A creamy jackfruit smoothie recipe made with a vegan meat replacement, protein, mango, banana, and tropical flavors! It's like sipping a healthy protein milkshake!
Try this After-Workout Smoothie or Tropical Smoothie, next.
Quick Look
- 🕒 Prep Time: 5 minutes
- 🌡️ Cook Time: None
- ⏳ Total Time: 5 minutes
- 🍽️ Serving: 1 to 2
- ⚡ Calories: 507kcal for 1 serving, per the recipe card
- 🥣 Ingredients: ripe jackfruit pods, frozen mango, frozen banana, frozen pineapple, vanilla protein powder, coconut flakes, vanilla and almond milk
- 🌶️ Flavor Profile: Tropical banana, mango, pineapple and coconut, thick like a milkshake
- ✋ Difficulty: Easy, one blender
Quick Answer
In a high speed blender add 1 cup ripe jackfruit pods, 1 cup frozen mango chunks, ½ frozen banana, ⅓ cup frozen pineapple, 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, 1 tablespoon coconut flakes, ½ teaspoon vanilla and 4 to 6 ounces almond milk. Blend until smooth and creamy like a milkshake, adding more liquid for a thinner juice consistency, and enjoy right away.
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- Quick Look
- Quick Answer
- Why Ripe Jackfruit Makes It Creamy
- Why You'll Love This Recipe
- What Ingredients You'll Need
- How to Cut a Jackfruit
- How to Make This Jackfruit Mango Smoothie
- Expert Tips
- Be Sure to Try These Other Smoothies
- Jackfruit Smoothie FAQs
- More Smoothies to Blend
- Jackfruit Mango Smoothie Recipe (Jackfruit Milkshake)
Jackfruit "meat", aka "jacktree" is a healthy vegan meat replacement and awesome in making Jackfruit Pulled Pork. The fruit itself contains jackfruit pod and jackfruit casing which we will dive into learning how to prepare and cut the fruit.
Why Ripe Jackfruit Makes It Creamy
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- Ripe fresh jackfruit is sweeter than canned jackfruit and perfect for smoothies.
- Jackfruit thickens this drink and mango sweetens it naturally.
- Frozen fruit makes it thick like a milkshake.
- Adjust the liquid. Add more for a whole fruit juice consistency.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Filled with vegan protein! This jackfruit smoothie is an excellent source of plant-based vegan protein and iron!
- Rich and creamy like a milkshake!
- Healthy, vegan, and dairy-free!
- Ready in 5 minutes.
- Easy to double and share.
What Ingredients You'll Need
- Ripe fresh jackfruit - sweeter than canned jackfruit. If you do need to use canned jackfruit, add a bit of honey or maple syrup (about 1 tablespoon).
- Plant-based milk - almond milk (try this DIY Almond Milk Recipe), coconut milk, or cashew milk.
- Plain or vanilla protein powder - pea protein is also great for vegan.
- Coconut flakes.
- Vanilla extract - for extra flavor to complement the coconut flakes.
- Frozen mango chunks, a few pineapple chunks, and half a frozen banana. See How To Freeze Bananas for smoothies.
See recipe card for quantities. Extra mango? Make fresh Mango Juice or a skinny Mango Cocktail!
How to Cut a Jackfruit
This is a little tedious, but you can freeze and bag up any extra jackfruit to use for more smoothie recipes. Tools needed are a cutting board, sharp knife, and two containers, one for the jackfruit seeds and one for the jackfruit pods.
- Carefully slice the jackfruit in half and half again so you have 4 equal parts. Start feeling around and separating the lighter yellow parts of jackfruit to get the firm golden pods (picture removing the seeds of a cooked squash). Wet your hands as you do this if needed to make it easier.
- Remove the jackfruit pod, and pull it open and remove the seed with its "casing". Remove the seed from its casing and place the seed in one of the containers and discard the casing.
- Take out the jackfruit pod and put it in the other container. Repeat until all the golden pods and seeds are prepared, then discard the skin and fibrous parts. Store the seeds and pods in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Canned versus fresh. Canned jackfruit is better for savory dishes, and fresh jackfruit pods are best for making a jackfruit smoothie since they are sweeter with natural tropical flavors.
Jackfruit is fantastic to add to juice and smoothies as it is also high in iron, making this jackfruit smoothie great for anyone who is anemic and suffers low iron. This mango drink also contains vitamin C, which helps the body to better absorb iron.
How to Make This Jackfruit Mango Smoothie
1Load the blender. In a high speed blender add the jackfruit, mango, pineapple, banana, protein, coconut flakes, vanilla and 4-6 ounces of milk.
2Blend. Blend until smooth and creamy like a milkshake! If you want, you can add more liquid so it has more of a whole fruit juice consistency.
3Serve. Enjoy the jackfruit smoothie right away. This smoothie recipe serves 1 to 2, and can easily be doubled to share!
As always, be sure to check out the full recipe details in the recipe card below.
Expert Tips
- Variation. You can also add coconut water or Aloe Vera Juice in place of milk.
- Add-ins. Add hemp seeds, flax meal, or a dash of honey or maple syrup to sweeten more.
- Freeze extra jackfruit in bags for later smoothies.
- Canned jackfruit? Sweeten with about 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup.
- Same frozen banana trick as my chocolate Shakeology recipe.
Be Sure to Try These Other Smoothies
Try my Green Smoothie Recipe, Tropical Bliss Smoothie, Anti-Inflammatory Smoothie, Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie or Blueberry Banana Smoothie.
Jackfruit Smoothie FAQs
Ripe jackfruit tastes like a tropical combination of banana, mango, pineapple, and coconut. Young canned jackfruit has a mild taste and is better for savory foods like jackfruit pulled pork.
It should have a yellowish skin tone and be slightly soft if you poke it. The bumps on the outside will not be spikey, but have a softer smoother feel.
Yes, but it will not be as sweet. Add about 1 tablespoon of honey or maple syrup.
Add hemp seeds, flax meal, or a dash of honey or maple syrup.
Yes, when you use a plant-based milk and a vegan protein powder such as pea protein.
It serves 1 to 2. The card nutrition is for 1 serving.
More Smoothies to Blend
Try Tropical Smoothie, Green Smoothie or Anti-Inflammatory Smoothie next. I hope you enjoy this jackfruit mango smoothie! Follow along with me on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for a feature and more recipe inspiration! And don't forget to leave a comment below!
Jackfruit Mango Smoothie Recipe (Jackfruit Milkshake)
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup ripe jackfruit pods
- 1 cup frozen mango chunks
- ½ frozen banana
- ⅓ cup frozen pineapple chunks
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1 tablespoon coconut flakes
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup almond milk or coconut milk, cashew milk
Instructions
- In a high speed blender add the jackfruit, mango, pineapple, banana, protein, coconut flakes, vanilla and 4-6 ounces of milk. Blend until smooth and creamy like a milkshake! If you want, you can add more liquid so it has more of a whole fruit juice consistency. Enjoy the jackfruit mango smoothie right away.
Notes
- Tools needed are a cutting board, sharp knife, and two containers- one for the jackfruit seeds and one for the jackfruit pods.
- Carefully slice the jackfruit in half and half again so you have 4 equal parts. Start feeling around and separating the lighter yellow parts of jackfruit to get the firm golden pods (picture removing the seeds of a cooked squash). Wet your hands as you do this if needed to make it easier.
- Remove the jackfruit pod, and pull it open and remove the seed with its "casing". Remove the seed from its casing and place the seed in one of the containers and discard the casing.
- Take out the jackfruit pod and put it in the other container. Repeat this until all the golden jackfruit pods and seeds have been prepared then discard the skin and fibrous parts. Store the seeds and pods in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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