1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogwhatvegetarianseathttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/whatvegetarianseat/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1RTICAn9ry"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/jackfruit-tacos/">Jackfruit Tacos</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/jackfruit-tacos/embed/#?secret=1RTICAn9ry" width="600" height="338" title="“Jackfruit Tacos” — HappyCow" data-secret="1RTICAn9ry" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MeatlessMondaybanner11.jpg600180Ever since I tried the amazing jackfruit nachos at Sage Bistro I’ve been dying to try my hand at cooking with jackfruit at home. I finally found some canned jackfruit at a local indian market. I’m not really sure if restaurants use canned jackfruit or fresh but I plan on asking next time I eat at Sage. For now, I figured canned would be ok for experimenting with some new recipes.     I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I opened the can but was happy to see that the jackfruit cam in large chunks which would be easy to shred. You can see there are these little seeds throughout the meat and I wasn’t really sure if I should remove those or not. Also, there seemed to be a core to the jackfruit chunks which was firmer so I cut those off. I decided my first experiment with using the jackfruit would be for taco meat, similar to how it was used on the nachos that were so impressive. Using two forks, I held the chunk still with one and pulled the other fork along the edge of the jackfruit chunk in order to create strands of the jackfruit meat which would create […]