BBQ Pulled Jackfruit

BBQ your summer holidays into awesomeness with this BBQ pulled jackfruit! It’s everything savory and fantastic about a summer barbecue! You will love it!

You have probably seen this before somewhere on the Internet and didn’t really believe that it was possible, right? But guess what, it is! You can make a BBQ pulled pork bagel without actual pork, without cruelty, and without any nasty, unhealthy ingredients! Jackfruit is the star of this show, and you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to work with! When cooked and seasoned the right way, it turns into something utterly amazing, and it can fool any meat-eater. If you haven’t tried to make pulled jackfruit before, don’t waste any more time and dig into this recipe because I guarantee it will become your new obsession!

(serves 2)

For BBQ pulled jackfruit:

- 1 tin young jackfruit in water *

- 1 white onion, finely chopped

- 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Plus

- 100ml ketchup (I used Heinz No Added Sugar Ketchup)

- 2 tbsp. vegan Worcestershire sauce (if you can’t find a vegan one in your store, use soy sauce instead)

- a dash of Tabasco

- 2 tbsp. Sunwarrior Nutritional Yeast flakes

- 50ml liquid smoke (if you can’t find it in your store, double the serving of smoked paprika)

- 2 tsp. smoked paprika

- salt and pepper

- olive oil

Or

- 150ml ready made BBQ sauce

For the slaw:

- ¼ small red cabbage

- ¼ small white cabbage

- 1 red onion

- 2 tbsp. cider vinegar

- 1 heaped tbsp. wholegrain mustard

- 3 tbsp. vegan yoghurt

- juice squeezed from 1 lemon

- salt and pepper

Plus

- 2 whole meal vegan bagels

- a handful of rocket

* Make sure that you buy tinned young jackfruit in water; any other type isn’t going to work for this recipe.

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Prepare a large baking tray and line it with greaseproof paper.
2. In large frying pan heat 3tbsp water and add chopped garlic and onion. Simmer for 3 min.
3. Drain jackfruit from the tin and cut the chunks into smaller pieces (I cut most of them in half). Add to the pan and cover with 100ml water. Simmer for 5 min.
4. Add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, yeast flakes, liquid smoke and smoked paprika. (Alternatively you can just add ready made BBQ sauce although it will not taste quite the same) Mix thoroughly using a spatula and simmer for 5 more minutes.
5. By this point the jackfruit should be soft and will start breaking down into strips. Take the pan off the heat and using a potato masher mash the jackfruit so that there are no big chunks left. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Transfer the jackfruit onto the prepared baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and bake for 15 min.
7. While the jackfruit is in the oven, prepare the slaw. Thinly slice the onion and both the white and the red cabbage and place in a mixing bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Cut the bagels in halves and toast them, then build by placing first the jackfruit, then the slaw and finish with some fresh rocket and a drizzle of olive oil. Serve while still h