Kalua “Pork” Jackfruit Quesadillas.

I’ve never eaten Kalua pork. It’s popular in Hawaii and from what I’ve read it’s smoked pulled pork. Since jackfruit makes such a great pulled pork substitute, I thought I would dump a bunch of stuff in my slow cooker to try and create some kinda smoky jackfruit. I don’t have measurements, but I used a combination of:

2 cans young green jackfruit in brine, rinsed, drained, extra moisture squeezed out

I cover the jackfruit with liquid and let it cook in the slow cooker until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 6 hours I’d say.

Then I saw a recipe for a pulled pork and goat cheese quesadilla and I really wanted to make a version of that.

I love this tofu chevre recipe, so I made a batch of that. I also went and bought some Daiya for good measure. The mozzarella or jack wedge would both work. I sautéed some sweet onions and cut some chives from my garden. I layered the ingredients onto a whole wheat tortilla and heated it in my panini pan. The result was a fine quesadilla. I know there are sort of a lot of elements for just a quesadilla, but worth it.

4 Comments on “Kalua “Pork” Jackfruit Quesadillas.”

chow vegan
January 13, 2013

Yummy looking quesadillas! I’ve been making jackfruit burritos, now I’ll have to try the quesdillas idea. 🙂

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- thejollyfox
  January 19, 2013
  
  I hope you do. The tofu chevre is pretty easy to do and once that and the jackfruit are done then this dilla comes together super quick!
  
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Danielle Vanessa
January 14, 2013

i ❤ Jackfruit!

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- thejollyfox
  January 19, 2013
  
  We ought to have adventures with jackfruit one night. That will be the Facebook album title name. Adventures with Jackfruit…..
  
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