haha
Your salad looks divine!! (I ❤ cilantro!!)
Is jackfruit the same as Durian?
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I’ve never had Durian before but from what I gather it has a very strong taste and smell so I don’t think it would work well for this.
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OK, so what is a jackfruity taste? I must know!
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