How to make strange but delicious salted and sour jackfruit

Prepare
20 Minutes Processing
20 Minutes For
3 people

You may be wondering, can a young jackfruit with so much latex really be eaten? The truth is that when prepared properly, young jackfruit can create a lot of delicious dishes, unique flavors. Join Cfis.edu.vn to learn how to make fresh and delicious pickled jackfruit.

Ingredients for making pickled jackfruit

• 1 young jackfruit (about 1.5kg)
• 1 carrot
• 1 lemon
• Seasoning: Salt, Sugar, Vinegar
• Tools: Pot, knife, food jar, bamboo stick

Good tip
How to choose to buy young jackfruit
You should choose jackfruit with green outer skin, fresh stem, sharp and thick spines. When sliced, young jackfruit has white flesh, small pulp, light aroma, white and slightly transparent plastic.

How to choose to buy carrots
You should choose to buy bulbs of moderate size, straight shape, light color, smooth outer skin and firm hand. Avoid choosing bulbs with leaves, branches at the base, big and thick shoulders, soft, bruised.

How to choose to buy vinegar
You should choose vinegar with a clear brand, origin and expiration date. Delicious vinegar has a mild aroma, a sour taste, when shaken, the foam will slowly dissolve and there may be a precipitate inside.

Ingredients for making pickled jackfruit

How to make pickled jackfruit

Step 1Process materials

First you cut off the stem of the young jackfruit, peel off the skin . Then, you use a knife to cut the jackfruit, remove the pulp, separate the fiber and the pulp of the young jackfruit into bite-sized pieces.

Then you proceed to prepare the carrots. You cut off the stem, peel, wash and cut into fibers.

Preliminary processing of young jackfruit and carrots

Step 2Soak jackfruit and carrots with a mixture of lemon salt water

Next, you need to cut a lemon in half, squeeze half of it into a pot of clean water, add 25g of salt and stir well. You can also add lemon zest to enhance the aroma. Put the chopped young jackfruit into the above mixture and soak for 1 hour.

After soaking young jackfruit, you wash it with water to reduce the saltiness. Then, you mix a part of lemon salt water similar to the above and put the young jackfruit in the second soak . This time, you put the whole carrot in the soak.

After soaking for 1 hour, take out young jackfruit and carrots , rinse with water 3 to 4 times and dry.

Note
If your jackfruit has a lot of pus, you should repeat the soak in lemon salt water and wash it 3 to 4 more times to remove all the pus.

Soak young jackfruit and carrots in a mixture of lemon salt water

Step 3Mix sugar vinegar water

You put the pot on the stove, add 400ml of clean water and turn on medium heat. Add to the pot of water 70g sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and 150ml sour vinegar. You stir the above mixture to dissolve completely and bring to a boil, then turn off the heat.

Mix vinegar and sugar water to soak young jackfruit and carrots

Step 4Soak young jackfruit and carrots in vinegar and sugar water

You need to prepare a clean and dry food container. Put young jackfruit and carrots into the jar, squeezing it tightly . Then, you pour the boiled sugar vinegar mixture above into the jar, filling with jackfruit and carrots.

You use a bamboo stick to fix the top , make sure the young jackfruit and carrots are all submerged inside the sugar vinegar, no part is exposed. Finally, you close the lid of the jar and put it in the refrigerator, wait for 3 to 4 days to be able to use it.

Soak young jackfruit and carrots in vinegar and sugar water for 3 to 4 days

Finished product

Pickled young jackfruit after soaking for enough time can be put on a plate and enjoyed. Each piece of pure white jackfruit, tough, crunchy, mixed with carrots creates an eye-catching dish, with a unique taste of sour, sweet, and salty.

Unusual, delicious and unique pickled jackfruit

With just a few simple and easy-to-find ingredients, you’ve got a delicious, exotic, and delicious jar of young jackfruit. Very great, isn’t it? Try making one for yourself right now. Cfis.edu.vn wishes you success.

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