Since becoming vegetarian I haven’t quite branched out from the few things I know how to cook with the meat substitutes available at my local grocery store. Today I wanted to try something new. I wanted to finally try this thing called Jackfruit that all the internet vegetarians are raving about. I’ve seen it on the shelf at my local Asian market so I thought I’d try it.

I seasoned it like you would a normal cheesesteak so you get the delicious savory flavor on the jackfruit. Then top with delicious pan fried onions and peppers and that glorious melty white cheese. You also want to get a quality hoagie roll to stand up to all the melty delicious flavor.

Ingredients

• 2 cans jackfruit (cut the hard triangle piece off the end of each jackfruit segment)
• 1 package good quality hoagie bun
• 1 yellow onion, sliced thinly
• 2 Bell peppers, sliced thinly
• 2 cups shredded white cheese
• salt/pepper
• 1/4 tsp. paprika
• 1/4 tsp. onion powder
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• vegetable oil for cooking

Directions

1. Heat oil in a medium size pan till it moves around the pan like water.
2. Add your peppers and onion to the pan and cook until lightly colored. About 3-5 minutes.
3. Add your jackfruit and all the dry seasoning to the pan and cook on medium heat until you can pull the jackfruit apart with a fork.
4. Place enough cheese in the pan to cover your mixture and put a lid on it to melt it.
5. Portion it out into your hoagie rolls.