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Keto Cinnamon Flan

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Low Carb Cinnamon FlanLow Carb Cinnamon FlanLow Carb Cinnamon FlanKeto Cinnamon Flan. I had a really hard time naming this concoction but finally came up with the word “Flan” because it has a sugar-free syrup served with it which is a little reminiscent of a real flan. Doesn’t really matter what you call it, it is delicious.  I can already think of a couple variations and one might be with raspberries and a couple of drops of almond extract as the two flavors go so well together.  Very, very easy to make.  Keto cinnamon flan can be eaten as breakfast or dinner, which I did with a sausage patty and small salad or just as a fabulous keto low carb dessert.  Anyway you cut it, it’s good, it’s easy and…your kids will love it.

This was a test cake that Sandra, a twitter friend, altered and made from this Flan recipe. I don’t have the information for everything she altered so I can’t put up a new recipe for you it but like WOW, it looks spectacular. It will never cease to amaze me how inventive people can be with their food.

I have started using Ceylon “True” Cinnamon and what a difference it makes.  I will be using the rest of the small bag and have purchased a one lb. bag which should last well beyond me and I am thinking of sharing it with someone I already have in mind.  Ceylon Cinnamon is kind of a taste altering experience if you have never had it, and I personally would never go back.  It is available on Amazon (not my favorite place to shop) as well as other places.  There is no mistaking it for regular cinnamon as it is MUCH lighter in color with a more subtle flavor. Recipes I have already used it in are the Carbalose Cinnamon Walnut Rolls but hey, I just got the stuff so give me a little time.

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Cinnamon Flan
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Ingredients
  1. 6 Oz Cream Cheese ROOM Temperature
  2. 6 T Barely Melted Butter + 2 t Smeared In Bottom Of Baking Dish
  3. 6 Eggs ROOM Temperature
  4. ⅓ C Allulose
  5. ¼ t Cinnamon
  6. 12 Medium Strawberries Cut Into At Least 8-12 Pieces Each
  7. 2 T Sugar-Free Syrup Per Person
Instructions
  1. Beat room temperature cream cheese, cinnamon and Allulose.
  2. Slowly add melted butter and mix until smooth, scraping as necessary.
  3. In a separate bowl, beat eggs then slowly add to cream cheese, scraping bowl several times, and making sure there are NO lumps.
  4. Begin heating oven to 360°.
  5. Grease 8”x8” glass baking dish with 2 t butter and put into oven. You want the butter just beginning to brown and the dish hot. Watch it closely or it will blacken and burn.
  6. Pour into heated 8”x8” baking pan and bake for 22-24 minutes. It will not happen immediately but IF your batter was at room temperature it should puff up like a balloon like Yorkshire Pudding only---it might not collapse.
  7. Your finished product should have the color and texture of a firm flan.
  8. 8 Servings
  9. 182 Calories, 5.7g Protein, 16.0g Fat, 2.0g Carbs, 0.3g Fiber, 1.7g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. The "secret" to this fluffy flan is to have everything at room temperature. I don't mean for 15 minutes, I mean for at least 1½-2 hours.
  2. Nutritionals include all ingredients listed.
  3. I'll update if it freezes well if, I can get some in the freezer.
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Keto Chicken Piccata

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Low Carb Chicken PiccataLow Carb Chicken PiccataKeto Chicken Piccata. You are looking at that very rare commodity known as a chicken tender.  They are pretty hard to find anymore as they command a higher price because of their uses in restaurants over the last 20 years.  My sweet little neighborhood Beaumont Market got a new (but actually retired) butcher and has decided to order them.  Yes, they are a little more expensive but in my world well worth it, because they are so easily portion controlled and how quickly they cook without drying out.  This can certainly also be made with juicy thigh meat but then you have dark meat.  I have made it known how much I prefer dark chicken meat over white but chicken tenders are a game changer.  I will purchase and eat these for as long as Jim continues to get and sell them and they are perfect for you and your kids fixed any number of ways including Crunchy Deep Fried Chicken Chips. Pretty much everybody knows how much kids like the crummy McNuggets served by McDonald’s but my keto chicken piccata are a terrific healthy alternative.

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Chicken Piccata
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Ingredients
  1. 12-16 Chicken Tenders Or about 1-1¼ Lbs (Do Not Flatten)
  2. 6 T Olive Oil
  3. 8 T Butter
  4. ⅓ C Lemon Juice Or About 1½ Lemons
  5. ½ C Water (Chicken Stock)
  6. 2 T Chicken Base (Omit If Using Stock)
  7. ¼ C White Wine
  8. ¼ C Capers
  9. Salt & Pepper
Instructions
  1. Heat 3 T olive oil + 3 T butter until butter is browning. Add half of the tenders, cook for 1-2 minutes per side. Set aside. Repeat for 2nd half tenders.
  2. Add wine and reduce by ½.
  3. Add water, chicken base, & lemon and reduce.
  4. Add capers to heat and swirl in remaining butter 1 T at a time.
  5. Plate tenders and spoon sauce over all.
  6. 4 Servings
  7. 531 Calories, 27.0g Protein, 45.6g Fat, 2.4g Carbs, 0.4g Fiber, 2.0g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. You will need to do this as two batches since trying to cook this many tenders would only cool your pan and stew the chicken instead of sauteing it.
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Low Carb Pork Loin With Asian Lime Fish Sauce

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Low Carb Pork Loin With Asian Lime Fish SauceLow Carb Pork Loin With Asian Lime Fish SauceLow Carb Pork Loin With Asian Lime Fish Sauce. One of the things it seems I have always been able to do is “smell” ingredients and know if I want to use it or not to make something.  I don’t mean eggs or meats but I do mostly mean spices & herbs.  I am able to do the same thing visually in the grocery store.  I can kind of look at foods and decide what I might want for dinner and then I might need this and this…  There can be problems with this system as I can tend to over-buy as I see lots of things I might want and which is why I always go with a list.  For sure I get the listed items and then…I can…get so sidetracked.  It is rare the shopping day that I go into the isles.  I do go into the bulk spice isle and rarely into any of the other ones.  I start in the meat and cheese departments and mostly go directly to produce with perhaps a stop at dairy if I need sour cream or labne. I do have about 6-7 places I go but always to the same departments in each one.  I am lucky in that I live in one of the foodie towns USA so everything is available to me within about a 20 minute drive and..I don’t even need to go across the “river” (that would be the Willamette) to get to any of them.  There are meat markets, produce markets, Asian markets, & Middle Eastern markets which are plenty enough to feed my little soul.

This is the way I like my pork loin to look in the center.  Still pink and juicy.  In the second picture with the halibut I added a few red pepper flakes & the jalapeno juice and they are both keepers.  Sauteed the fish in butter cause…it’s what I always use and that’s the way like it.  Low carb pork loin with Asian lime fish sauce is basically a zero carb meal.

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Pork Loin With Asian Lime Fish Sauce
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Pork
  1. 1½ Lbs Boneless Loin Roast
  2. 1 t Olive Oil
Lime Fish Sauce
  1. 3 T Lime Juice
  2. 2 T Fish Sauce
  3. 1½ T Finely Chopped Cilantro Stems (Yes, The Stems)
  4. 1½ T Allulose
  5. 1 t Crushed Garlic
  6. ⅛ t Red Chili Flakes (Or 1 t Jalapeno Pepper Juice Or...Both)
  7. Chopped Cilantro (Garnish)
  8. Fresh Pepper (If Wanted)
Instructions
  1. Set meat on counter to room temperature at least 2-3 hours.
  2. Turn oven to broil and let heat for 5 minutes.
  3. Rub meat with olive oil.
  4. Lay foil on sheet pan, place meat, put under broiler about 10" below heat (middle oven shelf) for 5 minutes, turn, broil 5 more minutes, turn over once more for another not more than 5 minutes for a total of about 15 minutes broiling.
  5. Set on counter, cover and let rest 15 minutes. I do not cover mine because I want it just pink instead of taking the chance of ending up with shoe leather. It can only take an extra minute or so, so...
  6. DO NOT overcook.
  7. In a small bowl, starting with lime juice and thru chili flakes an/or jalapeno juice mix all well.
  8. Slice pork & serve with sauce to the side for dipping into.
  9. 4 Servings
  10. 358 Calories, 51.9g Protein, 14.0g Fat, .6g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, .6g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. If you plan to dip other things except the meat, I would suggest doubling the sauce. If I don't use all mine...I slurp what little is left.
  2. I suggest cutting pork loin in half lengthwise (mine was) as it is easier to slice and eat but I leave that up to you. Asians make smaller portions to use chopsticks and will dip then take a bite etc.
  3. As noted by picture of fish this sauce is good on just about everything that swims, crawls or grazes and yes, even vegetables.
  4. Makes a terrific salad dressing.
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LowCarb Chinese BBQ Pork

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LowCarb Chinese BBQ Pork.  (Char Siu) Many years ago when I landed in the Pacific Northwest from the mountains of Colorado, one of the first things I was introduced to was Chinese BBQ Pork. Someone I met, who remains a very dear friend, shared some with me and it was another “love at first bite” moment.  I had never had anything like it but I knew one thing, I was going to eat it again and again and again…that was, until I couldn’t eat sugar anymore.  But…with the figuring out of my new Hoisin Sauce recipe used for making Peking Duck, I can make this BBQ sauce basically sugar-free and it is exactly as I remember it.  Hoisin Sauce is only one of the ingredients and is needed to complete the dish, but this is a relatively easy appetizer to make so hold onto your hats because the ride is well worth the trip.

Imagine my anticipation when I realized I could make this LowCarb Chinese BBQ Pork  (Char Siu in Chinese).  I had to buy a whole pork loin roast (about 4 lbs.), cut it into quarters, make the sauce, marinate the meat overnight (not necessary), cook it, wait for it to cool completely, slice it, take pictures and then for the first time since 2002 finally have it again.

I normally eat once a day in the afternoon about 3:30-4:00pm and if you think I was going to wait that long-think again.  As soon as I had everything set up and sliced the meat for the final pictures…I pigged out on it and I mean PIGGED OUT at 11:00am. It is/was exactly as I remembered it.  Did I eat it all?  No, it was even too much for me but great thing?…I can have it again tomorrow.

I have given you the recipe for the Chinese mustard the way I like it.  If you aren’t used to it, it may still blow your head off but it is a little different than that crud you get with Chinese take-out.  Remember, once you have made something it is much easier to make it again…and again…and I will.

If you want to impress your sports fans on game day this is one of the ways to do it.

This recipe for LowCarb Chinese BBQ Pork Loin makes enough for 8 as an appetizer (5 pieces) or dinner for 4 (10 pieces).  If you do it as an appetizer you can make and then freeze what you don’t need and then think how easy it will be the next time you want it.  I’m kidding, you WILL eat every bit of this.

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Chinese BBQ Pork Loin (Char Siu)
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Ingredients
  1. 2 Lbs Boneless Pork Loin (About 7" Long)
  2. ¼ C Tamari
  3. 2 T My Low Carb Hoisin Sauce
  4. 2 T Oyster Sauce
  5. 2 T Sugar Free Rice Wine Vinegar
  6. 2 T Allulose***
  7. 1 t Crushed Garlic
  8. ½ t Five Spice Powder
  9. 10 Drops Red Food Coloring (Optional But Traditional)
  10. Sesame Seeds
  11. Chinese Hot Mustard (Recipe Below)
Chinese Mustard Recipe
  1. 2 T Mustard Powder
  2. 2 t Tamari Sauce
  3. 2 t Sugar Free Rice Wine Vinegar
  4. 2 t Dijon Mustard
  5. 2 t Water+Additional To Dilute If Wanted After It Rests
Instructions
  1. Cut pork loin in half. Pieces should look like picture. A whole pork loin can weight up to 10-11 lbs but is normally sold as a 2 lbs-4 lbs package so plan accordingly.
  2. Put pork into double plastic bag.
  3. Combine next 8 ingredients, mix well and spoon scant ½ into pork pieces, massaging into meat. Don't overdo the marinade into the pork as it will be less than you need for dipping.
  4. Roll up bag, put into a metal bowl (for safety) and refrigerate overnight.
  5. Take meat out of fridge at least 4 hours before cooking.
  6. Turn oven to broil and let heat for 5 minutes.
  7. Discard any used marinade.
  8. Lay foil on sheet pan, place meat, put under broiler about 10" below heat (middle oven shelf) for 5 minutes, turn, broil 5 more minutes, turn over once more for another not more than 5 minutes for a total of about 15 minutes broiling. If it chars all the better as it tastes wonderful.
  9. DO NOT overcook.
  10. Leaving it uncovered, let it sit on counter 15 minutes. Continue leaving it uncovered and put in refrigerator to cool-to-cold-thoroughly.
  11. Make mustard sauce and let sit at least 10-15 minutes.
  12. Slice cold pork very thinly and as you can see I got 20 slices from 1 lb. of pork.
  13. Arrange on a large platter, putting 3-4 small dipping bowls of mustard, sesame seeds, and the remaining marinade sauce. This will give you two flavor profiles. 1.) spicy hot-dipped into mustard & then seeds and 2.) sweet dipped into the marinade.
  14. 8 Appetizer Servings
  15. 302 Calories, 27.7g Protein, 18.6g Fat, 4.9g Carbs, 1.2g Fiber, 3.7g Net Carbs
  16. 4 Dinner Servings
  17. 550 Calories, 52.7g Protein, 33.2g Fat 7.6g Carbs 1.8g Fiber, 5.8g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. If your pieces end up weighing more than a lb. add 1-2 minutes per cooking cycle. As I said, you do not want to over cook it.
  2. I bought a 4 lb. roast as I wanted to try some other different things with it. If you buy about 7"-8" of whole roast and cut it in half you should be good to go.
  3. If you do it carefully, cooking the meat should work well on an outside BBQ grill.
  4. This is another great communal dining experience.
  5. Do not attempt to use a Pork Tenderloin as it would cook far to quickly to get a char and would end up like shoe leather. My opinion is that the loin is the perfect meat.
  6. Please DO NOT try to cook the pork loin whole-it will not work-it needs to be cut into the 2 pieces.
  7. Nutritionals include everything seen.
  8. Geez Louise, this is such good eats.
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Low Carb Bulgogi

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Low Carb BulgogiLow Carb BulgogiLow Carb BulgogiLow Carb Bulgogi. Bulgogi is a rather sweet & spicy Korean dish and a favorite among restaurant goers.  The good news is you can have it both low carb and sweet.  It is fried in a blitzing hot pan and perfect for cast iron either in the kitchen or on the grill.  It is prepped quickly and cooked very quickly so is ideal for the busy cook.  Bulgogi is often referred to as a Korean BBQ but to my mind it is not.  The meat used should be a high quality nearly slivered, if not shaved steak and I hope you can see the slicing I did in the picture.  It’s less than ⅛”  thick which is perfect.  Now don’t attempt to cut any thawed steak as it WILL NOT WORK.  In order to slice meat thinly, it needs to be almost frozen and after slicing let it come to room temperature, especially for low carb bulgogi since you will be frying it very quickly.  The idea is to still have crunchy veggies when you are finished cooking it.

I have included vegetables into mine and I used top of the line meat with Beef Tenderloin.  To make this low carb bulgogi more or less spicy, use more or less chili garlic sauce which I neglected to include in the picture as I thought garlic and red pepper flakes would be enough. Oops, wrong.

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Bulgogi
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Ingredients
  1. 1-1¼ Lb Beef Tenderloin Or Other Quality Steak Meat Very Thinly Sliced (Nearly Shaved)
  2. 1 Medium Red Pepper Thinly Sliced (Cut Into 1½” Bite Size Pieces)
  3. 1 Small Onion Thinly Sliced (Julienned)
  4. ⅓ C Allulose***
  5. 1 T Crushed Garlic
  6. ¼ C Tamari Sauce
  7. 2 T Water
  8. 2 T Olive Oil (Divided)
  9. 1 t Powdered Ginger
  10. 1 T Chili Garlic Paste
  11. ½ t Red Pepper Flakes
  12. ½ C Green Onion Tops Cut Into 1” Pieces
  13. ¼ C Thinly Sliced Green Onion Tops (Garnish)
  14. 1 T Sesame Seeds (Garnish)
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients (except garnish & 1 T olive oil) into a medium bowl, mix thoroughly, and allow to sit on counter for at least 1 hour and longer if wanted, tossing occasionally. You want it all at room temperature.
  2. Drain well, reserving liquid.
  3. Heat large pan to hot, drizzling in a bit of olive oil, and add about ¼-⅓ of mix. Fry each batch very quickly, reserve, bring pan back to hot, and add next batch until finished.
  4. Add back drained juices and cooking very quickly, bring to temperature and pour over meat.
  5. Serve immediately.
  6. 4 Servings
  7. 451 Calories, 30.4g Protein, 33.3g Fat, 7.0g Carbs, 2.1g Fiber, 4.9g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. You will need to do this in batches about ¼-⅓ at a time as the idea is to cook it very quickly in a blazing hot pan.
  2. If possible have your butcher cut your meat for you.
  3. Serve on a large platter with green onions and sesame seeds on top for a communal affair.
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Low Carb Fermented Black Bean Shrimp

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Low Carb Fermented Black Bean ShrimpLow Carb Fermented Black Bean ShrimpLow Carb Fermented Black Bean ShrimpLow Carb Fermented Black Bean Shrimp.  It is difficult to describe this very unusual dish if you have not had whole fermented black beans.  Yes, it is a form of edamame in that they are soy beans, but they have been salted and fermented-sometimes for many years. I showed you a picture of the ones I bought at my local Thai grocery and they are extremely inexpensive at $1.89 for a one lb. package.  Since the beans are use sparingly they last forever-literally. The jar I showed in a picture of the making of my low carb Hoisin Sauce is, I am embarrassed to say, 30 years old and as good as the day I bought them in Rose’s Victorian Market in Telluride, CO.  I bought new fermented beans because they were sooo inexpensive and I would never get rid of my China Bowl beans. I will now be using my new beans for other recipes. They will probably be thrown away when I croak but I have loved looking at that orange bottle all these years, never realizing they were still as good as the day I bought them.  I have no idea when, but the company went out of business with the dinosaurs I think.  The interesting thing is that both beans taste exactly the same and go figure. When the beans are fresh they are a bit larger, and slightly less wrinkled but with the same texture as a currant.  Be careful because it is easy to start eating them and difficult to stop.  They are little umami flavor bombs.  If you are interested in further reading about fermented black beans please read here.  I put spaghetti squash under mine and it was fabulous as the extra sauce soaked into it.  I think there are any number of veggies you could put under it and olive oil sautéed cauliflower rice comes to mind. Low carb fermented black bean shrimp is easy and comes together very quickly.

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Fermented Black Bean Shrimp
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Ingredients
  1. 1½ Lbs Or 24 Peeled Large Shrimp
  2. 3 T Olive Oil
  3. 1 T Crushed Garlic
  4. 2 t Powdered Ginger
  5. ¼ C Fermented Black Beans (These Are Fermented Black Soybeans)
  6. 2 T White Wine
  7. 2 T Unsweetened Rice Wine Vinegar
  8. 1 T Allulose***
  9. ¼ C Tamari
  10. 2 T Water
  11. 2 T Butter
  12. ¼ C Green Onions
Instructions
  1. Put beans, white wine, vinegar, allulose, tamari, and water to steep. I do this in the morning & leave it on the counter. The beans will plump a bit.
  2. Peel room temperature shrimp.
  3. Put olive oil to medium low heat, add crushed garlic and cook a minute or so.
  4. Add ginger and cook another minute.
  5. Turn up heat to medium, add shrimp, cook 2-3 minutes, turn, and cook additional 2-3 minutes. Remove from pan to plate or bowl (best).
  6. Add pan back to heat, add steeped beans and simmer 2-3 minutes. Add butter 1 T at a time, swirling so the sauce does not break, and put evenly on top of shrimp.
  7. Garnish with green onions.
  8. 4 Servings
  9. 357 Calories, 38.1g Protein, 20.0g Fat, 4.9g Carbs, 1.0g Fiber, 3.9g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. If you add ½ C spaghetti squash, you can add another 4g net carbs and this a completely filling meal.
  2. Not always, but sometimes when I am doing a recipe and it is so good, I will make it again several days later and this was the case here. I used spinach under it the second time which means so could you. I'm betting, broccoli or rapini would be good too.
  3. This is best served in a bowl as shown.
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Low Carb Peking Duck

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Keto Peking DuckLow Carb Peking DuckLow Carb Peking Duck. This may be a little repetitious as some of it is shown in the Hoisin Sauce recipe but I thought I would walk you through this utterly delicious and addictive low carb meal. If you really want something spectacular to wow dinner guests this low carb Peking duck is the meal to serve and the good news is; you can use a larger roast chicken which will more than likely serve 6 people and is less expensive than duck.  You will be able to feed 4 people with one large duck so plan accordingly. I am also adding the Hoisin Sauce recipe below so you have it all in one place. If you want the total 3-legged stool low carb Peking Duck experience then here is the recipe for Low Carb Chinese Mandarin Pancakes and better yet it is absolutely perfect using Keto Pork Rind Wraps. The Pork Rind Wraps are ridiculously versatile and they are what I will be using from now on. Using all three recipes for a really unique dinner event, you should be eating approximately 10g net carbs with the newer wraps.

Low Carb Peking Duck is a guest do-it-yourself meal once the meat is separated from the bone, cut into smaller pieces and put on a platter in the center of the table.  Same with the lettuce, green onions, and same with the hoisin sauce so yes, there is a little prep for the cook and the good news is; then you can sit down and eat with everyone else.  Since this is a Chinese dish I might suggest serving the Bok Choy Cucumber Salad with your meal and that should probably be all you need.  Dessert would be optional but you will get a bit of sweetness with the duck and the salad.  Also want to note that the skin should be cut into small pieces as a little should go into each wrap or taco.  Each is made kind of one or two at at time.  It can be made into a small open-ended package or left totally open to hold like a taco so you will at least have to show people once and then leave them to their own devices.

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Peking Duck
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Large Duck
  2. 2 C Sliced Green Onion Tops
  3. 1 Head Butter Lettuce Leaves
Hoisin Sauce
  1. ¼ C Tamari
  2. 3 T Allulose***
  3. 3 T Smooth Peanut Butter
  4. 1 T Tahini
  5. 1 T Rice Wine Vinegar (Sugar-Free)
  6. ½ t Chili Garlic Sauce
  7. ¼ t Crushed Garlic
  8. ¼ t Five Spice Powder
  9. ¼ t Crushed & Ground Fermented Black Beans To A Powder (I Did Mine In The Mortar & Pestle & Then In The Spice Grinder With The 5 Spice Powder-Much Faster)
Instructions
  1. Put all sauce ingredients into a small bowl, mix well and refrigerate. It will seem thin and will thicken as it sits and then even more after refrigeration.
  2. Thaw duck, cut out the backbone, and flatten to butterfly.
  3. Place duck on a foil lined sheet pan and let sit on counter, uncovered, for 3½-4 hours.
  4. Heat oven to 350° and put duck into oven for about 2-2½ hours or until skin is quite crispy. You will get lots of fat and for Pete's sake save it to use for frying. It is the best fat ever.
  5. Let duck sit on counter until you can just barely touch and begin to deal with de-boning it.
  6. Cut in half and then into quarters. Carefully take breast meat off bones, keeping in one piece if possible. Bone the thighs and legs, keeping all the skin. Slice the breasts into ½" pieces with skin left on each slice. Arrange meat and lettuce on a platter with onions and hoisin sauce to the side.
  7. Lay out one lettuce leaf, smear with hoisin, sprinkle with green onions, top with a small amount of duck and including a small piece of skin. Easiest way to eat this little packages of wonder is to fold like a burrito. If you don't fill them too full they are easy and fun to eat. I got 24 usable leaves (some a bit smaller) so each person should get 5-6 Peking Duck lettuce wraps.
  8. 4 Servings
  9. 470 Calories, 26.3g Protein, 36.1g Fat, 8.1g Carbs, 4.6g Fiber, 3.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Nutritionals include 4 oz. duck with skin and yes, even the lettuce & green onions have a few carbs in them.
  2. If you decide to use a roast chicken double the hoisin sauce recipe and you will need two heads of butter lettuce.
  3. Don't forget, there is additional meat (no skin) on the wings so get that too.
  4. If you have left-over sauce it will last in the refrigerator nearly forever.
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Low Carb Mongolian Beef And Broccoli

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Low Carb Mongolian Beef And BroccoliLow Carb Mongolian Beef And BroccoliLow Carb Mongolian Beef And BroccoliLow Carb Mongolian Beef And Broccoli. Probably most every recipe you see involving a sauce of some kind in an Asian dish calls for cornstarch as the thickener and I don’t use cornstarch anymore to thicken anything.  But…I have a little trick (that a secret friend told me about long ago) that works like a charm and it’s in that little shaker in the 2nd picture.  It’s a combination of ½ xanthan & ½ guar gum.  It takes very little to thicken a sauce, has nearly zero carbs and especially in the amounts we will be using.  The reason it’s in that little shaker is because you can control it so well and even for low carb Mongolian beef and broccoli it takes less than ¼ t for the whole recipe.

I blanch and freeze broccolini so I have it when I need it and yes, I Clean My Own Beef Tenderloin so I always that at my disposal too.  Both of these food items come in handy when making this very simple dish. I know you probably will not clean a whole tenderloin or even use broccolini but of course fresh broccoli works or a 10 oz package of frozen works too.  I don’t know if you can see it or not but I put my beef & broccolini over some cauliflower rice fried in a little butter & olive oil combo and it’s just peeking out in the front & lower right.

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Mongolian Beef And Broccoli
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Meat & Marinade
  1. 2 lbs Beef Tenderloin Thinly Sliced
  2. 3 T Water
  3. 1½ T Soy Sauce
  4. 1 T Sugar-Free Rice Wine Vinegar
Sauce
  1. ½ C Soy Sauce
  2. ⅔-1 C Beef Broth (Depending Whether You Plan To Use Anything Additionally Under Your Broccoli & Meat)
  3. ½ C Allulose
  4. 3 T Oyster Sauce
  5. 3 T Crushed Garlic
  6. 1 T+1 t Powdered Ginger
  7. ¼ t Red Pepper Flakes
  8. ⅛-¼ t-Xanthan-Guar Gum Mixed
Stir Fry
  1. ¼ C Olive Oil
  2. 1 Head Broccoli Cut Into Small Florets
  3. ½ C Green Onion Tops (Divided)
Meat & Marinade
  1. Bring meat to room temperature, lightly sprinkle with mixture of ½ xanthan & ½ guar gum. Mix thoroughly into wet ingredients & set aside.
Sauce
  1. Mix all ingredients. Start wth ⅛ t xanthan-guar mix and add more if needed at the end.
Stir Fry
  1. Heat oil to medium-hot and fry meat quickly. Set aside.
  2. Add broccoli and fry until just barely tender.
  3. Add sauce ingredients and heat until beginning to thicken.
  4. Add ¼ C green onions, add back meat and bring to temperature. If it needs more thickening power now is the time to add more and remembering is will also thicken as it begins to cool.
  5. 6 Servings
  6. 498 Calories, 34.2g Protein, 36.5g Fat 6.3g Carbs, 2.0g Fiber, 4.3g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Don't overuse the xanthan-guar gum. You can always add more if needed.
  2. Slicing beef while still semi-frozen will make the job a LOT easier and allows for thinner slicing.
  3. As I said I put fried cauliflower rice under mine but use your imagination or just serve it plain with a side salad and/or another vegetable and you should be good to go.
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Low Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za’atar

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Low Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za'atarLow Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za'atarLow Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za'atarZa'atar Aleppo SyrianLow Carb Chicken With Sumac And Za’atar. Or its Arabic name, Musakhan. This dish, when fixed properly, is a sign of great love and respect for relatives and special friends.  It shows that not only did the woman spend time preparing the meal but also that her husband provided money for the pine nuts that top the dish and alas yes, pine nuts are expensive worldwide.  I am hoping  this looks well worth your effort and that you get your hands on some sumac and za’atar to make it.  They are both spices used extensively in Middle Eastern cuisine and staples in every home with many families making their own za’atar from scratch.  Sumac by itself in quite piquant and lemony so the addition of more lemon is really only an esthetic one and for decoration only. I have both these spices/herbs because I cook Middle Eastern foods like Cauliflower Tabbouleh,  Tzatziki,  Lemon Thyme Cauliflower Quinoa,  Lemon Mint Tahini Salad Dressing,  Tahini Dip,  Baba Ganoush, and more since I have family in Dubai.  The dish is usually made with crispy pita bread under the chicken and with more pita served to the side but for obvious reasons and to keep it low carb…

Low carb chicken with sumac and za’atar may also be done with whole spatchcocked roasted chicken and should go with lots of other side dishes because in the Mid-East people tend to have larger families which include parents and grandparents and since we here in the US tend not to eat so communally, I just did thighs instead.  Not much of a secret that I like dark meat chicken as a lot of my recipes reflect it.  FYI Middle Eastern chickens are much, and I do mean much smaller than the over-sized monstrosities we breed here.  We would call theirs a small Cornish game hen.  The emphasis of the meal is not necessarily meat-centric but is only a part of the aggregate so, if you are eating 3, or 4 other smaller items with your meal, one large thigh should be plenty enough and anyway, two thighs is not many carbs.

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Chicken With Sumac And Za'atar
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Ingredients
  1. 8 Large Chicken Thighs Bone-In Skin On
  2. 2 Large Onions Thinly Sliced (Julienned)
  3. 2 T Sumac
  4. 1 T Crushed Garlic
  5. ⅓ C Olive Oil + More For Drizzle
  6. 1½ t All Spice
  7. 1½ t Cinnamon
  8. 1¼ C Water
  9. 2 t Chicken Base
  10. 1½ t Salt
  11. 1 t Pepper
  12. 3 T Za’atar+More If Wanted
  13. ½ T Butter
  14. ⅓ C Pine Nuts
  15. 1 Lemon Thinly Sliced Into 8
Instructions
  1. Mix and divide in half and put everything into two large resealable plastic bag except the onions, za’atar, butter, and pine nuts and refrigerate for at least several hours and overnight is great.
  2. Bring chicken to room temperature before attempting to cook it.
  3. Preheat oven to 425°
  4. Scatter onions in pan and arrange chicken skin side up along with marinade arranged around the chicken in a large 9"x13" baking pan.
  5. Roast for 40-45 minutes or until chicken skin is cooked, crispy, and darkened.
  6. Meanwhile, melt butter over medium heat, add pine nuts and stirring almost constantly, sauté until golden brown. Be careful not to burn them. Remove from pan and set aside.
  7. Sprinkle chicken liberally with za'atar, top with onions, then with pine nuts. If desired, use more sumac & za’atar. It’s pretty hard to overdo either one of them.
  8. Put a slice of lemon to the side as garnish. (I forgot mine).
  9. Let anyone who wants to drizzle additional olive oil, to do so.
  10. 8 Servings
  11. 555 Calories, 33.3g Protein, 44.0g Fat, 5.6g Carbs, .9g Fiber, 4.7g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. Traditionally za’atar, sumac, & olive oil once used by the cook, would also be served in their own small dishes for people to pinch, drizzle, or dip pita bread into.
  2. I personally would serve this on a platter and let people serve themselves but that’s just me.
  3. The sumac in the left picture is the bright red and the za'atar is the greenish brown mixture with pine nuts spread all over the chicken and plate.
  4. To add complexity and tradition, the onions would be caramelized but for ease of the recipe I baked mine with the chicken which worked really well.
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Low Carb Spicy Korean Wings

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Low Carb Spicy Korean Chicken WingsLow Carb Spicy Korean Chicken WingsLow Carb Spicy Korean Wings.  These are killer wings and you can make them as spicy or mild as you wish. I like mine kinda medium to spicy but that plate of 12 wings you see there? I ate them. All. By. Myself.  All I had for dinner with the wings were the few jicama sticks in the back of the plate. I have subsequently changed the pic and I am now down to a respectable 8 wings with a little more than just jicama sticks.  These can be eaten as an appetizer or a dinner and only depends on how many you can put away and what else you serve with them.  I just happen to like mine for dinner.  Of course a huge platter of Low Carb Spicy Korean Wings on game day is perfect and actually can be served on a platter for any communal eating.  Put these in front of a bunch of hungry men and watch them disappear as if by magic, so have fun as they are easy peasy.

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Spicy Korean Chicken Wings
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Ingredients
  1. 3 Lbs Split Chicken Wings Or About 32 pieces
  2. 2 T Butter Or Olive Oil
  3. Salt
  4. Pepper
  5. ¼ C Sugar-Free Ketchup***
  6. ¼ C Sugar-Free Rice Wine Vinegar
  7. ¼ C Tamari
  8. 2 T Just Like Sugar Brown***
  9. 1 T Oyster Sauce
  10. 2 t Chili Garlic Sauce (+ More If You’re Brave)
  11. ¼ C Thinly Sliced Green Onions (Garnish)
  12. ¼ C Chopped Cilantro (Garnish)
  13. 2 T Toasted Sesame Seeds (Garnish)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400°.
  2. Foil-line large sheet pan and silpat is better.
  3. Put wings on sheet pan, lightly salt & pepper and put into the oven for 40-45 minutes.
  4. Mix all wet ingredients down to the garnishes.
  5. Toast sesame seeds if toasting.
  6. Cut green onions and cilantro.
  7. Put wings in a large bowl, dump in sauce, and mix to coat all wings.
  8. Plate or put on a platter and garnish with sesame seeds, green onions, and cilantro.
  9. 8 Servings 4 Pieces As Appetizer
  10. 179 Calories, 12.1g Protein, 10.6g Fat 2.2g Carbs, .9g Fiber, 1.8g Net Carbs
  11. 4 Servings 8 Pieces As Dinner
  12. 307 Calories, 24.2g Protein, 21.1g Fat 4.3g Carbs, 1.8g Fiber, 2.5 Net Carbs
Notes
  1. If you haven't made a mess of the foil you can wrap the bones in it & pop them in a plastic bag for disposal.
  2. Wings will stick a bit to foil and not to a Silpat so...your choice.
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Low Carb Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger Sauce

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Low Carb Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger SauceLow Carb Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger SauceLow Carb Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger SauceLow Carb Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger SauceLow Carb Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger Sauce.  In my humble opinion this sauce is one of the best on the website.  That I did it with a rack of lamb seems almost immaterial. It is going to be good on a steak and the fourth pic is with beef tenderloin, or a pork tenderloin. It is just thick enough to stick to a chunk of meat and just thin enough to drizzle on vegetables.  I am calling it Korean Ginger Sauce because it has or Allulose in it, which is a paleo, zero-carb, zero-calorie sweetener.  When push comes to shove it has become hands-down the best and my favorite diabetic sweetener. It is not super spicy like most Korean food so add more heat to your liking.

Once you have made and eaten Low Carb Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger Sauce you will come up with lots of other ways to use it and the sauce should stand alone as its own recipe. Korean foods are well known for their colors and this had colors alright, lots and lots of bold beautiful colors.

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Rack Of Lamb With Korean Ginger Sauce
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Rack Of Lamb-8 Ribs-Should be about 1¼-1½ Lbs
  2. ⅓ C Finely Cut Scallions
  3. ¼ C Olive Oil
  4. ¼ C Minced Shallots
  5. 3 T Minced Cilantro
  6. 3 T Oyster Sauce
  7. 2 T Tamari
  8. 2 t Crushed Garlic
  9. 2 T Water
  10. 2-2½ T Allulose*** (Or More To Taste)
  11. 2 t Powdered Ginger
  12. Steamed Bok Choy (Optional But A Perfect Accompaniment & Spinach May Also Work Well)
  13. ¼ C Julienned Red Peppers to Garnish (Optional)
  14. ¼ C Additional Longer Cut Green Onions (Optional)
Instructions
  1. In small saucepan combine all ingredients except lamb and Bok Choy (if using) mixing well. As your lamb is cooking and just before serving, heat gently for about 5 minutes.
  2. Cooking the rack of lamb and this is how I do it. First, make sure it is at room temperature. I take mine out of refrigerator at least 3 hours to make sure and I only do a half rack at a time. The last thing you want is a cold lamb rack going into a hot oven. You may think it’s done but it could end up really rare in the center. While I eat my lamb very rare, not everyone does so, decide how you want to cook it and always use room temperature meat.
  3. Preheat oven to 400°
  4. Sear rack in hot pan fat side down until fat is dark brown. Turn and sear the other side. Since the bones are curved it will get the opposite end too. Cook to desired doneness. I do 10 minutes for rare and it only takes several more minutes to get to well-done and not more than 16-18 minutes.
  5. Let rest 5 minutes to distribute the juices and cut into 8 chops.
  6. Serve the lamb chops around the Bok choy and garnish with additional scallions and bell pepper.
  7. Nap each chop with the sauce or for company, divide and serve sauce in small dishes to the side.
  8. If using Bok choy steam 6-8 minutes or until stems are tender.
  9. 4 Servings Without Optionals
  10. 443 Calories, 36.3 Protein, 31.9g Fat, 3.0g Carbs, .3g Fiber, 2.7g Net Carbs
  11. 4 Servings With Optionals
  12. 456 Calories, 37.7 Protein, 32.1g Fat, 5.1g Carbs,1.3g Fiber, 3.8g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. You can either serve sauce directly on the meat or in a small condiment dish to the side.
  2. I had Bok Choy in the fridge so I used it and um, it was the right choice. You should have plenty of sauce to drizzle on it too.
  3. Nutritionals include everything but the optional items and if you were to add all of them you I have given them too and they don’t add much.
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Low Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la Holstein

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Low Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la HolsteinLow Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la HolsteinLow Carb Chicken Schnitzel a la Holstein. Whew doggie is this ever easy assuming you have Pork Dust Rind Breadcrumbs, eggs, capers, and salt & pepper. I used thigh meat because I much prefer it to drier white meat although, the pork rinds keep just about anything quite moist. I fry most (no, not all) of my foods in duck fat which I did here but olive oil works just great and I know most of you will use olive oil anyway.  When I need more duck fat I just buy a fat-rat duck, get 2 cups of fat and…have duck dinner for two.  For me, the taste of duck fat is incomparable. I had most of the fat left in the pan so I spooned it around the chicken thigh but if you are not into fat the way I am then please, leave it in the pan. A lot of that fat went into the eggplant served with it and it made it terrific too.

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Chicken Schnitzel
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Small Chicken Thighs-Pounded To A Thin Even Thickness
  2. 5 Eggs
  3. 4 t Butter
  4. 2 C Ground Pork Rinds
  5. ¼ C Capers
  6. Salt & Pepper
  7. ¼ C Olive Oil
Instructions
  1. If you have the ground pork rinds great, otherwise grind what you need. I actually keep a bag of ground rinds because I use so much of it.
  2. Beat 1 egg for dredging into.
  3. Heat oil to medium-medium high.
  4. Salt & pepper each side of chicken.
  5. Dredge into egg and then into pork rinds.
  6. Carefully put chicken into sizzling oil, fry until crunchy on bottom, turn and finish.
  7. In a separate smaller pan heat 1 t butter, fry eggs to over easy and top chicken.
  8. Top with capers, and more fat is wanted.
  9. 4 Servings
  10. 623 Calories, 52.9 Protein, 46.3g Fat 0.5 g Carbs, 0.0g Fiber, 0.5g Net Carbs
Notes
  1. As you can see I ate two eggs with mine and of course you can eat as many eggs as you want.
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