Jackfruit Vegan Tuna Salad Recipe

 Looking for a delicious vegan sandwich? This vegan tuna sandwich tastes so similar to regular tuna salad and has an amazing texture. Made from vegan ingredients like jackfruit. Keep reading to discover this amazing vegan recipe for Jackfruit Vegan Tuna Salad.

 Eating a plant-based diet no longer means surviving on fruits, vegetables, and beans. Meatless meals can be delicious and filled with flavor. You can make the most delicious meal options that are made without meat when you discover meatless recipes. Vegan recipes don’t have to be boring when you know how to combine plant-based ingredients. Once you learn how to create meatless meals, you may never eat meat again.

 I discovered this jackfruit vegan tuna recipe last month when I attended a natural product expo. I stopped at a brand's booth that manufactures many natural ,healthy ingredients, including jackfruit. As I looked at all the options of jackfruit that they had, I glanced down and saw a recipe card that was labeled vegan jackfruit tuna.

I already knew about how to make a delicious vegan tuna salad from chickpeas, so I had to know more about this plant-based tuna that was made from jackfruit.

What is jackfruit?

 Jackfruit is a large fruit tree-borne fruit that is a green oblong fruit with a bumpy, fleshy exterior. This fruit can weigh up to 100 pounds and grow up to three feet long. The average size of the fruit that is sold in stores is 10 to 25 pounds. On the inside, jackfruit contains many pale-yellow, plump bulbs, which are edible and joined at the core. The seeds can also be cooked, eaten on their own, or ground into flour.

 This massive green fruit is native to Southeast Asia and grows on trees. While mature jackfruit is sweet and fragrant, young jackfruit is not sweet. This recipe uses young jackfruit which is picked before its starch changes into sugar. Young jackfruit is perfect to use in recipes as it absorbs the flavors of the recipe. You can use jackfruit can be used in salads, vegan tacos, and other wonderful recipes like BBQ vegan pulled "pork". It can be used as is and it easily flakes into a texture that is similar to pulled pork.

Jackfruit has a meaty texture, and when you cook it it absorbs the flavor of the sauces and spices that you simmer it in. I discovered jackfruit a couple of years ago when I found a recipe for a vegan barbecue pulled pork. This meatless pulled pork recipe uses jackfruit. I had never tasted jackfruit so I was curious to see how it tasted and how this fruit could taste like pulled pork. 

Most jackfruit is sold in a can and resembles chunks of fruit. While it has a bland taste, once you cook it, usually in a sauce or broth, it can be shredded to look and taste like meat. The first time I cooked jackfruit, I simmered it in barbecue sauce and it absorbed the flavor from the barbecue sauce. I was amazed at how this simple, bland fruit could taste so delicious.

Jackfruit Vegan Tuna Salad Is:

- Vegan

- Plant-Base

- Dairy- Free

- Gluten-Free

- Soy-Free

- Healthy

- Meatless

- Full of Fiber

- Nut-Free

- Easy To Make

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Ingredients Needed For  Jackfruit Vegan Tuna Salad

- Jackfruit ~ Buy young jackfruit Here

- Veggie Boullion Cubes ~ I like this brand

-Vegan Mayo

- Roasted Seaweed ~ This is the best-tasting seaweed

- Salt & Pepper

- Green Onions or Celery (optional)

Steps to make Jackfruit Vegan Tuna

- Simmer the jackfruit in the veggie broth 

- Drain the liquid and cool the  jackfruit

- Mash up the jackfruit

- Add the Mayo, seaweed, and other ingredients

 To make this delicious plant-based tuna that is made with jackfruit is super simple. The recipe will take about 40 minutes to make as it takes time for the jackfruit to absorb the flavor of the vegetable broth.

 Once the jackfruit has absorbed all the wonderful flavor of the broth, you drain the liquid. Once the jackfruit has cooled, you mash it up to your desired tuna texture. I like my tuna chunky but you may prefer a more creamier texture. Then you add the mayo, seaweed, and other ingredients. The seaweed adds a fishy flavor to the recipe.

How to serve the jackfruit tuna

-  Spread on bread for a sandwich

- Serve with crackers

- Place over a salad

- Use it in a vegan tuna melt

- Serve with veggies

Other vegan and plant-based recipes that you may enjoy

~ Vegan Tuna Salad Made From Chickpeas

- Vegan Jackfruit Pulled Pork

- Vegan Jackfruit Tacos

- Vegan Scrambled Eggs

- Vegan Crab Cakes

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Vegan Tuna Salad Made With Chickpeas

Following a plant-based diet can be tough, especially when crave the taste of your favorite foods. Looking for a plant-based option for tuna fish? Check out this vegan tuna salad recipe. The taste is so similar to tuna salad. One bite and you will never eat real tuna again.

 Since having to eliminate dairy from my diet, I have been trying to follow a plant-based diet. It was a year ago that my allergy-induced asthma got out of control and my allergy medicines were no longer working. After six months of being sick and trying almost everything to control my asthma attacks, I decided to eliminate dairy from my diet to see if that would help my allergies. What I thought to be a lactose problem really was a dairy allergy and cutting dairy completely out of my diet has made a huge difference in my asthma and seasonal allergies. A food allergy blood test and a negative lactose test confirmed that I had a dairy allergy. 

So I was very used to looking for vegan foods as I knew that they would be safe dairy-free options for me to eat. So having to eat a lot of vegan foods has had me thinking maybe I should eliminate all animal products from my diet and I am working on that. The animal products that I still enjoy occasionally are eggs and seafood. I love seafood and it is hard for me to give up so I eat it about once a week.

Vegan Tuna Salad is

+ Plant-based

+ Loaded with fiber

+ Allergy-friendly

+ Gluten-free

+ High in protein

+ Easy to make

+ Delicious

+ Full of flavor

+ Tastes similar to canned tuna fish

    

This Vegan Tuna Salad is a game-changer for me 
 When I discovered that I could make a vegan tuna salad that tastes like real tuna, I stopped buying those cans of tuna. Chickpeas were already a staple in my diet as I love them in hummus and over salads. You need to try my Roasted Garbanzo Bean recipe as they are so delicious! I even make garbanzo bean flour with chickpeas. So my pantry always has several cans of chickpeas among my can goods. Making chickpeas from dried garbanzo beans is so simple in the slow cooker or you can make them quickly in the pressure cooker. Check out my recipe for making chickpeas in the pressure cooker HERE.

The secret ingredient in vegan tuna is seaweed
 I know you are thinking how can those nutty-tasting chickpeas taste like tuna fish? The secret to making chickpeas have a fishy taste is using 1/2 of a sheet of nori seaweed. This is the seaweed that is used for sushi and it gives the chickpeas a nice seafood flavor. I like to shred the seaweed into small pieces with a pair of clean scissors. When seaweed is mixed in with other common tuna salad ingredients like mayo and celery it results in an amazing plant-based recipe that tastes like tuna salad. When the chickpeas are mashed with a fork, they have the texture of tuna and even look like tuna.

A delicious vegetarian sandwich 
 Eating meatless meals is so easy for me as I have mostly been a vegetarian since I was a teenager. I really never liked the taste of meat and decided to go meatless when I discovered all the junk that they feed the animals like hormones and antibiotics. What really put me into eating more vegetarian meals was the discovery of mad cow disease, this was around the time I was a teen. When people ask me why I don't eat meat, my simple answer is my body runs better without meat. Most of my friends don't understand a vegan, meatless diet and think that all I eat is vegetables. I am thankful for the internet so I can discover so many delicious vegan recipes. Thirty years ago when I became a vegetarian all I had was a couple of cookbooks to help me make meatless meals. Now, I can find so many recipes for vegan meals and that makes it so easy to serve vegetarian meals to my family.

 My vegan tuna salad uses seaweed in the recipe. The seaweed gives the vegan tuna salad the fish taste so it tastes like real tuna. My favorite seaweed to use in the recipe is GimMe Organic Seaweed Snacks. So when a company sent me a box of amazing samples, I had to make my vegan tuna salad. I love that these delicious seaweed snacks are available for easy purchase through Amazon. The seaweed snacks come in many tasty flavors and I love eating the crispy salty snacks just like chips.  GimMe Snacks contain multiple immunity-boosting vitamins and minerals like Vitamin C, fiber, and omega-3 fatty acids.  snacks come in great flavors like Sea Salt and Avocado Oil, Teriyaki, Wasabi, Sesame, OliveThese Oil, and Sea Salt.

Check out some other amazing plant-based recipes

~ Vegan Scrambled Eggs

~ Eleven Egg Substitutes For Baking & More

~ Light and Fluffy Vegan Omelet

~ Plant-Based Crab Cakes

~ Vegan Pesto Sauce

~ Vegan Chocolate Dipped Salted Caramels

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Serve in a bell pepper for a gluten-free meal
 If you want a gluten-free meal, spread the vegan tuna on gluten-free bread. This delicious plant-based spread can also be served in a sweet bell pepper or on top of an avocado half with some sunflower seeds sprinkled on top. If you want a more heart-healthy meal, you can substitute white bean hummus or some mashed avocado for 1/2 of the vegan mayo. For a unique flavor spread some red pepper hummus on your sandwich or add a couple of slices of avocado.

Check out this recipe for easy-to-make hummus
https://www.momknowsbest.net/2019/04/easy-to-make-homemade-hummus.html

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Vegan Tuna Salad Made With Chickpeas

A delicious vegan version of tuna salad

ingredients:

• 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas or two cups cooked garbanzo beans
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 1 red onion slice, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup  vegan mayonnaise
• 1/2 sheet nori seaweed, shredded into little pieces( use clean scissors ) 
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• pepper
• salt
• 1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds, optional for amazing crunch
• Ingredient Substitutions: You can use 1/4 cup  white bean hummus or a mashed avocado for the mayonnaise

instructions:

How to cook Vegan Tuna Salad Made With Chickpeas

1. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Then place them in a bowl and mash them with a fork until desired texture. 
2. Shred the seaweed into small pieces with a pair of clean scissors, the smaller the better.
3. Add the shredded seaweed and the remaining ingredients to the mashed chickpeas and combine well.
4. Serve the vegan tuna salad on whole grain bread or for a gluten-free option in a sweet bell pepper half. 

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