This recipe is the best way to enjoy classic barbecue flavor in a meatless and vegan sandwich. Try them with your favorite sauce!
Author:Alison's Allspice
Prep Time:10 mins
Cook Time:35 mins
Total Time:45 mins
Yield:8 sandwiches
Category:Main
Cuisine:American
Ingredients
3 20-oz cans jackfruit in water
1 TBS canola oil
1/2 cup onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
Dry Seasonings
1 TBS brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika and chili powder, each
1/2 tsp cumin, black pepper, oregano, and thyme, each
Wet Seasonings
1 1/2 cups low sodium vegetable broth
3 TBS apple cider vinegar
1 TBS yellow mustard
BBQ Sandwiches
1 cup prepared barbecue sauce, divided, plus extra for serving
8 whole wheat sandwich buns
Instructions
Drain and rinse jackfruit. Cut off cores and remove seeds, set aside. Place jackfruit into a large bowl and massage it with your hands to start breaking up the pieces. Mince the cores and seeds and mix them into the stringy jackfruit.
In a large (15 inches) skillet, heat oil and cook onion until it turns translucent, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds. Pour in jackfruit, and mix in all the dry seasonings. Stir to coat well. Saute to toast the spices for 5-10 minutes, stirring regularly.
Mix in all the wet seasonings and cover. Cook for 20 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Mix 1/2 cup barbecue sauce into the skillet and turn heat up to high. Saute for 5 minutes uncovered to firm up the jackfruit, and caramelize the barbecue sauce.
Remove from heat and mix in the other 1/2 cup of barbecue sauce.
Serve on buns with extra sauce.
Notes
Nutrition information is approximate. The barbecue sauce and buns used could highly change this information.