Vegan Tacos Al Pastor
These Vegan Tacos Al Pastor are packed full of flavour from the traditional marinade but made with jackfruit.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 389.59kcal
Ingredients
For the marinade
- 2 ancho chillies dried, stems removed
- 1 onion
- 1 teaspoon cumin ground
- 0.5 teaspoon oregano dried
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 green chilli or more (adjust to taste)
- 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 lime juice only
- 220 g tinned pineapple juice only (reserve pineapple chunks to serve)
For the "meat"
- 400 g tinned jackfruit drained
To serve
- 8 small tortillas
Instructions
- Rehydrate the ancho chillies in 200 ml boiling water and leave for 15 minutes.
- In the meantime cut the onion in half and griddle for 15 minutes, turning halfway, until charred.
- Roughly chop the chillies and onion and add to a high speed blender along with the remaining marinade ingredients.
- Blend the marinade on high until smooth.
- Shred the jackfruit then pour over the marinade.
- Let the jackfruit soak up the flavours of the marinade for at least 1 hour.
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C / 356 F / gas mark 4.
- Place the jackfruit into the oven and cook for 15 minutes or until piping hot and tender.
- Once cooked, serve with the pineapple chunks on flour tortillas with some of the leftover sauce from the jackfruit and your favourite salsa.
Nutrition
Calories: 389.59kcal | Carbohydrates: 80.15g | Protein: 7.99g | Fat: 6.2g | Saturated Fat: 1.93g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.97g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.22g | Sodium: 509.38mg | Potassium: 644.26mg | Fiber: 10.22g | Sugar: 19.14g | Vitamin A: 4684.49IU | Vitamin C: 19.7mg | Calcium: 170.66mg | Iron: 4.29mg