I Tried The TikTok Vegan Jackfruit "Fish 'N' Chips"

[@MerleONeal]

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[@bosoudang]

If you still didn't know. Jackfruit seed also can be eaten. Dont throw it away, easiest way to eat it is just fry it and it taste better than peanuts.

[@CharGC123]

I try to avoid frying at all cost for lots of reasons, but for stuff like this I will pan sear for a few minutes to firm up with minimal oil or just a spray, THEN air-fry to finish. Usually comes out awesome.

[@naruto19998]

The Arthur reference was 👌

[@mynvision]

I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian, but I'm so obsessed with your videos. I love watching them, and because of you, I've put a couple of cans of young green jackfruit in brine into my Asian grocery food cart. 🤣

[@MerleONeal]

Yay! Thank you! I'm honored

[@Bexstarartist]

Did you use them? I also am not vegan. Vegan activist annoy me but These recipes are fun 😊 I picked up a can at the food bank but haven’t used it yet 😅

[@OrganicSilverMoonDesignsLLG]

❤ Wow I just came across this recipe and I am sharing this with my Facebook friends, amazing love anything Jack fruit, oh I am a new subscriber to your channel, Watching all your Test and what's best from cheese to pizza, I love your personality and your positive vibes , I am a vegan going on 24 years plus , you're channel is a breath of fresh air to my vegan lifestyle ❤️ Thank you,Merie O'neal also love spotlight drop in tastes from your companion Again Thank you for sharing this 🎉

[@keemstubbs4638]

I love your channel because it’s so realistic, you aren’t trying to be perfect and your cooking style is so relatable.♥️

[@millawitt1882]

I Love that you always make a recipe “the Merle-Way” and add your own spin on it👍😀

[@MerleONeal]

Thank you! Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't hahaha

[@millawitt1882]

Yes but It ALWAYS make a Good Video - and it’s why I love watching because it is Sooo Relatable and reminds me when I too experiment with recipes and it fails😉 -but we always learns something good👍

[@verpuh213]

When I lived in the UK, I tried truly amazing vegan fish and chips, where 'fish' was made out of banana blossom. It was amazing and pretty much indistinguishable from actual fish (and I'm saying this as a pescetarian who tried the fish version alongside the vegan version). I actually even preferred the vegan version. You should really try it out if you can get your hands on that product.

[@stephaniebutler81]

Wow!!! This sounds like it would be yummy!

[@stevenvenn]

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting for us vegetarians/vegans looking for plant-based subsitutions for stuff we used to love. Always happy when I see a new video from you. You and Mark (Saucestache) have become my two go-tos for new ideas.

[@MerleONeal]

Thank YOU for the support!

[@bazli83]

I would use banana blossoms (the flesh looks like stingray meat), sparkling water and coated it with flour, then batter and the bread crumbs, in theory the dryish battter will fry better in air fryer, but really I would just shallow fry it

[@missellehansen]

I find myself singing the Arthur theme song cause my tiny one is enjoying the show! Glad it has longevity.

[@SauceStache]

That looks awesome! I need to give this a try!!

[@CorineT]

The whole video was a Merle vs deep frying saga, and I’m here for it 😂 and YAS for bringing Aria in again

[@asmabegum8824]

I loved ‘hey Arthur’ that theme song was very memorable I still sing it to this day. Love this idea. I’m not a vegan but still like these vids, keep up great work :-)

[@zoegeijsmans9158]

u can also use sparkling water, the carbonation helfs for a fluffy crispy light texture, vodka is also good for a bigger crunch( a splassh or 2)

[@redotter4608]

Or 6 😁😁😁

[@saphira122mimi]

just wanna give props to Merle for not giving up trying to quit smoking! The only real way to fuck up is if you quit trying. U got this girl. I am proud of you

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

In Medieval times lots of people were vegan. Not out of choice but because animal produce was simply too expensive. And it was hard to store because of the lack of refrigeration.

[@samiam74]

I am STOKED about this!! I've just recently tried jackfruit and absolutely love it. I'm always looking for new ways to use it and this looks SO good. Also, fish and chips is something I've really missed since becoming vegan. It's honestly one of the few things that I truly felt like I "gave up". That and cheese...yo, we need good vegan cheese y'all. * Side note: I've found with jackfruit that it is worth the time to boil it in seasoned broth after removing it from the can. It helps to soften the hard center, break apart easier and takes away that "tinny" taste. I would also marinate this overnight like Merle mentioned.

[@ThereIsTooMuchButter]

Two variations I want to try: pushing the jackfruit mixture into ice cube trays (like small fillet rectangles, not the normal ice cube size lol) and freezing. This would get a more dense fillet, and be easier to wrap! Or, blending silken (and medium firm?? Not sure) tofu and folding the jackfruit into the liquid tofu, then compacting into blocks again and freezing. Not sure if either would work, but worth a try! Recently we got a deep frying machine thing so I don't have to deal with open vats of oil 😂😅

[@RyanTeo]

I think the tofu used should be of a firmer texture. Alternatively, you can try using seitan, tempeh, mushrooms, taro or eggplant.

[@kimmycup2704]

I'd start with packing it firmer even the way she did it - just push it thighter like a spring roll. And DEFINITELY using baking paper when frying it.

[@jenjonnybravo]

You've probably made this already, but jackfruit "pulled pork" BBQ sandwiches are SOOOOO GOOD! I'M not a vegan and I love them so much. Also - where did you get your grey plates? It's like a bowl plate, I love them!

[@MerleONeal]

Yesssss Jackfruit pulled pork is ELITE- plates are from the goodful cookware line

[@idasjmsp]

psa kombu stock granulates are way better for making plant based things taste like fish than nori!! you’ll also avoid the soggy black specks in the finished product

[@stardust8746]

Hey Merle! I was wondering if you could do some vegan shellfish recipes since I am allergic to shellfish but still weirdly crave it at times! Thanks. Also love your videos

[@Pfpfpfpfpf2020]

That's so interesting!

[@IQzminus2]

I would suggest to look up very plain lionsmane mushroom recipes. Not the easiest mushroom to find. But it has a shellfish flavour more then a mushroom flavour, just on its own without any seasonings beyond salt. And the texture also isn’t your typical mushroom texture but more meat like.

[@MerleONeal]

I will add it to the list!

[@amb3r007]

I’ve made “scallops” out of king oyster mushrooms & they were surprisingly delicious. Marinating is key though, otherwise they taste like nothing. Very convincing though!

[@cilenee]

Hi Merle! tanks for another great video experience 😊 Have tried this fish alternative with banana blossom with seaweed.

[@amijoon3770]

Omg i just LOOOOOVE HER!!!! 💞💕💖💗💞💞

[@alyofthelakes]

"Hey DW!" "Hey! Woaaaahhhh...." What a throwback. 😂

[@dandles2010]

I'm terrified to deep fry. I don't know why. Love this recipe. Looks great!

[@Pfpfpfpfpf2020]

It's your instincts telling you it's dangerous and your instincts are right 😂 not that you should never try it, you can just get burned real bad if you're not careful/prepared.

[@MerleONeal]

I relate to you so much

[@Unmasking_Viandalisme]

A pan of very hot, flammable oil.. what could possibly go wrong?

[@Whatsername4224]

Same. I'm not good at it at all. I'm very comfortable in the kitchen for everything but deep frying.

[@dandles2010]

@@Whatsername4224 To this day all I can think about is the neighbor's kid who spilled hot oil on himself. He was fine, but that was it for me.

[@DawnValley]

Hey Merle, these recipes are so out there! Can you do more vegan product reviews, or maybe make versions of 'the best vegan fish' to compare? Also id love some high protein meat substitutes instead of jackfruit

[@de-annewaters2632]

As someone who got called DW as a child, thank you for that throwback....

[@ophilialacroix7060]

I wonder about dipping it into Panko and then frying it! Also use smaller wrappers, and make “fish fingers”? And maybe maybe blending the ‘fishy brine’ together to make it easier to brine the Jack fruit.

[@barbaracarbone4658]

Love these vegan recipes. Presented informally. I like that. I'm a newbie here. Subbed you. 🎉

[@MerleONeal]

Thank you so much! Welcome!

[@Pfpfpfpfpf2020]

Oh she is just the best, you will absolutely love it here! (Spoken by a non vegan who is trying hard to eat more vegan/vegetarian options)

[@BrokenEvil]

if you want to do battered stuff on the air fryer buyy those silicon mats for the oven! just put it over the basket with your filletes and the hot air will run through the sides of the basket, you might have to flip it halfway to even brown it, sounds delicious! I have the same air fryer oven thing and I airfry EVERYTHING haha so if you want to give it another go

[@MerleONeal]

This is so helpful!! thank you!

[@polargranola]

@@MerleONeal Parchment paper works too and dampens the air temperature a little less than silicon on the bottom side of whatever you're making

[@ItsjustmeIndi]

You just brought back childhood memories with that song lol😂

[@idostuff5766]

Thoroughly enjoyed this recipe! Im not vegan but enjoy your videos ❤

[@kirsten_e]

I loved this video. Also, I quit nicotine too and had to give up alcohol for a while. I actually just haven’t gone back to either. It’s been 2 years 🎉 Congrats! ❤

[@mael1515]

You can reuse frying oil by filtering it through paper towel in a funnel. 😃

[@Verismo1004]

Not me taking a break from Baldur's Gate to watch your videos only to have Aria reignite my addiction.

[@MerleONeal]

HAHA II'm just honored to have torn you away for even a second

[@hinamo]

Ahhh Merle, this looks AMAZING. 😍

[@MerleONeal]

it was prettyyyyy great

[@justin_g_smith]

Catching up on your videos cause I miss youuu 🖤

[@georgegarcia2455]

Great video! Though your mortar looks rusted?

[@pineconey]

Young Jackfruit will be performing I Got Lemons on My Potholders live at Madison Square Garden this equinox!

[@Serendipity-Divine]

Arthur show song you were singing...."if we can learn to work and play ...And get along with eachother..." "Hey" lol Mych Love and gratitude, superb videos m'dear.

[@colleencook9149]

We have got to figure out a way to make this baked I can’t do oil. It literally makes me sick to my stomach but I would love to make some fish tacos with a recipe like this I’m gonna try and work on it!

[@CommanderBunbun-fx5xu]

Use butter instead. Butter is so much better than oil anyways.

[@IsaacIsaacIsaacson]

If you can't do coconut oil spray, spraying the outside before airfrying might work

[@tangimeme]

One way to be able to do this in an air fryer would be to crumb them in panko or other breadcrumbs rather than a batter. That way it's already dry on the outside and pretty stuck to the fillet, so it should all stay together and not make a mess or stick too much. I'd probably use a solid tray rather than one with a grate too, 'cause it's way easier to clean no matter what happens lol.

[@MerleONeal]

This makes sennnnnse

[@hollyhansen1560]

Merle I commented on ur last video that I was too quitting vaping and I have officially quit!!! Stay strong queen it’s a bit of a struggle every day but we got this

[@MerleONeal]

I'M SOO PROUDDDDDD - Best thing I've done, I'm still staying strong. I believe in us!

[@RUNESANEINTHEBRAIN]

You can be too young to remember Arthur?😭😭 Time is flying faaaast! (Love the new recipes Merle!)

[@shiek64]

I would totally say try it again in the airfryer, but use something to line it so that it doesn't drip through the grates.

[@MerleONeal]

Good point!

[@disgr_ace]

Aria having a quiet reaction also made me think he didn’t like it AHAHAHA

[@MerleONeal]

SAME

[@jcuff715]

We got to get Merle some Old Bay

[@konradstanczyk5158]

I was in the middle of looking through Baldur's Gate 3 mods while listening to this in the background and I literally froze for 5 seconds in confusion hearing "Some of us enjoy Baldur's Gate" 😅Did not see that one coming, lol. And yes...yes we do, Aria.

[@Gyj-s1l9479]

That looks great! I'm not vegan but do like to have vegan and vegetarian meals every once and awhile. I will try this

[@MrMcBeardsly]

OMG LOOK WHO DID SEAFOOD?! Merle, we're so proud!!

[@evolutionofmaggie]

I always wanted to say to you I'd love to watch the Story of your veganism, like the why and history of your decision to be vegan. Maybe you'll convince me to make some changes. I really would love a whole video just on this.

[@BogFrog1222]

I don't have a vegan idea, but I'd love to see you do a vegan version of those absolutely BATSHIT recipes from Chef's club or the pizza tortilla buffalo chicken monstrosity

[@MerleONeal]

never heard of this! I'm gonna do some diggin

[@BogFrog1222]

@@MerleONeal David Seymour has a video on it, where it's this monstrosity of a food of buffalo chicken in a quesadilla which is then deep fried (your favourite) and then made a pizza on top. It's a beast of a food

[@alicemiriah]

Still haven’t tried jackfruit. It’s time

[@11235Aodh]

You should, it's our go-to for shawarma now.

[@tonkinbray]

BBQ pulled jack fruit with Bao buns and a spicy slaw is AMAZING xxx

[@VerhoevenSimon]

That looks amazing

[@KimmyBartle]

As someone allergic to fish, you best believe I will be trying this

[@CatsPajamas23]

If you want air-fried food to be crispy, spray the whole surface lightly with oil before you put it into the air fryer.

[@Aria.Inthavong]

This woman steals my shirts!!!

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

I remember you doing fish n chips out of celery root. As far as flakeyness goes, or just overall texture, which one is better???

[@hettiebrigham8413]

Sending love and positive vibes

[@Factsarebetterthan]

I’m not a vegan but I am into this.

[@octoberandreasbejan8931]

Merle! Have you tried the celery root fried fish?? Its so much better than the jackfruit one imo!!

[@Toasavili]

Have you tried the banana flower version?

[@sunny5ma]

Love our reigning vegan queen!! As a vegetarian, fish is probably the food I miss the most.. not all fish..some like Tuna etc and this seemed really enticing but I am also lazy af haha so... probably can't be bothered. Still enjoyed the video tho and yay Aria!! Bonus points!! ❤❤

[@michaelchang5386]

merle i love authur i didn't know you llike that song hey what a wonderful kind of day

[@ushere5791]

is there an actual written recipe we can use? - because i definitely want to try this!!

[@mimixmin]

Is that the song from Arthur?? Man I miss that show!

[@paralleltimelines]

My s.o. was just talking about how she thinks about your nicotine video a lot. When you mentioned it again just now she yelled, "you should comment for her to try [psilocybin] mushrooms!! With the intent to quit."

[@bethwaldren3303]

I wonder if pulsing the jackfruit in the food proccessor for a second would break it up? I need to try this!!!

[@MerleONeal]

it definitely would! I was just being lazy hahaha

[@biancaneves3346]

I was like: "Don't air fry this, Merle. Don't... no, don't! Stop girl, you can still stoooop".

[@MerleONeal]

LMAO

[@MotherofCrows]

Some people like Baldur's gate 3...yes!

[@lmpeters]

This is counterintuitive, but the vegan fish might turn out more crispy and less greasy if you deep-fry it in more oil. Using more oil for frying helps the oil to stay hot when you add food, which allows the food to cook faster, and thus it has less time to absorb the oil.

[@erinye8327]

please make a video trying fysh foods!

[@caybythebay]

How about a video showing just "naturally" vegan recipes? Idk if it's maybe uninteresting. Maybe just vegan desserts around the world? Love your videos, Merle!

[@fishbones.666]

i really wanna try this now but i hate deepfrying

[@ravenbell3918]

Arthur! ❤

[@ozziedylan9903]

Yum

[@Markhypnosis1]

This may be a replacement for taste and texture, but what about nutrition? There is hardly any protien in this to make it a viable substitute. In fact the jackfruit coupled with the chips just makes it a carb heavy protein deficient meal. That's not mentioning the good fats that are in fish. I honestly think this is dangerous and could lead to severe deficiencies if these are used as replacements for what was a protien rich meal.

[@ginadillon2072]

Dang I did not do nori sheets that might just be the key!

[@Melanie-pt4te]

You should try the Easy Vegans fish n chips recipe

[@rakong246]

Not a knock against Merle at all, but I'd love to see creators making more high protein alternatives in recipes like this 😩

[@Dwoalin]

Stur is THE BEST! I literally drink it every day 🥹 I’ve never heard anybody else talk about. Also adding this to my list of recipes to try 📝

[@Kristian179]

shoutout for that Arthur/Ziggy Marley reference!

[@MerleONeal]

I feel like i need to go back and rewatch that show now

[@Kristian179]

I mean the episodes are still available somewhere,but sadly I think the show ended sometime last year, if I'm not mistaken. @@MerleONeal

[@adixon0165]

The local food trucks use banana blossoms for 'fish"

[@micsar]

Please do a video reviewing PlantYou’s recipes!!

[@MerleONeal]

I'll look into them!

[@ashleyj0]

Ok.. old vegan here needs to learn new tricks: you spoke about the "chew" associated with rice paper. Every time I use it I feel like I'm eating a condom full of veggies 😅 WHAT am I doing wrong?! I tried air frying, then it shattered like glass.

[@MerleONeal]

omggggg IM NEVER GOING TO GET THAT IMAGE OUT OF MY HEAD lmfao - I think mayyybe you could experiment with the amount of time you soak the rice paper?

[@bspotus]

Thank you for singing the Arthur theme song lol

[@michaelchang5386]

the Arthur reference was 👌 merle you should crossover with sue ellen arthur friend she also vegan as well

[@GabrielleRousseau]

Is jackfruit the same thing as durian?

[@annikarian1720]

It's not :)

[@Stephanie.vu_]

I’d want to try this in a fish taco 🤤

[@MerleONeal]

YESSS

[@kimmycup2704]

Girl, baking paper 😭😭😭

[@Naufal-sq3oo]

You definitely need to try and make fried jackfruit (the real food)

[@nicktheavatar_]

I’m a simple man, when I see Merle post a video, I click. Omg I have jackfruit in my fridge! Maybe I should try to make this!

[@MerleONeal]

You should! It's truly so delicious - if its fresh it'll likely be quite a bit sweeter

[@katyfaise]

i need to know what race/class aria is playing in bg3 tho!

[@Codac198]

I would so eat this.

[@parismoon2130]

Merle, why didn’t you use the bottom tray instead of the pan? 😂

[@jackseve]

Should have applied parchment paper and spray with a light oil spray.

[@kareenCabloozer]

WTF WAS THAT AT 9:01 ? WHO IS WHISPERING? WHAT IS THAT SOUND? IS THIS VIDEO CURSED? MERLE HELP

[@MerleONeal]

bahahha it's the audio from the video clip- so there's VO and then the actual audio- if that makes sense

[@kareenCabloozer]

@@MerleONeal oh!!! That makes sense now 🤣💙 thank you for answering!!! Mistery solved!

[@squishiestduckling7061]

Vegan calamari in the air fryer!

[@jodiesummers886]

Congrats on not smoking lovely 🥰

[@kendrahall5371]

*maryland has entered the chat* old bay 👀