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I’ve been seeing some recipes around with jackfruit and eventually decided to give one of them a try. This jackfruit salad with curry sounded good, so I decided to give it a try. It turned out great, it’s fruity and tastes like curry and makes for a great topping on bread or to eat plain. It’s also quite simple to make, so you can easily whip this up before lunch, breakfast or a snack.
This recipe is based on Allerhande’s recipe for Pulled jackfruit-kerriesalade op een groentebroodje
Ingredients
- Jackfruit – 550 gram / 1 can
- Apple – 1/2
- vegan Mayonnaise – 2 tablespoons
- Curry powder – 1 teaspoon
- Onion powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Black pepper – a pinch
- Salt – a pinch
- Olive Oil
This recipe called for vegan mayonnaise so I gave it a try and thought it was quite good, but if you prefer to use normal mayonnaise I am sure that works fine too.
Method
- First drain and rinse the jackfruit. Then using your hands pull the jackfruit apart into smaller pieces.
- Heat some oil in a pan or wok and add the jackfruit. Bake for about 5 minutes with the curry powder, onion powder, black pepper and salt.
- In the meantime slice the the half apple into smaller pieces, you can leave the skin on.
- Once the jackfruit has baked for 5 minutes, turn down the heat and add the apple and mayonnaise. Stir well.
- Now you can eat it or serve with bread.
I omitted the avocado the original recipe used, but if you like that one, you can always add it. Just combine it with the mayonnaise before adding
I saw Anna @ HCBS use jackfruit in a recipe and was curious about it. Neat to see you using and enjoying it, too. The salad sounds easy to make and a good substitute for someone who wants a vegan option for egg or tuna or chicken salad sandwich spreads.
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I had seen some recipes with jackfruit, but wasn’t quite sure what to expect until I tried it. It definitely is a good substitute as vegan spread. Let me know what you think if you decide to give it a try.
Jack fruit kind of has a meaty texture? I didn’t realize that. It kind of looks like chicken. Sounds l8ke a great chicken salad alternative.
It really has an unique texture. Not exactly meat like, but it comes close enough that I can see why it’s mentioned as such. It doesn’t taste like meat at all though, but for the texture it sure does a good job as chicken salad alternative. I quite liked it 🙂