Young jackfruit has a great 'chew.' The flavor is neutral, so it will adapt to any herbs or spices you choose to add. The Jackfruit Company: four globally inspired flavors created to be the center of your plate! Ĭanned/Frozen Jackfruit: Amazon: Yes, believe it or not, Amazon has canned young jackfruit in brine: Phillam Filipino Store: canned and frozen young jackfruit. Local Harvest: listings of local farms that ship fresh/canned/dried fruit. Here are some Web and mail-order sources:įresh Jackfruit: Alphonso Mango Company: can ship fresh jackfruit to some states when in season. However, they cannot ship to the USA at this time. Here's another great website offering recipes, history, etc. Be certain to do your homework before working with a fresh jackfruit! Here is an example of one jackfruit tutorial. When tackling fresh jackfruit, you are going to want to ask for a tutorial on cutting and cleaning it from the store staff, or you can view many different videos online. If you do find a source for fresh unripe jackfruit, you can clean, seed, and cut it and freeze for later use. However, fresh ripe jackfruit is a great sweet snack, terrific for eating right from the shell or as an ingredient in fruit salads or sorbets. Ripe or canned jackfruit in syrup is for dessert use.įresh jackfruit can often be too ripe to use as 'meat.' It can be hard to find, or is sold in quantities too large to conveniently use before it ripens. Be certain to select young, green, or unripe, canned in water or brine, to use jackfruit as a vegetable meat. Young or unripe jackfruit is what is needed for "vegetable meat." Canned young jackfruit can be found at Asian and South Asian stores and online frozen young jackfruit is often available as well. If fresh jackfruit is not available or is out of season, it can be purchased frozen, dried, or canned either in brine (usually unripe) or in syrup (ripe and sweet, not used as a vegetable meat). The nuts soften during cooking and can be eaten like a chewy bean. Some people leave the seeds inside the bulbs and cook the two together. Jackfruit seeds can be roasted or boiled, like chestnuts. Unripe or "green" jackfruit (unripe it is still beige, white, or golden) is often called "vegetable meat" for its chewy texture and mild flavor. The pods or bulbs, which are actually coverings for the dark seeds, can be eaten fresh, roasted, or used as a cooking ingredient. We're talking up to 70 pounds of prickly skin, "ribs," bulbs or pods, and seeds.įorbidding exterior aside, the interior of jackfruit is golden and creamy looking, with individual pods or bulbs dotted with large black seeds. The jackfruit is also one of the more "gi-normous" fruits around. Can you imagine the first person to brave its frightening exterior? If the exterior didn't scare you off, the aroma of an overripe jackfruit could be a large deterrent. Jackfruit is the "porcupine" of the vegetable world.
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