I Tried To Make Popcorn Chicken Out Of Jackfruit

Wow, that looks like

chicken

. I'm just not a fan of this, sure it looks great but when you bite into it it's not the same, this doesn't cut it, this is the best one you've ever made. Hello everyone, my name is Merle. and today we are going to

make

popcorn

chicken

with terrible

jackfruit

. Jackfruit became super, super, super popular like I don't know two years ago because this whole

jackfruit

pulled pork sandwich situation happens, but today we're going to use it to

make

a really compelling chicken jackfruit is like a magical vegan substitute, it's the largest tree fruit, can grow up to 80 pounds, is giant and spiky, looks like some kind of dragon egg and you can buy them whole, probably not very affordable for most. of yours or you can get them canned, which still may not be as accessible to many of you.

For the sake of this video, I'm going to use canned jackfruit mainly because I want it to be more relatable to you, but also because I don't feel like dismantling a giant jackfruit, it's a pain, it's just a huge panic, so if you don't see it at your local supermarket, check the nets, let's not waste time, let's go ahead and start cooking, so first things up. What we're going to do is take a small cube of bullion and add it to some jackfruit with warm water, especially canned jackfruit has a very salty taste so we want to try to get it out that way so we can neutralize the flavor and then add Whatever flavor we want, here we are, everything is perfectly dissolved, so now I'm going to open my jackfruit, I'm going to strain this puppy while you have the strain, do you want to check and select the seeds that are there? there we don't want to deal with it, let's see nothing here, we'll put them directly into our ingots, then we'll let them sit for about 30 minutes, they'll just marinate there, I'm going to put them in.

Put this aside and I'll be back in 30 minutes. Well, this has been sitting for 30 minutes. Now we'll just squeeze you out. Now it's time to mix our spices so we have garlic powder that's been there for a minute garlic powder like I'm saying a little bit of onion powder oh my gosh I swear to god let's do this to everyone first lots of people It doesn't tell you this, but when it comes to onion you're supposed to massage it first. and we have a little bit of smoked paprika, a little bit of cayenne, a little bit of regular paprika, make this spicy and then a little bit of salt and pepper, mix all the spices together, this is all mixed together, we'll take our jackfruit, mix it in with about a tablespoon of our spices, no. get rid of these spices, you'll use them again later, set them aside, mix them up mmm omg it smells so good and now we'll just transfer them to our baking sheet, they really look like me, I mean chicken, pork, your name.

Yeah, look at that, it's very meaty, so you're all ready. I have the oven preheated to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, so 190 degrees Celsius, and we're going to put them in there for about 15 to 18 minutes, let them dry. and then we're going to fry these bad boys, so I'll come back, so while we're waiting for the jackfruit to bake, I'm going to mix up our dough and then the flour mixture that we're going to use. To coat them before frying, I'm going to mix in some non-dairy milk. I'm using unsweetened almond milk and then we got about 1/2 cup of flour, a little salt, and apple cider vinegar, so this is our dough.

It's like working with dough personally when I'm frying things, it makes everything stick to it, the coating is much more uniform, so be very careful and very safe when working with hot oil, oh that sound, sorry if that sound makes Someone likes to come out of their skin and now that I've pointed it out they probably will and now we're going to take the remaining spices because you didn't throw them right and then we're going to add a cup of flour. cornstarch, this is all ready. I'm going to go get our jackfruit and then we can fry.

Okay, we have our jackfruit, so the important thing with the deep fryer is that you want to make sure that the oil is at about 375 degrees Fahrenheit, don't forget that's it. 190 degrees Celsius, let's cover this with the batter first, it's a little more fun than I expected, okay, make sure you remove all the excess and you remove the excess, this ensures that you'll get a nice, even coating when you're frying, okay , look. You're a superstar, you look perfect, I'll drop you back in there, okay, she's ready here we go, oh yeah, let's let them fry for about two or three minutes all things considered, this is a pretty easy recipe, fry loser. like chicken, it looks great, just take me back to my KFC days in high school, all a girl can dream of is a nice crispy outside and then a juicy succulent inside.

I'm more proud of having successfully fried them than myself. that's how they come out a couple of them they're fighting there oh my god calm down break it up. I would recommend not crowding the pan when you do this because every time you add more, the temperature will drop, so have a little more control and you can probably work more efficiently if you only do a few at a time. I'm afraid, I don't like oil, why don't I like oil, it's unpredictable, well, you puppies, yes, you look great, very proud. from myself right now, okay, let's fry the rest of these and then I'm going to try them, okay, look at these nugs, they're so nice and crunchy, honestly, they look good, now I'm just going to add a little bit of lemon and then, of course, salt because it's salt that special moment in the episode where we see if I have a huge success on my hands or a horrible failure smells great looks great Oh God, oh my God, this is my favorite thing.

I've ever done it on the show without a doubt, oh my God, this is so incredibly good. I just bit into this and it literally exploded in my mouth. They are like jewels of flavor. I'm so happy right now, oh my god, this is honestly over. expectations Wow jackfruit, put down the jacket, come on, oh man, this is so exciting, oh my god, okay, I want to keep eating this, but I can't, this is a good day, this is a very, very, very good day. I'm going to go look for it. some people up here ask you to try this.

I'm so happy, I'm so happy, I'm so happy, yeah, okay, here we are, hush, oh-ho-ho, nugget, wait, I have no idea what this is going to be, it looks and smells. kinda like

popcorn

chicken it looks like chicken nugget it looks like jackfruit what's that poplar boletus or does it look like fried calamari I love both no it's too early for you to say that I can't say those words are you scaring me? It looks like chicken, the Frick is chicken, no I'm just not a fan of this, I like it, wow that's really good, look it's fucking chicken but I have no idea what it's supposed to be.

The first thing I thought was that it looks like cauliflower. clove of garlic and maybe a carrot is that garlic love is it a mushroom again isn't it you don't really know what jackfruit is jackfruit yes we love it doctor we really would it is dag rope is Geoffrey is jackfruit yes Wow, I wouldn't I guessed that this is not a curtain, it is the best thing you have done, without a doubt, the best you have given me in this, she will see the more I eat it, the more fried chicken it tastes, yes, that makes me happy.

It looks pretty similar and tastes pretty good, so it would work if you put this in front of me. I would 100% eat it, I think so, it is 10 similar to fried chicken. It's a 6. I'm a good bit of a 5 so I give it a 10 I love it 5 ok similar overall 79.5 oh my gosh with the holidays so you know what 25 minutes for the ten out of ten what a response time for all that is a vacation bonus is okay, so ten less than ten or nine point five we're going to say you're happy, I'm excited, continue.