What is going on with this crazy weather? It’s been unseasonably hot here, but once it slightly felt like Fall last week – I had to make a soup. I’ve been rushed for time recently, with my children’s soccer, diving, and gymnastics practices; why did I let them do this to me?! So when I saw this can of Tomatoes, Okra and Corn by Margaret Holmes at Deirbergs (a local St. Louis grocery store), I was inspired to use it to make an easy crockpot soup. They had a recipe on the back of the can, but I thought that it would be nice with jackfruit!
This is the third dish in my jackfruit series; you can read my other two recipes here: BBQ Peach Jackfruit With Chipotle Avocado Slaw and Pineapple Jackfruit Tacos With Pineapple Lime Slaw. I personally like jackfruit best in the crockpot. It pulls apart like pulled pork or chicken, and its slight pineapple-ish taste goes well with the sweetness of the corn and the raisins in this soup.
My husband is not vegan, and he never lived in the South where okra is common like I did. He isn’t a connoisseur of vegetables; he sticks to the basics like broccoli, green beans, caesar salads, and peas. He was very apprehensive to try my soup. After trying it he said that he was surprised that it actually had flavor, and ate it for 3 days. I tried not to be offended by his compliment/insult, and instead, realized that he gave me his picky stamp of approval. Essentially, if you are a meat and potatoes fan like my husband, don’t be scared of the okra and jackfruit in this soup!
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Okra Corn Tomato Soup with Jackfruit
This easy crockpot okra corn tomato soup is a savory dish with jackfruit, edamame, and chickpeas. It's sweetened with raisins and flavored with curry.
Credit: My Real Dish
Tips: I served this soup with a gluten-free vegan cornbread. I used this Gluten Free Yankee Cornbread Mix from Glutino Gluten Free Pantry Mix, but made it vegan by using almond milk (instead of buttermilk), 1/4 cup applesauce (instead of an egg), 6 tablespoons vegan butter (instead of dairy butter) and then added 1 can corn. I baked it for 25 minutes at 425 degrees and served it drizzled with agave syrup and a tab of warm vegan butter.
Ingredients
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, minced (~1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon)
- 2 cans okra corn and tomatoes (I used the Margaret Holmes brand)
- 1 container gluten-free vegetable stock
- 1 cup golden raisins
- ¼ cup lemon juice (~1 lemon, squeezed)
- 2 teaspoons Redmond’s Real Salt
- 30 grinds of pepper
- 1 tablespoon yellow curry
- 5 bay leaves
- 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1-20 oz can jackfruit, drained and rinsed (I used the Trader Joe’s brand)
- 1 cup frozen shelled edamame (without the pods)
- Gluten-free macaroni shells for serving (I used Tinkyada)
Directions
- Chop onion, mince garlic.
- Juice lemon into a measuring cup in order to easily remove the seeds.
- Drain and rinse chickpeas and jackfruit.
- Empty the 2 cans of okra corn of tomatoes into the crockpot (with juice).
- Add lemon, vegetable stock, curry, pepper, salt, bay leaves and jackfruit.
- Cook for 4 hours.
- Add the raisins, frozen edamame, and chickpeas and cook for 2 more hours.
- Prepare the gluten-free noodles by the instructions on the box.
- Serve soup over gluten-free macaroni shells with cornbread (if desired).
Very interesting combination of vegetables you have here. I’ve never tried jackfruit in soups, and now I’m intrigued. 🙂
Thanks! I have been playing around with jackfruit a lot for this series. I had never thought to put it in a soup either, but it turned out nice! I normally would have put beef or chicken in the soup probably. But, I wanted a meat-like texture in it so I added the jackfruit. I think you would have to be careful of the flavors that you combine it with in the soup, which is why I added the curry and the raisins. They go well together.
Interesting! I plan to get a can soon and experiment. 🙂
This looks great. I am really into soup at the moment so will have to give it a try.
I’m so into soup! Fast and easy with kids! And, 1 bowl meal – even better!
That looks yummy !! Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
the pictures look amazing ^^
Thanks!
Thanks!
I have yet to try out jackfruit. I’m not even sure where to get it. Your soup looks tasty.
Thanks! Where do you live? It is often at Indian food stores. But, so many places are carrying it now because of its health benefits.
This sounds tasty! I’ve never tried okra before and I haven’t seen it in a can with corn before either! But I do know they sell it at the local market I go too. I haven’t tried jackfruit either though so time to try both and make this soup!
Okra is pretty much popular here in the southern states. But, St. Louis is still southern enough. My husband is a New Yorker, not as popular there. I hope you can find it! Let me know what you think. 🙂
This looks really delicious. I’ve been looking for more jackfruit recipes!
Looks too good and such an interesting combination of veggies…love it ❣❣
So simple, but it looks so good!! Might have to try this out soon
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this looks yumm ! and so simple to cook.
This looks yummy but honestly doesn’t sound yummy to me.. the combo.. lol
Fun meal with Okra…This should be fun to try
I’ve never heard of jackfruit before, so I have no idea what it tastes like! I also can’t eat corn, but I do like tomato soup. It has been unseasonably warm here in Maine, too, and is finally starting to feel like fall, my favorite season! I also like making soups during cooler weather. I have one that I make with tomato soup as the base, and add browned ground beef, sweet sausage, onions, garlic, and green beans, and other seasonings.
Jack fruit has a slight pineapple taste, but it really just takes whatever sauce or spice you put with it. You can totally make this without corn!