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Sweet & spicy jackfruit tacos

Sweet & spicy jackfruit tacos

If you don’t tell your family this isn’t meat, we’re almost certain they won’t guess. The soy and maple give the jackfruit an incredible texture – both soft and crisp at the edges.

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VegetarianHealthyLow in saturated fat3 of your 5 a day6 plant varieties
  • Serves4
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare15 mins
  • Cook25 mins
  • Total time40 mins

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 pack Essential Mixed Peppers, finely sliced
  • 2 clove/s garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsp Cooks’ Ingredients Mexican Style Seasoning
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 x 400g cans jackfruit, drained, rinsed and patted dry
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp reduced salt soya sauce
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 100g pack coriander, leaves roughly chopped
  • 8 soft taco wraps, to serve
  • 75g Cheddar, grated, to serve
  • 150ml fat free Greek style yogurt, to serve
  • 200g jar spicy pineapple salsa, to serve

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat, then fry the onion and peppers, stirring, for 5-6 minutes, until softening and a little coloured.

  2. dd the garlic and spices, stir fry for 2 minutes more, then add the jackfruit, maple syrup, soy and tomato purée. Stir well to coat, then cover with a lid and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring once or twice

  3. Remove the lid, turn the heat back up and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring often and pressing the jackfruit with the back of a spoon to open them up, until shredded, soft and caramelised at the edges. Stir through the coriander, then cook for 1 minute more.

  4. Warm the wraps according to pack instructions. Serve with the jackfruit, cheese, yogurt and salsa to make tacos at the table.

Cook’s tip

To help the jackfruit shred more easily, pull or slice off the triangular tips of the chunks – you can still cook them to avoid waste, but removing them encourages the fruit to fall apart.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

2,505kJ/ 597kcals

Fat

21.4g

Saturated Fat

5.9g

Carbohydrates

77.3g

Sugars

24.5g

Fibre

13g

Protein

17.2g

Salt

3.2g

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