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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.
Do you have any recipes using fresh ripe jackfruit? I bought some and want to make something.
you can eat it like a fruit or use it in place of mango in certain recipes
Just FYI, you might want to be careful labelling it “jerk” as in carribbean culture it involved the marination of the main ingredient in jerk spice, only saying cause Jamie Oliver got a lot of schtick for it, great recipe though!
Thank you for letting me know. When i was naming the recipe I was going to use jamaican jerk spice seasoned or something like that but the search term on google(what people are searching for) was jamaican jerk jackfruit. Marinating the jackfruit is going to be better anyway,so i should note that.
I’m in love with all your Indian recipes but today I made this Jamaican one. I changed it up a bit: subbed the jackfruit for mock chicken and the black beans for cauliflower, but it still was great. No leftovers today 😃! Thanks again Richa for the delicious recipes! ❤️
yay!
My husband and I absolutely loved these! Everything worked so well together; they were spicy, sweet (mango) , salty, crunchy (cucumber), and chewy (tortilla). Thanks Richa!
thats awesome!
This is amazing! Very spicy though so cut waayyyyy back on the heat the second time I made it. Definitely a repeat recipe in our house!
Awesome! yes adjust the heat (cayenne, black pepepr, paprika etc) to taste
Loved this easy recipe!
I was trying to throw something together last minute for dinner and had everything on hand. Took no time at all, was super easy, and delicious.
Thanks!
Why is this 765 calories? I’ve decided to edit the recipe to decrease the calories. Thx!
Corrected it. The widget sometimes picks up different default values. It was picking up dried black beans, 1.5 cups of them that would actually make about 4 cups cooked while the recipe is using 1.5 cups cooked
Wow. Just wow. I made this for supper tonight. Amazing. So excited to see a jerk jackfruit recipe. I subbed avocado for mango (couldn’t find fresh) and added baby spinach to the wrap. This is killer. Love the deep flavors of spice and citrus.
THANK YOU!
Awesome!!
I️ felt that 2 c water was a lot of water! How would it work to just add 1 c water?
it would work just fine. I like to simmer the jackfruit for longer for it to pick up flavor. the cooking time also depends on your pan and stove
I made this last night and it was delicious! The sweet mango combined with the spicy jackfruit and beans was a match made in heaven. The amount of water was a bit too much though, it took me a full hour for the jackfruit to cook dry and get some browned edges.
thats odd, did you squeeze the jackfruit and discard all the liquid?
Yes I did. But I doubled the recipe. I used 2 cans of jackfruit and 4 cups of water in 1 skillet (without lid), so maybe there wasn’t enough surface to steam off?
I would do 2.5 to 3 cups water and it will take longer. Cook at a higher heat.