Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Jackfruit
Bbq sauce:
1 - 28 oz can crushed fire roasted tomatoes
1/2 an onion
5 medjool dates, pitted
1/3 cup molasses
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp spicy brown mustard
1 tsp smoked paprika
a pinch of salt
a pinch of red pepper flakes (or more for a spicier flavor)
Jackfruit:
2 - 17 oz cans of green jackfruit in water, drained*
Instructions:
-Add all BBQ sauce ingredients into a high speed blender
-Blend until ingredients are completely combined/pureed
-Pour Bbq sauce into your instant pot
-Pour both cans of jackfruit into the sauce and mix will
-Set your instant pot to sealed
-Using the manual setting, cook for 20 minutes at high pressure
-Once the time goes off, hit cancel and allow for a natural pressure release.
-Using oven mitts, pull the cooking pot out and place onto another oven mitt.
-Using a potato masher, mash up the jackfruit to help shred/separate it*
-Stir everything together very well, to make sure your jackfruit is coated.
Serve immediately or use keep warm setting until ready to cook.
Notes*
1. You can find canned green/young jackfruit at most Asian Markets.
2. You can also use a fork to pull the jackfruit apart, but a potato masher is much quicker.