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Berbere Spiced Jackfruit Tacos. Jackfruit and onion mixed with Berbere spice blend and baked to caramelized spiced perfection. Add some chickpeas to make into a hearty meal. Vegan Soy-free Nut-free Recipe, Can be Glutenfree
OMG you all, this Berbere Spiced Jackfruit is like pulled jackfruit on crack! Berbere crack. Make a triple, no quadruple recipe and freeze and make tacos, wraps, sandwiches or what not. Just make it.
It takes 15 Minutes to put together. Process everything in a processor to shred. Mix in the spices, spread on a sheet, bake and Done! No saute-ing needed. No extra flavoring, caramelizing or crisping steps. You can make your own Berbere Blend or get some online.
Let me tell you what is going to happen when you try this spiced jackfruit. You will remember the flavor burst from every bite, and promptly forget all other jackfruit tacos! It is so good.
More Jackfruit Recipes
- Crispy Jackfruit Tenders So Good
- Easy Jackfruit Curry
- Vegan Tinga bowl with Hearts of Palm, Chickpeas, Spanish Rice – Sub hearts of palm with shredded jackfruit.
- Jackfruit Meatballs Tacos
- Jackfruit Chickpea Coconut Stir Fry
- Jamaican Jerk Jackfruit, Caribbean Bean Wraps.
You can use other spice blends like garam masala, shawarma, Jamaican jerk, but I am digging the berbere profile right now. You can also use shredded hearts of palm to sub jackfruit. Or some shredded sweet potato or butternut. The baking time will be less with sweet potato like veggies.
No Extra pans sauteing or anything required. Just mix and spread.
Baked Yummyness, try to not eat it all.
Add to tacos, wraps, sandwiches. Add crunchy veggies and dressing. Yuhumm!
Easily gluten-free with corn tortillas. I use wheat tortillas made in Rotimatic.
Yumm Take 2
Berbere Spiced Jackfruit Tacos - 1 Pot
Ingredients
- 20 oz can jackfruit
- 1 medium onion, roughly chopped
- 8 cloves of garlic, , more the merrier
- 1 tbsp oil, , olive or safflower
- 1/2 tsp salt
Flavoring:
- 2 tsp or more paprika, i use 1 tsp smoked and 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tsp berbere spice blend, , less or more to heat and flavor preferene
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon , optional
- 1/4 tsp or more cayenne if berbere is not hot
- 1 to 2 tbsp bbq sauce
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp soy sauce or use coconut aminos for soy-free or omit
Instructions
- Squeeze the jackfruit in between paper towels to remove as much liquid as possible. It is ok if it squishes.
- Process with onion, garlic and jackfruit in a prcessor until coarsely shredded. Alternatively, finely chop the onion and garlic and finely chop/shred the jackfruit.
- Transfer to a bowl and mix in the spices and sauces well. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spread the mixture on a parchment lined baking sheet so its an even layer.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. Mix and spread after 20 minutes to move the center portion out. Also taste at this time for salt, heat and flavor. Adjust if needed and mix in.
- Prep your tortillas. Add a good helping of the jackfruit mixture. Add cucumbers or other crunchy veggies. Add a creamy dressing like tahini dressing, or vegan ranch dressing or tzaztiki (See notes)
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
You nailed it!! Made your berbere spice mix and bbq sauce yesterday and jackfruit tacos using them today for football game ! So great! Made a blanco queso dip (plant based) and oh yeah…your tzaziki sauce!!
Sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing.
These were absolutely delicious, perfect kick. My hubby loved them. I made the ranch dressing to top them. Thanks for your recipes.
So glad you liked it!
I forgot to rate the recipe in my last post.
5 Stars! Wow! Thank you!!
This recipe turned out great. Thank you for sharing! The jackfruit was spiced perfectly and had the right amount of heat. I didn’t have a 20 oz can of jackfruit, I only had a 14 oz can so I adjusted the spices accordingly (used roughly 2/3 of the measurements). I ended up roasting some chickpeas with the other 1/3 of the spices and threw that in the tacos too. I topped it with a homemade shredded cabbage coleslaw (Vegan) and cucumbers. It was delicious! I will definitely be keeping this recipe in rotation.
Thank you!! The crispy chickpeas are a perfect topping!!
You had me at 8 cloves of garlic PLUS garlic powder! This is a terrific and easy recipe. Serving it with ranch really balances out the spices.
I assumed the oil goes in with the spices and sauces when baking.
awesome! yes
I’m going in search for jack fruit. I must try this, it looks delicious.
What’s the best way to reheat the jackfruit mixture from refrigerated or frozen? Had to make it in advance but I don’t want to sacrifice that lovely texture this recipe achieves!
You can probably bake the mixture 5 mins less and then reheat on the oven, bake for 5 to 10 mins to crisp.
Can I use fresh dill for the easy vegan tzatziki? And if so, how much fresh dill?
2 to 3 tsp