Black Garlic and Jackfruit Quesadillas

Black Garlic and Jackfruit Quesadillas

Quesadillas are a quick and healthy meal, and this vegetarian quesadilla recipe with Black Garlic Essence is very, very more-ish. This recipe is courtesy of Black Garlic superfan Manuela.

Replace the jackfruit with chicken if you prefer.

You will find the main quesadilla recipe below. Included here as a bonus is a spicy tomato sauce that makes a great accompaniment together with guacamole and black garlic sour cream.

Tomato Sauce for Quesadillas

Ingredients
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3x tomatoes (ripe and sliced into cubes)
• 2x chili peppers (chipotle)
• 2x garlic cloves (peeled and minced)
• coriander (chopped)
• salt

Method
1. Add the oil to a frypan on medium heat. Sauté the tomatoes, chili peppers and garlic for about 5-7min.
2. Add the ingredients to a food processor with coriander and a pinch of salt. Puree until smooth. Enjoy as a topping on your quesadillas.

 

Black Garlic and Jackfruit Quesadillas

Manuela for Neudorf Black

Servings

4

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

25 minutes

Cuisine

Mexican

Category

Dinner

Quesadillas are a quick and healthy meal, and this vegetarian quesadilla recipe with Black Garlic Essence is very, very more-ish. 

Replace the jackfruit with chicken if you prefer. Serve the quesadillas with black garlic sour cream and guacamole. 

Ingredients

  • 6 large whole wheat tortillas or wraps

  • 1 can of black beans

  • 1 can of jack fruit in brine

  • 1/2 cup of corn

  • grated cheese (as much as you want)

  • 2 tbsp of Black Garlic Essence

  • 1 tbsp of olive oil

  • 1 1/2 cup of mushrooms sliced

Directions

  1. In a large pan, cook the mushrooms with olive oil for approx. 7min.

  2. Pull apart the jack fruit chunks into strings and add it in a medium size bowl. (For meat, replace it with chicken.)

  3. On a plate, mash the black beans with a fork and add it to the jackfruit.

  4. Add other ingredients into the bowl : corn, grated cheese, Black Garlic Essence, and mushrooms.

  5. Mix it well with a spoon.

  6. Spread the mix between two tortillas or wraps.

  7. Cook in a large fry pan over medium heat for 5-7 min each and flip it half way.

  8. Serve with black garlic sour cream recipe, and guacamole. Enjoy!