- Hi, friends, it's Sam, and today, I'm gonna show you how
to make my Easy Vegan Jackfruit Tacos, ooh, so yummy.
(laughs)
If you are new to jackfruit, jackfruit is a fruit,
and I buy it in a can as young and green.
And when it's young and green, it doesn't take sweet.
It actually tastes quite savory,
and then you can prepare it.
And it tastes a lot like shredded meat, it's pretty weird.
- [Woman] Weird.
- But of course, it's a thousand times better for you
'cause it's a fruit so vegans love it.
Health addicts love it, everybody loves it
'cause it's delicious and good for you.
- [Children] Yay!
- This recipe is super quick and easy to make,
taking just about 25 minutes so it makes for a great,
healthy weeknight meal.
So let's get to making jackfruit tacos.
(hums)
Now, your jackfruit will look something like this.
It might come in rounds or in triangles like this one did.
You can see that there's a core at the bottom, and then,
sometimes, you might see little seeds in there as well.
Some recipes require you to cut off the core
and throw out the seeds, do not do that.
You're just wasting precious edible jackfruit.
When cutting the jackfruit, you wanna cut the core
as much as possible so that it's not chewy,
and we get the best texture.
So start from the bottom of your triangle
and cut through the core into long, thin slices like so.
My jackfruit is all nicely chopped up now.
If you come across any seeds, don't worry,
just toss them in the pile
along with the rest of the jackfruit.
They're good to go, they'll cook right up
and become delicious right along
with the rest of the jackfruit.
I've grabbed a yellow onion and four cloves of garlic.
I'm gonna chop those up, but not film that
'cause that's boring.
We've all seen chopped onions and garlic before,
and then I'll met you at the stove.
I need food, I am getting hungry, boom!
Stove, we made it, we're here, okay!
Turn your heat on to about medium high
with a high sided frying pan or a large pot
that's something like this
and add one tablespoon of light oil.
When I say light oil, I just mean something
that has light flavor.
So a canola oil, a vegetable oil, a sunflower oil,
anything like that will do just fine.
When the oil is hot,
add the garlic and onions, woo, sizzlin'!
Turn that down a bit, it's ferocious in here.
Saute for about five minutes
until the onions have become translucent and begin to brown.
Ah, onions and garlic, so, so good every time!
Makes me really hungry, I haven't even eaten yet today
so I'm starving, I can't wait to eat these tacos, yes!
The onions are delicious looking and toasty
and smeLl so good, my favorite smell!
Time to add all of the jackfruit.
(pan sizzling)
Vegetable broth.
(pan sizzling)
Whoa, so noisy, shh!
Simmer down, half of a lime, juiced.
I've got my handy dandy juicer so I just go right in there.
Agave, a little bit of sweetness.
You could substitute another sweetener,
but I like agave 'cause it keeps
to that Mexican theme for tacos.
Ooh, chili powder, oh my goodness, I'm low on cumin, no!
(clanking)
Get in there, I think that's just about the right amount
so we'll be good.
Smoked paprika, which I love because it adds
a little bit of smokiness as well as a little bit of color.
And salt, stir it up so that everything is nice
and evenly coated in the spices.
Ooh, those spices smell so fragrant already.
Let this simmer with the lid on for about five minutes
until the jackfruit becomes tender
and about half of the broth is absorbed.
Oh, smells so amazing, look at that, yeah.
Do you see that, delicious.
My jackfruit is smelling gorgeously fragrant.
Now, this is my amazing hack, are you ready for it?
Grab yourself a potato masher.
Yes, a potato masher, I know, it seems weird,
and mash up this jackfruit.
Now, this is gonna break the jackfruit apart a little,
and that's when it's really gonna get into this cool,
shredded kinda chicken texture except not chicken
so it's so much better.
If you find your jackfruit a little bit too tough,
you're welcome to cover it back up and let it simmer
a couple more minutes until it's nice.
If your jackfruit is a little bit dry, you can just add
a splash more vegetable broth,
and if your jackfruit is a little wet,
just make sure that heat's still on
and cook out some of that extra water.
I love recipes like that that are just so forgiving.
And this monster, it's so stuck in there.
And there we go, shredded jackfruit.
Isn't that so cool and so easy?
I love it, my kind of recipe.
Now, as always, I'll put a link to the full recipe
in the description down below this video,
and I'll pop one up here as well.
Today, I'm gonna have soft tacos, but of course,
you can have crunchy tacos if you prefer.
But I'm gonna show you my cool method for toasting these up
so they have lots of toasty, gorgeous flavor.
If you have a gas stove like I do,
you can turn it on to maybe like a lowish heat,
and then you just toss your tortilla right on there
and using tongs, of course, we don't burn your fingers.
Keep rotating it.
(fun, funky music)
Ooh, and this is just gonna toast it up gorgeously.
Flip it over, look at that toast.
There we go, now, if you don't have a gas stove,
you can definitely just heat up your taco shells
in the oven, just wrap 'em in foil,
pop 'em in the oven, and toast 'em up.
It's taco time, woo!
So I have got my, mhm, smells good, it's warm.
I just wanna sleep on it.
(laughs)
Beautiful, look at that steamy jackfruit.
Serve up a lovely portion of jackfruit.
Oh, smells good, so excited.
I am going to top my taco with some thinly sliced red onion,
some pieces of avocado, and a little bit
of roughly chopped cilantro.
Now, of course, you can use whatever toppings you like.
Your own taco toppings, do it up the way you wanna do it,
but this is what I'm gonna do today.
Ah, look at that, gorgeous, I love it!
Alright, taco time!
(fun, funky music)
Mmmm, mmm, mhmm, I need another bite.
So yummy, I love it, the jackfruit is tender.
It's got all of those spices.
It's hot, delicious, flavorful.
You got topping of creamy avocado pairs perfectly with this,
just digging it, this is a really good taco.
(moaning and humming)
Definitely give this a try if you are a fan of jackfruit.
I mean, do I even really need a plate
if I don't even put the taco down.
(laughs)
I hope you liked this video, and if you do,
let me know by leaving a like
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fuss free vegan video every single Wednesday.
I'll see you next week, bon appetegan!
(chicken clucking)
(fun, funky music)
It is Taco Tuesday except it's not Tuesday!
It's actually Friday when I'm filming this,
but you can be watching this on Wednesday,
or any other day of the week.
Maybe it's Tuesday for you, hey, coincidence.