Jackfruit Enchiladas
Recipe from Keepin’ It Kind
Ingredients
FOR THE ENCHILADA SAUCE
- 1 15 oz. can of fire-roasted tomatoes
- 2 Pasilla or Anaheim peppers
- 1 head of garlic
- 1-2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- salt and pepper to taste
FOR THE CASHEW CREMA
- 1 1/2 cups raw cashew, soaked for at least 2 hours
- 2/3 cups water, reserved from soaking the cashews
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoons white miso
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- juice from 1 lemon
- salt to taste (optional)
FOR THE ENCHILADAS
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 large onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons green chiles (from a can)
- 1 1/2 cups mushrooms, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, quartered and thinly sliced
- 2 20 oz. cans of jackfruit, packed in water or brine, rinsed and drained
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1/4 cup Bragg Liquid Aminos (or Tamari/Soy Sauce)
- 2 teaspoons liquid smoke
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon dried ancho chile pepper
- smoked salt to taste (or regular salt)
- pepper to taste
- 12 corn tortillas
- olive oil spray
- 1/3 – 1/2 cup sliced black olives
- 1 large heirloom tomato or 2 roma tomatoes, chopped (optional)
- 1/2 avocado or guacamole (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450. Remove all the cloves from a head of garlic and place on a piece of aluminum foil. Drizzle with 1-2 teaspoons olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Wrap the cloves up in the foil and place on a baking sheet in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove and let cool before handling.
- Once you’ve placed the garlic in the oven, you can start on your peppers. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Turn one of your stovetop burners up to medium-high heat. Place your peppers on top of the burner. Use tongs to slowly turn the peppers until all sides of the pepper are black and charred. Place the peppers on the prepared baking sheet and place in the oven, with the garlic for 5 minutes, flipping halfway through to allow the peppers to cook evenly. When they’re done, remove from the oven and place in a plastic bag or tupperware container with a lid. Let them cool inside the bag/container.
- Once the peppers have cooled, peel the outer skin off of each of them. Carefully trim the top off and remove the seeds. Place the peppers in a food processor or blender. From the roasted cloves of garlic, squeeze each of them at one end until the insides ooze out. Place all of the “oozed out” garlic in the food processor/blender as well. Add the can of fire-roasted tomatoes and vegetable broth and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Now you can start on the enchilada filling. Lower the heat of the oven to 350. Once you have rinsed and drained your jackfruit, use either your hands or two forks to tear each piece apart until it has that “shredded meaty look” and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a large shallow saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add the onion and sauté until translucent. Add the mushrooms, bell pepper and green chiles and sauté until bell pepper is tender, about 5 minutes. While the veggies are cooking, combine the tomato paste, Braggs Liquid Aminos, liquid smoke, cumin, smoked paprika, ancho chile pepper in a cup and use a fork to combine it. Add the shredded jackfruit and and saute for a couple more minutes before adding the tomato paste concoction. Mix to combine and let it cook for about 5 minutes, letting the flavor soak in.
- Once your jackfruit filling is done, heat your corn tortillas. This is important because if you try to wrap the filling with cool tortillas, they will break and look ugly. I wrapped 6 tortillas at a time in a couple damp paper towels and microwaved for 30 seconds.
- Lightly spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with olive oil pray. Pour a little bit of the enchilada sauce into the dish, just enough to cover the bottom. Carefully spoon roughly 1/3 cup of the filling onto the center of a tortilla, wrap it up and place it fold side down in the casserole dish (I did it in two horizontal rows of 6 rolls each). Repeat with the rest of the filling and tortillas. Once your dish is filled with rolls, pour the rest of the enchilada sauce over the rolls. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
- While the enchiladas are baking, make your cashew crema. Add all of the ingredients into a clean food processor or blender and process until smooth.
- Once the enchiladas have baked for 20 minutes, pour the cashew crema over the top. You will likely not use all of it- I had about 1/3 cup left. Use a rubber spatula to evenly spread the crema over the top. Sprinkle with chopped olives and tomatoes and return to the oven for 5 more minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with chopped avocado or guacamole, if desired.
- Enjoy!
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