“I got that summertime sadness.” – Lana Del Rey & me.
I know there’s like a month and a half left of summer, but I’m already mourning it.
I give this summer 5 stars, 10/10, would recommend to a friend.
Garr & I have just had so much fun. We’ve eaten all the foods and been to all the events and stayed up late on school nights and soaked up all the WA sun and have just, quite frankly, lived the dream. Like, last weekend, Garr was just like, “Oh hey I found some cheap Ed Sheeran tickets, wanna go?” I’m like ummmm I am a living, breathing, human female OF COURSE I WANNA SWAY TO THAT LITTLE REDHEAD. Only in the summer does this sort of magic happen. But soon the rain will roll in and I will run up the credit card bill on self tanner. *Sigh*
However it is going to be literally 100 degrees on Thursday and we don’t have air conditioning soooo…..
Time: 1 hour (prep + cooking) | Serves: 4 peeps
Ingredients:
- 2 cans of jackfruit, drained + tough edges trimmed
- 1 red onion, diced
- 4 tbsp. of garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp. of cumin
- 1 tsp. of chili powder
- 1 tsp. of crushed red pepper
- 1 tsp. of smoked paprika
- 1 tsp. of coriander
- 1/4 tsp. of cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. of cloves
- 2 tbsp. of tomato paste
- 4 tbsp. of soy sauce
- 2 tbsp. of honey
- 1 tbsp. of liquid smoke
- 1 tbsp. of apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp. of olive oil
- S+P, to taste
- Corn tortillas, for serving
- Radishes, for serving
- Avocado, for serving
- Cilantro, for serving
- Salsa, for serving
How to:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat
- Add half the red onion + S+P, cook for 2 minutes
- Add garlic, cook another minute
- Add cumin + chili powder + crushed red pepper + smoked paprika + coriander + cinnamon + cloves, cook for 1 minute
- Add in tomato paste
- Add jackfruit + soy sauce + honey + liquid smoke + vinegar + S+P
- While stirring mixture, start to break apart the jackfruit with your utensil
- Cook for 15 minutes
- Arrange jackfruit on a lined baking sheet + pop in the oven for another 15 minutes
- To serve, put some jackfruit in a tortilla with remaining red onion + radishes + avocado + salsa + cilantro
- Pretend taco is a train + chugga chugga choo choo that sucker right in your mouth
Followed this bad boy!
Wow this awesome ππ»
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Why thank ya!
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This looks amazing! Definitely going to try it!
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You must!! Sooooo good.
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I had to look up what a Jackfruit is … part of the fig, mulberry and breadfruit family- who knew THEY are a family …. they sound like they made their own family as angsty teenaged fruits who suffered from paranoia and rage that no-one understood them. I relate.
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Right?? Where are we finding these magical, mystery products? Where have breadfruits been hiding all my life?
I, too, relate. Sigh.
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I’ve eaten ripe jackfruit all my life but have never gotten around to trying the young green jackfruit although I have two cans of it in the pantry. Thanks for the reminder.
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This was my first time using it at all!!! I’ll be using it more often!
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I’ve never heard of a jackfruit… Thanks for enlightening me!
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It’s my new favie mystery ingredient friend!
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I didn’t realize you were in WA too! I live near Oly π and thankful I have ac for today and the next few days lol
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Yeah!!! Washingtonians unite. Ugh sooooo envious of your AC. I’m STILL melting!
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Oh. My. Gosh. πΏ Yumolicious! πΏ
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Yumolicious is the best way to describe this!
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Imagine that, I made tacos last night myself. Of course mine were a bit more traditional and actually contained ground animal meat and animal by-products. Let’s see, we had a pound of ground chuck, otherwise known as BEEF. And we had shredded Mexican Cheese. Not sure what varieties of cheese as it came shredded and prepackaged. But it sure was good. Traditional spices, onion, jalepeno’s, (sp), sour cream and guacamole. I’ll bet money mine were better tasting than yours. Just what the hell is a jackfruit anyhow?
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How did you get internet access from your jail cell??
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These look amazing! I’m definitely giving them a try π thanks for the inspiration girl!!
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You are welcome! Let me know how they turn out π
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I have a vegan friend here who has been bugging me to serve these in my taco cart. I will, some day! They look delicious!
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You must!! They will make even the meatiest meat lovers happy, too!
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Interesting recipe……want to taste it π
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Well, you can! Give it a try!
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What a great tacos! π I should have tried! Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you for reading!!
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I still havent βtried jackfruit I’m not sure what I’m so scared of! Looks yummy!
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This looks delicious! I have to try this
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