Gua bao with pulled jackfruit
Young green jackfruit is ideal for cooking, because the flesh easily absorbs all the flavors and therefore you can season them well. Due to its fleshy structure, the jackfruit is often seen as a meat substitute. Delicious for simmering and stir-frying.
4 persons
Medium
Korea
Ingredients
Based on 4 persons
- 1 pack of gua bao
- 2 cans of pigeon young, green jackfruit
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 bottle of Korean spicy marinade
- 60 ml water + 100ml Korean spicy marinade
- oil
Additional filling:
- head lettuce
- tomatoes
- cucumber
- Kimchi
- Steam the gua bao according to the instructions.
- Open the cans of jackfruit with a can opener and pour away the water. Rinse the pieces under the tap and let it drain. Cut the onions into strips and chop the garlic cloves finely.
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Fry the onions and garlic until they smell fragrant. Then add the jackfruit pieces and fry until brown on both sides.
- Then add water to the sauce and stir everything well. Let the sauce evaporate a little. Once the jackfruit is soft, use two forks to pull them apart.
- Pour another 3 tablespoons of Korean marinade into the pan and let it cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Season with some salt and pepper if necessary.
- Fill the rolls with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, kimchi and the pulled jackfruit.