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Jamaican Jerk Jackfruit Caribbean Black Bean Mango Wraps. These Burritos are packed with hot shredded jerk jackfruit, black beans, mango and cucumbers. Serve as wraps or make a sandwich or bowl. Vegan Soy-free Recipe. Can be gluten-free. Pin this post. Jump to Recipe
You know whats amazing, loads of flavor with not much effort. These wraps filled with spiced jackfruit and beans have a load of flavor and can be served up any which way. Make just the Jamaican jerk jackfruit and fill up sandwiches or a grilled quesadilla with greens or onions and vegan cheddar (I use daiya cheddar slices), make the beans and some rice and fill up a bowl and top with chopped mango or other fruit. Or wrap everything up for all the flavors together.
The Jackfruit is amply spiced with homemade Jamaican jerk seasoning. The Caribbean black beans are simple beans with onion garlic and some orange juice. Use any crunchy veggies, greens and sweet fruits and fill up tacos or wraps. Try Jackfruit also in my Easy Jackfruit Curry or Chipotle Garlic Jackfruit Tacos. I use young green jackfruit. Young Jackfruit is available in canned, fresh or frozen form in Indian or Asian Stores. It is available canned online on stores like amazon.com. Be sure to get young jackfruit in water or brine. Ripe jackfruit is too sweet and is generally used as dessert or served directly as fruit. Add it to your chia pudding or oatmeal if you get the ripe jackfruit accidentally.
More Jackfruit Recipes from the blog.
- Easy Jackfruit Curry
- Vegan Tinga bowl with Hearts of Palm, Chickpeas, Spanish Rice – Sub hearts of palm with shredded jackfruit.
- Pulled Butternut Squash Tacos. Vegan Glutenfree Recipe – sub shredded squash with jackfruit.
- Jackfruit Meatballs Tacos
- Jackfruit Chickpea Coconut Stir Fry
- Chipotle Garlic Jackfruit Tacos.
Make some easy black beans
Cook the shredded jackfruit in jamaican jerk seasoning and broth, then continue to roast to dry them up a bit.
Layer up the beans, cilantro or baby greens, and jackfruit.
Something crunchy, something juicy.
Fold up and serve.
Jamaican Jerk Jackfruit Caribbean Black Bean Mango Wraps
Ingredients
Jamaican Jerk Jackfruit:
- 20 oz can young green jack fruit
- 2 tsp oil, divided
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp parsley
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp paprika
- 1/2 to 3/4 tsp cayenne
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp black pepper
- a good dash of cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice.
- 2 tsp or more lime juice
- 1.5 cups water
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp sugar or other sweetener
Caribbean Black Beans:
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 15 oz can black beans or 1.5 cups cooked
- 1/4 tsp all spice
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp cayenne
- 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste, depends on the beans
- 1.5 tbsp orange juice or 2 tsp lemon juice + 1/4 tsp sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Other additions:
- Chopped mango
- sliced cucumbers or pickles
- cilantro or baby greens
- salt, pepper, lemon or lime juice
- large tortilla wraps
Instructions
Jamaican jerk Jackfruit:
- Drain the jackfruit and wash well. Squeeze out the liquid really well by pressing the jackfruit pieces in a paper napkin. Shred in a food processor or thinly slice using a knife. (For more flavor, toss the shredded jackfruit in the spices, herbs, lime juice and marinate in the fridge for an hour or overnight. then cook with water)
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add shredded jackfruit and all dry spices (or 1.5 tbsp or more premade jamaican jerk seasoning) . Cook for 2-3 mins or until the spices start to smell roasted.
- Add lime juice and water and sugar and cook partially covered for 25 to 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Once the mixture is dry, taste and adjust salt and heat. Add in the 1 tsp oil and continue to roast the jackfruit until golden brown on some edges. Serve this in wraps, sandwiches, tacos, nachos.
Make the Caribbean black beans:
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and cook until translucent. 4-5 mins.
- Add black beans, spices, water and orange or lime juice and simmer for 10 mins. Stir occasionally.
Make the wraps:
- Layer the black beans, then cilantro or chopped baby green, then a good helping of the jerk jackfruit, then cucumber and mango, lemon, salt and pepper. Fold into a burrito and serve.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this for dinner tonight, and I have to admit…I think this is the best meal I have cooked in my two years of being vegan. Absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Where can I find jack fruit in Australia? Any help would be very much appreciated. TIA
You should be able to find it in asian, thai, Indonesian, Indian stores.
Could you sub hearts of palm for jackfruit? I have only been able to find hearts of palm, but haven’t used it yet. Can not wait to try this!
Yes. Wash them well, squeeze out the brine and use.
This looks great! I love that you paired black beans with the jackfruit to amp up the whole-food, plant-based protein. I also like your tip of squeezing the liquid out of the jackfruit before cooking. I’ve failed to do that step before, and the texture of the jackfruit came out all wrong. Pinning this to try later!
If you really, really can’t find any form of gluten free wrap where you live, I can recommend making your own corn tortillas.
You can buy masa harina (corn flour) online, and then all you need is water (use 4 parts flour to 3 of water by volume) half an hour to rest the dough, covered, and a ziplock bag. Cut the seams of the ziplock so only one side is joined. Open it up. Pop a golfball sized amount of dough on the middle of one half, fold over and cover with the other, use the bottom of a heavy pan to press it into a tortilla. Take it off the plastic, put it on a preheated medium hot nonstick frying pan or griddle. Turn when the first side is cooked. Press the next while you’re waiting. Home made tortillas!
Or – leaves. I like chard or collard leaves, but I can’t buy collards at all where I live.
Richa – do you mean 1 tsp of onion flakes, or literally one teaspoon of onion? 🙂
onion powder
for gluten free wraps you can make ( so easy) your own with cassava flour 🙂
I have to try 🙂
Would love to try this, but how can it be gluten-free?
use gluten-free wraps. the filling is gluten-free.
There are no gluten-free wraps where I live. I had hoped for another alternative you might have…
You can wrap in anything… cabbage leaves, lettuce leaves, maybe.
as Sarah said. Use anything as wrap or tacos like lettuce leaves. I have a gf flatbread on the blog that can be used as well. https://fettabbau-trim.today/2015/10/yeast-free-sweet-potato-vegan-gluten-free-flatbread.html%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> I am not sure where you are, but i have found lots of gf wrap options in stores made with rice flour etc.
Use spelt flour 1-1 for wheat flour in any tortilla recipe. Tastes even better and is way healthier for you!
Can’t reply to Ryan directly, but do not use spelt if you have a gluten intolerance. It’s a species of wheat and, as such, contains gluten. If you don’t have any issues with gluten, however, go for it
try Arepas, they’re made with cornflour
corn soft taco shells?
What I love about jackfruit is that it’s sweet but it adapts to anything you add to it! I’ve tried BBQ jackfruit products before and the flavor of jackfruit is incredible! I would love to try the jackfruit black bean filling recipe and possibly top it on a salad or a burrito bowl!
Omg, I was so happy when I saw this recipe in my feed. These look amazing and I love the Carribbean flavors! Can’t wait to try this one 🙂