No Carne Carnitas!

So how can you make vegan carnitas? Easy. Just use jackfruit! Jackfruit can be found at your local asian supermarket. Jackfruit works like tofu and takes the flavor of whatever you cook it in. It also shreds nicely like pulled pork. Here's a simple vegan pulled pork taco recipe that I made today. It could have fooled anybody. Delicious.

No Carne Carnitas
1 - 20 ounce can of jackfruit in brine (not in syrup)
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup Braggs Liquid Aminos
1/2 red onion diced
Juice of one lemon
4 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoons raw agave
1 teaspoon oregano

For the taco shells and garnish:
Chard lettuce leaves
1/2 red onion diced
1 tomato diced

In a pan, heat coconut oil. Add 1/2 red onion to oil and saute for 3 minutes. Add jackfruit, brine and all.

Cook for 30 minutes or until brine is almost completely evaporated. Add Braggs Liquid Aminos, lemon, garlic, agave, and oregano. Cook for 5-10 minutes.

Serve over chard lettuce leaves and garnish with red onion and tomato. For this recipe I also put canned pinto beans and guacamole. I will post the guacamole recipe next. Enjoy.

Try it and let me know what you think!

Melissa
Our Daily Veg