How to Eat Jackfruit | What does Jackfruit Taste like | Taste Test
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In this episode of In The Kitchen With Matt, I talk all about Jackfruit. I show one way how to eat jackfruit, I talk about some health benefits and discuss ways that it is prepared. Additionally, I describe what it tastes like to me. Jackfruit is the largest tree fruit in the world and can be eaten fresh or cooked. And the seeds are edible as well. These enormous fruits are packed with nutrition too. There is more than one way to cut a jackfruit, this is just one of the common ways. Now let's dive into the wonderful world of jackfruit!
Where does jackfruit come from?
It originated in southern India and Malaysia. But it grows very well worldwide in tropical lowlands and subtropical regions. It grows in central and east Africa, the Caribbean, Brazil, Australia, many of the Pacific islands, and in Florida, to name a few of the countries.
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I'm from Kerala State in the Indian Subcontinent and Jackfruits are one of most commonly available fruits in my part of the world. In fact there used to be a large jackfruit tree in my front yard which had fruits so huge that we needed two people just to lift it. The skin of the fruit is so tough that one needs a machete to chop and split it open.
Jackfruit can be used to make many different kinds of foods. The unripe fruit can be used for savoury dishes and the ripe fruits, which are really sweet, can be eaten raw or cooked as various kinds of desserts, jams and spreads. We in Kerala call it the king of fruits as some can grow to be as large as 5 feet in length and weigh up to 40 kilos / 90 pounds.
I am also from Kerala
That is so awesome, I have also hear that jackfruit if grown more could solve the world hunger crisis. It is so nutritious. And like you mentioned so many uses for it. When it is less ripe, cook it up, and when it is ripe, eat it raw. And of course the seeds are nutritious as well. Such an amazing fruit! King of fruits is the perfect term for them. :)
@Lulu Sala That is awesome!
@@inthekitchenwithmatt oh yes, I forgot to mention the seeds. When soked in water and cooked with coconut and Kerala spices, makes for a great side dish. The seeds are supposed to be extremely nutritious and the flavour is well loved by most gastronomes.
Btw. All the inedible parts of the fruit which surround the flesh are used to feed farm animals. The Jackfruit is truly unique among all the fruits.
@@CochinKerala Yes the seeds! I already filmed a video on one way to cook the seeds. I will release that video on Saturday. Great source of food for the farm animals or if you don't have farm animals, in the compost, to feed the plants and more fruit trees haha.
I really appreciate the time & information you have provided here. I see jackfruit in the grocery stores & I've seen some quick shows where they've shown these being used as meat for dishes like tacos. I've always wanted to try this fruit & with your video I know what to look for & what part to eat, how to cut it & remove the edible parts & it's savory or sweet uses. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
I feel the time & preparation is well worth it. Best ❤
You are so very welcome! Glad you found the information helpful.
Thanks Matt, a great choice for a tasting. I have seen Jack fruit trees grown in gardens in videos of India. The fruit are large and take some work, but I remember only a part of the fruit being edible. In fact, they barely resemble a fruit, maybe a bit like a Paw Paw on the inside. Interesting to hear your take on the flavour - it sounds good!
You are very welcome!! :)
Great video! Jackfruit is usually ripe when you smell it it should smell very sweet and it’s supposed to be a little bit soft when your cutting it open but not too soft otherwise the fruit could be over ripe but it’s very enjoyable! Especially when you first open it
Yeah unfortunately the smell and softness aren't always an indication, haha, like was the case with this one, but they are good indications. They are also supposed to sound more hollow on the inside when you tap them. There are a few other indicators that I different cover in the video. Like the color really needs to be more yellowish, although I briefly talked about that. This one needed a handful more days on the counter before opening, but that is okay, it was still awesome, haha.
Tried my first real jackfruit in a oriental market in Denver, Colorado, USA.
To me it tasted like Juicy Fruit chewing gum, delicious and very sweet.
Awesome! And yes! That is what a lot of people think it tastes like.
I am 100% sure this is a raw jackfruit.
Jackfruit is usually more juicy & sweet. You can cook raw jackfruit after cooking the raw jaskfruit curry will become more delicious.
Jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh🇧🇩
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Unfortunately the jackfruit we get here in the States comes frozen, and not fresh. And if it isn't sold that day it is frozen again overnight, to extend its life. It would be much better to pick it when it was fully ripe off the tree. Thanks for watching in Bangladesh!
I have a 3 jackfruit trees in wpb Fla
I always wanted to try one! Thanks for making this video.
You are welcome! Definitely try one sometime. See if you can find the cut up pieces that are individually sold, unless you want to dive right into a big complete fruit the first time. haha :)
It took me like 2 hours for me to cut the first one up. It was a lot of work but it had lots of fruit in it. I usually buy the canned jackfruit now. Much easier. Lol 👍
Yeah they can be hard to open. Riper ones are easier. Yeah, canned is a good option, or just buy the kind that are already cut for you, cheaper too, because you aren't buying the whole thing, haha.
It tastes like a mild cantaloupe to me. I bought prewrapped slices. Thanks for the video. Very helpful!
Thank you for this video and describing the taste. We just moved in to our new home and there is a jackfruit tree, which has just given us one. It will be my first time preparing it myself. 🙏🏻
You are very welcome! :) Let me know how you like it after trying it.
I got to see for the first time Jackfruit selling at my local Brookshire’s. I held one that probably weighed 15-18 pounds and was not ripe. It felt like a porcupine or the tips of a pine cone all over. It inspired me to do some research before buying one. Your TH-cam video popped up and was a great insight on the Jackfruit! Thanks and I’m going to get one soon!
Awesome!! And you are very welcome. Did they also have 1 that was cut into wedges and wrapped in plastic? Sometimes they do that so you don't have to buy a full large one to try.
We have a really big Asian market here in Utah and one time they had two gigantic jackfruits and they were super heavy! They you usually $1 a pound so if a jackfruit was 25 lbs then the price is $25 for one jackfruit
Yeah, $0.99 /lb is a common price, sometimes I see them for $0.50/lb. And can get expensive, that is why I mentioned that packaged smaller cuts, to try, even thought they cost more per pound, you can buy a smaller portion, and also readily see its ripeness haha.
Yes they sell small cuts of jackfruit but I prefer buys a whole jackfruit to cut up and eat :)
@@jamestropicals8262 Definitely more fun that way! haha
I just bought one yesterday, I'm very excited to try!
Awesome!
I have eaten jackfruit so many times and it’s jackfruit season right now where I live
Very cool!! :)
I go to the Chinatown Market once a week just to buy jackfruit if it's not immediately ripe to my liking I just wait till next week 99 cents a pound it's a great deal and I like it very much
Awesome! And that is a good price.
I purchased canned Jackfruit once for a recipe, but cannot remember the taste. I was using it as a sweetner. Now that I know what it looks like I will have to try it fresh. Thank you for the video.
You are welcome! Whenever you do find a fresh one, they may have smaller chunks of fresh jackfruit for sale as well, usually sold in quarters or even smaller, a great way to try it without having to buy and open up a full large one. Less heavy too! haha
@@inthekitchenwithmatt Thanks for the reply. Could not find fresh, but bought frozen and a can of green in brine. Will try a couple of recipes ....
@@dorothybrown8859 Welcome!
we have a jackfruit tree in our backyard and we can never figure out how to eat these giant things 😭 we usually try to sell them
That is cool you have tree!
I saw jackfruit on sale 2lbs/$1 in an ad for a local market. I like trying new things, so I appreciate your video. Thanks Matt. 😊
Awesome! That is a decent price. Let me know what you think after trying it.
Never tried one. But I found it available in our local Ralph’s store. I will definitely try one. Thanks for the presentation and recommendation.
Awesome, good luck! Let me know if you like it or not.
Believe or not, I lived in the Philippines for six years and never had jackfruit. It wasn't until I moved back to the US that I was able to eat jackfruit. That is also when I discovered freeze dried jackfruit. I love it even more than fresh. One issue with buying jackfruit here in the states is that grocery stores don't really understand jackfruit, nor do they display or market it well. Most Americans have no idea of jackfruit. Most stores refuse to cut jackfruit in half or quarters. So you might just have a $30 bill on your hands for one fruit.
Another issue I have run into. It seems you can't know if your jackfruit is yellow or orange instead. If you are like me you will probably not enjoy the orange jackfruit as it is so much sweeter than the yellow one.
Those are all great points. I don't think I had it when I lived in the Philippines either. I lived there for 2 years back in the late 90s. My Asian market, has quarters that you can buy, so you can see how orange the fruit is. I should have bought that as well to show an example. I am lucky to have two pretty awesome Asian supermarkets literally right across the street from each other, haha.
@@inthekitchenwithmatt Thanks for your reply to my comment. I don't know where you live, but here in the South Bay area, not only the Asian markets sell Jackfruit. About four years ago, Jackfruit began to show up in Mexican chain grocers. What I ran into was most people didn't know what it was. Not even most of the workers in those stores. One worker in the produce department told me where this fruit was coming from in Mexico. He said that most Mexicans here don't know of this fruit because it comes from a remote location in Mexico. He said that he only knew about it because he has family there. I believe him because not only no Spanish-speaking shoppers go anywhere near the Jackfruit. A few would come up to us and ask what it was and what it taste like. When they saw the price, most would smile and move on. I mentioned to a few of the stores I visited that they should give samples to get shoppers to want to purchase the Jackfruit instead of it spoiling and then they had to throw it all away. Every one of them I suggest that to thought it was a great idea but corporate would have to make that decision. It never happened. I also suggested they cut it in sections and sell it that way because $1 per pound is quite expensive. Who wants to spend $30 on a fruit they never heard of before, let alone people like me who like it but most times, I don't eat the entire thing. They liked that idea also and most would cut it by request. Some even without request. One day I purchased a whole jackfruit and when my wife cut it open, it was deep orange in color. The fruit inside looked better than the yellow ones but there was a problem. It was at least twice as sweet. I don't like fruit that sweet. I asked around if there was a way I could know before purchasing jackfruit if it was yellow or orange. I was told that the only way you will know is if you cut it open. After doing a TH-cam search, I see some are calling the orange jackfruit "Grand Orange Jackfruit".
I'm moving back to the Philippines this summer and I am so happy that I can add jackfruit to the list of fruits I like there like sweet tamarind, the local bananas, guyabano/soursop, and a host of others. I planted a peanut butter fruit tree before I left 8 years ago and it is fruiting. You might want to make a video of that fruit if you can find it.
@@ZebraFacts That's awesome! I grew up in the South Bay area, in San Jose well actually Campbell/Los Gatos area. I live in Phoenix now. The only place I have ever seen Jack Fruit is at the Asian/International Supermarkets. They label it correctly. And yes still expensive. But at least they do sell them in quarters as well as the whole fruit. Yes, I love all the fresh fruit in the Philippines! So yummy.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.😊
You are welcome!
´hi Matt, great video. We tried some Jackfruit at a restaurant in Colombo and loved it. whilst hier in Sri Lanka - Trinco Mallee, we saw some for sale on the side ot the road and bought a beautiful ripe big one but had NO IDEA how to eat it!!!t. Googled "how to eat jack fruit" and got your video. Did eactly what you said and AWESOME!!! as we are traveling I had only a Swiss Army pocket knife but the main blade was big enough and as it was already ripe it was not hard to cut! Great experience and AWESOME taste°!!!!!!
So awesome!! Glad you were able to try it and liked it!! And I am happy this video was helpful.
Excellent video !! I’ve never seen a Jack fruit before. Looking forward to tracking one down.
Thanks 😊
Thank you so much, Charlene!
Not sure where you live but in the States, Sprouts carries jackfruit. They are expensive. The first one I got was almost $30. I got a lot of fruit out of it though and froze it. They also sell it in cans and I use that more often. Just letting you know.
Wow, I'm really on the late train with jackfruit but I finally started using it due to seeing recipes on TH-cam. I am in love with it now but I've only seen for the first time what they look like on your video. I so appreciate seeing it even though this is 2024, but nevertheless, I enjoyed your video, and I truly enjoyed the jackfruit. I just haven't seen one whole anywhere yet. I have been using it from a can also great to know I can eat it raw. The only problem is they soak it in some kind of liquid and therefore I don't think I'll get the sweet flavor from canned , but I haven't tried it fresh yet!
It seems to me I saw where you could buy one at Whole Foods. I’m going to check it out next time I get there.
Yeah, Whole Foods may carry them, if not, try your local Asian/International supermarket if you have have one near by.
Never had it but am thinking I will soon. Thanks
Welcome!
Oh I thought this was super popular... well, for most vegans. I'm in Atlanta, and you can find it in our farmers market. (Dekalb Farmers Market). I'm excited to buy one soon. Thank you for sharing 😌💜
You are very welcome! They may also sell them in quarters wrapped in plastic, in case you don't want to buy a whole big one. It is a great way to give it a try without the trouble of cutting a whole one.
@@inthekitchenwithmatt oh Awesome!! Thank you!! I will look for that first 😆💜💜
You are welcome!! :)@@LifeWithAlliDaily
Amazing video Matt, I live in Mexico, here’s called Yaca and it’s super cheap maybe I’ll try it one day ✨
Thank you, Luis! And that is awesome. :)
I saw some prepared jackfruit in a container at my grocery store which peaked my interest
Awesome!
Holy Jackfruit Matt! Very interesting, first time learning about them. Looking forward to what you do with the seeds.
Thank you, Joy!! The seeds video will be posted on Saturday. :) :)
In The Kitchen With Matt That’s what I’m waiting to see I have seen another video of someone eating this it was really ripe but it made me sick looking it look over ripe cause when he would pull out one of the pods it look like he was eating some out of a horror movie it looked slimy he said when it’s ripe it stinks does it ? but it’s very sweet
@@lindaspillman1817 It definitely has a more strong fruity smell when it is riper, but not as strong of a smell as Durian, which is an extra stinky fruit, haha.
In SC, USA you can find them at Publix supermarket.
Awesome, Tiffany! :) We have Fry's here which is owned by Kroger. I haven't ever seen them there. I always like going to the Asian market once or twice a month anyway to see what gems they have there as far as different fruits go, so I don't mind the longer distance, and it gets me out of the house, haha.
I love jackfruit but i don't have it at my home😂😂😂😂😂😂
Try the nearest International market if you have one where you live, they may sell them there.
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Hope soon you start a cooking recipe with it? 😍 🤗 Thank You !
Thank you! I will be releasing a video on how to cook the seeds tomorrow/Saturday. :)
I picked up a medium sized (cut) piece of jackfruit at the Asian supermarket today, and I've just tasted parts of it and decided you're supposed to stick to eating the pods. My immediate take on the flavor was "Juicy Fruit" gum, and yes, a very slight taste of pineapple, too. I wasn't much of a Starburst eater, so I don't really remember the taste very well, but didn't they come in a variety of flavors? I don't know which one it tastes like... yellow, maybe."¯\_(ツ)_/¯" I covered it back up and put it in the fridge, and then l Googled to see if I was doing it right, and found your video. After watching, since the outside is still pretty green, I went back and took it out of the fridge. I look forward to trying it again in a couple days. Maybe I'll get a banana tomorrow to help it out. Perhaps it will be less prone to gathering mold in a paper bag. It's nice to know I can try out the seeds too, that should be interesting as well. Many thanks.
Glad you decided to give it a try!! And I think the already cut piece is definitely the way to go for these. The whole ones are so big and a bit of a pain to open haha.
Hey Matt my name is keshawn huff your video is very helpful thanks for the guidance sir!
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Much love, Keshawn
Thanks!! :)
hey matt i have been waching all your videos and i love them and im going to become a youtuber just like you :D thx for videos :D
Thanks! And awesome! Good luck. :)
It is usually ripe when the little spikes are kind of long if there really short it probably won’t be ripe and it should smell sweet like an over ripe banana and pineapple and mine tasted like bubble gum
And they should be brown, not bright green. Yes, to some people they taste like juicy fruit gum.
5:23 the bowl almost fell on the floor!
Yes it did! And I would have been sad, that is my favorite bowl!
This was very informative, thank you.
Thanks! You are welcome! :)
Thanks for making this vid matt I was so dumb I didn't know how to cut it
You are welcome! No, don't feel dumb, there are plenty of people who don't really know how to cut open one. :)
@MUHAMMAD UWAIS BIN SYAHNIZAN Moe lol what I'm doing here is to how to cut it so I can eat it. And I can give the jack fruit to the swat team they will break the door with it 😂
Matt, Hello from Oregon, thank you for explaining this fruit. I herd so much horrible talk about it. How it stinks so bad it's just yuck and on and on. Then I did what you said I bought a can in syrup and I drained it and like being new I went in to a corner tiny tiny taste then to a bit yep I like it. It doesn't stink and it's so sweet my grandkids wouldn't stay out of it. There mother said yuck mom I said try she said it's different, it's sweet, not bad. It just shows when someone says something try it yourself because there going off word's of no since. Yum thanks we like it.
Hi Sandy! Glad you tried it!! So jackfruit isn't the fruit that stinks it is the Durian that you are thinking of that is super stinky. If you want to try a fresh one visit an International market if you have one close by. If you live anywhere near Portland they will have one there, and a lot of times they sell just a quarter of this fruit wrapped in plastic. It is a great way to try the fresh non canned fruit but without the hassle of opening a full one up. Glad you tried the canned kind too! :)
I see it isn't ripe yet because usually, Jackfruit ripens it will have latex and more excellent color
Yes not quite ripe. The fruit should be more orange in color.
Always put cooking oil on the knife or your hands when dealing with the sap.
yes, I said that in the video.
Looks good but is it smelly like its simiar friend the durian?
It is not smelly at all.
Good times
Thanks!
I don’t like watching videos with a person takes so long to get to the point of why I clicked on the video in the first place so I sped this video up 1.5 times the original speed and to be honest it actually sounded like he was talking and a more acceptable speed when I did that.
Well you won't like my fruit videos then, because I actually educate people about the fruit, I say where it comes from and where it grows, gives its health benefits in addition to teaching how to eat it and what it tastes like. Be patient and actually learn something, haha.
Can you do a comparison with Soursop & Jackfruit?
Soursop is much different than jackfruit. It is much closer to a cherimoya. th-cam.com/video/MpiSGJ7RVhI/w-d-xo.html
You ahould have pressed the jackfruit first to check if it is spongy. Raw jackfruit can be also cooked as a viand. Use coconut milk, ginger, meat and chili pepper to cook it with the raw jackfruit.
Yes many many ways to prepare it.
My favorite fruit love it
That is great, Miriam! :)
Can you make salad with jackfruit?
Sure, I don't see why not.
Love jackfruit.
Awesome, Anne!! :) :)
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In Brazil this is called Jaca
Yep!
Not sure if canned jackfruit is different, but it tasted like something my dog would like to roll around in. The sweetness was so subtle... it didn't exist. Reminded me of pumpkin somewhat. Don't think the fresh stuff would be much better. Ah well. Good video.
Ripeness and freshness does matter I believe. This one wasn't even that ripe. If you go to an International market sometimes they sell them in quarters and so you can actually see the fruit. The deep orange/yellow ones are much sweeter and the "juicy fruit gum" flavor is much more pronounced. I haven't tried the canned kind, though, haha.
@@inthekitchenwithmatt Thanks for the info. Cheers!
@@spartan7717 You are welcome!!
I saw someone put the "meat" in tacos. Yum!
Yes! The stringy bits can also be cooked, in kind of like a fake pulled pork. Mixed with sauce, and used on sandwiches or tacos. Great meat substitute or people not wanting to eat meat.
What a wacky looking fruit
I know right?? Wacky indeed. But awesome!
A durian looks way more wacky :)
If you grow a jackfruit tree from seed in the ground Not in a pot, it will grow super fast and it will start to flower in just 25 or 30 months which it crazy! If you grow them in pots they grow much slower compared to being in the ground
Yep they are very fast growing trees!
@@inthekitchenwithmatt I planted a jackfruit seedling in the ground inside our greenhouse and I hope it survives the winters we can probably turn on our heater and I can probably cover it up with plastic to protect it better.
@@jamestropicals8262 Good luck!
Very informative video. 👌🏽
Thank you!!
I found this in the grocery store at 2.99 lb would be about 120.00 not in my budget it was huge.
That would have been a 40lb fruit! haha huge indeed. Lots of times stores that sell these also have smaller sections cut up that you can purchase.
Big fan
Awesome!
Hello
Thanks Great vid!
Hello, you are very welcome! :)
@@inthekitchenwithmatt is the jack fruit sweet from inside or just weird
@@sweatcookies607 It can be anywhere from very sweet to mildly sweet. To me, it tastes like a mix between bubble gum, juicy fruit gum, starbursts, and pineapple.
Matt, don't drink water right after eating jackfruit it will give you a stomach ache.
Young fruit is best for cooking.
The white stuff that surrounds the fruit can be included in cooking. Just boil it,add shrimp or pork and spices like garlic and onions then add coconut milk.
I drink water all the time after eating it, never have gotten a stomach ache. :) Yes I have heard that, the young fruit that isn't very ripe is good for cooking. Great suggestions!
@@inthekitchenwithmatt Yeah I did kind of get a stomach ache after drinking water while eating a jackfruit, Usually happens with a more ripe jackfruit an unripe jackfruit probably doesn’t give you a stomach ache
@@jamestropicals8262 Never happened to me.
I’ve seen a jackfruit that is ripe but smaller then that
They can be smaller but much much larger too.
If Yu want to taste the real fine jack bruu visite uganda ..yu won't regrate..we have the best and the sweetest
I bet they have amazing jackfruit there. There are several varieties that are grown. Nothing like actually getting one that has ripened on the tree instead of letting it ripen at home on the counter. I hope to visit Uganda someday!
@@inthekitchenwithmatt u are welcome anyday ..we pick only ripe ones actually Yu will have to taste a wide range of fruits and one thing for sure they are the sweetest that Yu can't find anywea else..
@@rollwithshamie_ka9703 Yeah, so much better if you can pick them ripe off the tree, instead of having to let them ripen after picked at home.
How much brix in sweetness level. In India, Some jack fruits above 35 brix. sugar cane is 15 brix. Just imagine how that fruit taste in sweetness.
I got one yesterday for the fist time. 1st. I cut it the wrong way. Lol. 2nd i tried eating the stringy thing( nasty as f#$@. Lol. Then i found this video. 😊 ps. I was not ripe.. kinda wasted my money this time
Yeah and unfortunately they don't ripe as well after being picked, just a bit. Honestly the very best thing to do if you can find them where they are sold in quarters, you can see the inside already and see how orange it is. Plus it is so much easier to eat than a full one haha. Lots of times they will be cut into smaller pieces and wrapped in plastic wrap. Which is great for people who just want to try it but not buy a whole one.
Snickers or Reeses
both very yummy. :)
I had a jackfruit before
Cool!
What is the taste?
Did you watch the whole video when I actually eat the fruit? I talk about the taste.
What does it taste like?
I said in the video what it tastes like. Did you watch the whole thing? It tastes like a mix between pineapple, juicy fruit gum, and starburst.
@@inthekitchenwithmatt yes I saw it. thank you. I had to fast forward a bit to find out. Seems like a lot of work.
@@benniebella You are welcome! Yes, it is a bit of work to open a large whole one, but usually, the stores that sell them also have quarter pieces wrapped in plastic that they sell. That would be my recommendation, especially if you just want to taste it.
@@inthekitchenwithmatt thank you so much. I appreciate your channel. ❤️❤️
@@benniebella You are welcome and thank you!
This is the national fruit of Bangladesh.
Awesome!
Mine was around $16
Cool!
I can see oiling the knife but why oil your hands? Seems like a recipe for disaster when using sharp knifes.....interesting video though. Thank you.
Yeah, because it gets really really sticky. But I know what you mean! You just need to be careful, or just wear gloves and not oil them.
Just cut large chunks and boil them (raw).. the skin will be easy to peel when it's soft and fully boiled.
That looks very unripe... we eat them when its smiley face yellow.. and its sweeter than honey
Yes it wasn't quite as ripe as it could have been.
I'm not tasted yet
Definitely try one when you get the chances. :)
You can cook unripe jackfruit somehow
Yes you sure can.
Boil it in fairly large chunk pieces (with skin on). When it's soft you can peel the skin off much much easier. I just had some. It's yummy with just s touch of salt or you can fry up some spices in ghee and add the boiled jackfruit and have it stir fry. Also yum. I love the boiled seeds . They're fun.
That’s way too much work
haha you are not wrong. If you really want to try it most places will sell quarters of a whole wrapped in plastic, then you can easily just dig out the edible fruit.
If that’s too much “ work” then back to McDonald’s with you....
lol. True.
But what does it taste like? 🧐
Hi Blanca, did you watch the whole video? I talk about the taste at this part in the video 12:30
In april and may the jackfruit trees will be full of jackfruits in india.and its the ripening season now and we have jackfruit daily. I iam not a fan of it. Now there is rotten jackfruits everywhere outside and it smells disgusting and it looks like a rotting corpse.. We have lots of them in our groves
Cool! Yeah the rotting fruit is very disgusting.
I hear it's very pricey but if you buy it in a can and not ripe, it tastes like pulled pork.
Yes lots of vegans and vegetarians make a pulled pork substitute with it.
That thing is bigger than a baby! Looks like a giant pickle
I know right?? haha Or a large spikey watermelon.
Too much work to eat a piece of fruit
Often the stores that sell these also have already cut fruit, usually in quarters, that you can buy and taste. Sometimes they even have just the edible fruit by itself for sale. That is my suggestion if you ever want to try it, rather than buy the whole thing.
Never too much work for the culinary reward that awaits you at the end. They’re simply divine.
Lol looks like a large garlic clove.
Yes haha
At that size, 15 lbs, buy by the pound as most tropicals are sold here, I'd have to take out a loan! They can't be cheap!! Looks like a lot of waste. No thanks!
Better to just buy the ones that are cut into quarters, to try it, much cheaper, and a lot less hassle getting into it.
That is not ripe yet! The ripe is very sweet
Did you watch the whole video? I said it wasn't very ripe.
The jackfruit doesn't look fresh nor mature. The pulp fo the Jackfruit should not be whitish/ greyish. They should not be selling that Jackfruit.
Nevertheless, the presentation is fantastic.
Yes it wasn't fully ripe. The actual flesh should be bright orangish yellow when ripe. Thank you!
I'm not sure that if I can remember that this the only thing that Andrew Zimmerman cannot eat. He hates it.
Are you sure it is this one and not Durian? Durian looks pretty similar to this but it is extremely stinky. haha
@@inthekitchenwithmatt You could be right. I haven't watched his show in years.
@@wlsweat1 hahaha yeah, that fruit smells awful but is pretty good tasting. I used to watch his show as well, but it has been several years for me as well.
Yeah, too much work. You could use glove. Sorry I just don’t like the taste.
I think they're so ugly. They look like they're surrounded by insect eggs or spawn.I just don't think I'll be tackling this one. Sounds nice & fruity flavoured though. I wouldn't go near it with the mould on it's transfering spores to the fruit. quote < What happens if I touch moldy fruit?
Is It Safe To Eat Produce That Has Touched Other Rotten ...
Never sniff moldy items, as you could inhale the mold spores, which could cause respiratory illness. People can also get sick from skin contact with moldy foods, Coffman said. Keep in mind, too, that just because the food looks OK or you've removed the moldy bits, it could be unsafe to eat.1 Jun 2023
They sell them already cut up too, and sometimes just the edible flesh by itself, so you can taste it without having to tackle the full fruit. And yes you have to be very careful with moldy fruit, not like cheese where you can just cut off the mold. Some fruits you can do that, but better to throw moldy fruit out.
@@inthekitchenwithmatt Thank you that's good to know! x
A flavor like juicy fruit, bubble gum, and starburst?! I'm sorry I dont like those flavors and never ate much of those items, so that fruit sounds disgusting to me. Probably way too high in carbs.