Satisfy Your Cravings With Delicious Vegan Pulled Jackfruit

Today’s recipe uses jackfruit in the sneakiest way possible. We’re going to make a vegan pulled sandwich with jackfruit! So, you can relish the goodness of meat without having it. 

Level: Easy 

Serving Size: 4-6 people

Total Time: 160 minutes (170 minutes, if green jackfruit used)

• Preparation time: 5 minutes
• Cooking time: 65 minutes
• Baking time: 90 minutes

Nutrition (per serving): 

Step By Step Process To Making Heavenly Vegan Pulled Jackfruit

Now, it’s time for you to measure and gather your ingredients. This will make your cooking much faster. After you’re done, let’s grab our skillet, spatula and get to cooking!

Prepare Your Jackfruit

For this, you’ll start by removing the core parts of your jackfruit. This is the hard white stone in the middle. After that, wash and strain your jackfruit. 

Also, remove any seed pits or fiber from the jackfruit. Once you’re done processing, proceed to cut them into small pieces. Measurably 1 inch pieces.

Season And Cook Your Jackfruit

Put your skillet on medium heat and add one tablespoon of olive oil to it. For this, use a large skillet. 

Add your onions to your pan and cook it for 10-12 minutes. Sautee until your onions seem soft, tender, and translucent. Then add your garlic and jackfruit and give it a good stir. 

After your jackfruit has been cooking for about 2 mins, add your seasonings. Start with cumin, paprika, chipotle, pepper, and salt. Mix it well. Then add your Worcestershire and mustard. Then let the mixture simmer for 5 mins.

Now the next step is to add the vegetable stock. So, pour in the stock and stir it a bit. Then, close the lid and let it simmer for 45 mins.

Once it has been simmering for 45 minutes, it’s time to mash it!

Well, not entirely mashed. But shredded or pulled enough to match the texture of pulled pork. For this, you’ll take two forks and shred until it is separated into long pieces. 

Now that it’s prepped and looks almost like shredded pork, it’s time to bake!

Baking Your Cooked Jackfruit

Here, we’re going to transfer our jackfruit from the pan to a foil-lined baking sheet. Use a tong to spread it evenly on your lined tray. 

You don’t have to pour all the remaining juice into the skillet. Just scoop up the jackfruit and you’ll see that it’s releasing some of the juice. You can leave it there, it’ll work just fine!

For the rest of the juice in the pan, you can discard it. As you won’t need that anymore!

Then, put your tray in the oven, and set the temperature to 350°F. It’ll take about an hour and a half to bake. But we aren’t gonna set our timer to 90 minutes. Rather, we’re gonna take it out at 80 minutes.

After 80 minutes, take out your tray. Make sure to wear your oven mitts! Now place your tray on the countertop. You’re now going to grab your BBQ sauce and add to it. Then stir and mix well. 

After that, place it back in the oven for 10 more minutes. And finally, it’s ready!

Now, it’s time to transfer it into a bowl. We’re so close to having a bite of this mouth-watering barbequed goodness!

Scrape off the pulled jackfruit from the foil. For this, use a spatula and slowly pull it out. Then take a bowl and place it there.

Voila! We’re done making this heavenly jackfruit filling for your sandwich! Oh, wait no it’s basically meat, I mean the texture! It even literally tastes like meat.

Now It’s Time To Serve!

Ahh! Finally, it’s time to fill up your bun with the pulled jackfruit and serve! So, grab your bun and bowl, and let’s add the dressing! 

You can add lettuce, tomatoes with the barbecued jackfruit. If you want an extra bit of flavor, you can even add another layer of bbq sauce!

So, grab your sandwich and dig in. And feel the richness of the sauce and the filling do its magic!

Extra Tips & Advice

What If Canned Jackfruits Aren’t Available?

In this case, you can use a fresh green jackfruit. Oil up your knife and cut the jackfruit in half. And take out the soft parts. The hard middle part and the fiber, you can throw it away. Wash them as mentioned. And they’re ready to be cooked.

What Else Can I Make with The Filling?

With this filling, you can stuff your sweet potatoes. You can make a wrap, nachos, and tacos. Also if you’re feeling a little extra you can even make a pot pie.

How Can I Make Pulled Jackfruit Healthier?

Well, you can switch the olive oil with coconut oil. Also reducing the amount of BBQ sauce will cut down the calories by a lot! 

Are There Any Gluten-Free Options for Pulled Jackfruit?

Yes, there are gluten-free options. But this means the buns will contain eggs. This will mean they aren’t vegan. But you can use bread rolls instead. They’ll be a good substitute to save you from that allergy!

How Long Can You Keep Cooked Jackfruit?

You can keep it at room temperature for 5 days. And up to  6 weeks if you store it in the refrigerator! Just put your cooked jackfruit in an air-tight container. 

There you go, you’ve mastered making vegan pulled jackfruit. Now you can pull this showstopper out at any BBQ. 

We bet no one would even notice that it isn’t meat!