Chicken salad w jackfruit

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups raw cashews OR 1/4 cup vegan mayonnaise.
• 2 cloves of garlic
• ¼ cup unsweetened non-dairy milk
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp Dijon or Spicy Brown mustard
• ½ tsp Old Bay seasoning
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ¼ tsp ground paprika
• ⅛ tsp onion powder
• (We have also added 3 tsp of curry to this recipe for a chicken curry flavor!  If you enjoy curry, give it a try!)

Put all the above ingredients into a high powered blender or food processor and blend on high for 2 minutes until smooth.  When smooth stir together with the below ingredients.

• 14 oz can young jackfruit packed in water rinsed and shredded by hand or with forks into chicken-like pieces (or 1½ cups fresh jackfruit)
• 1/2  large sweet pepper cut small (red, yellow, orange, or green depending on your tastes)
• 1/4 sweet onion cut small (yellow, white or purple depending on your tastes)
• 2 carrots cut small
• 2 celery stalks cut small
• black pepper to taste

This is wonderful on salads, in sandwiches, or on crackers!

Happy eating!

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