Barbeque sauce comes in loads of different styles but I prefer a Texas style sauce. I've never been to Texas, or anywhere near the USA but I've had looooads of BBQ sauce and that basically makes me an expert. Right? It's smoky and spicy and it uses less tomato puree than a lot of other styles which makes it naturally lower in those pesky carbs. Texas style penetrates meat really well so it's a great marinade, mop sauce and dipping sauce.
Let's make some BBQ sauce then
First you'll need....
120g onion, sliced
40g tomato paste
10g French's mustard
2 teaspoon Smoked paprika
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cumin
1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper
20g liquid smoke
55g apple cider vinegar
400g water
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The cooking
Weigh and measure all your ingredients into a small saucepan.
Pop the saucepan on the smallest ring you have.
Bring to the boil and reduce for 35 minutes.
After the 35 minutes the onion should be obviously cooked through and the liquid should be reduced enough that the onion will be poking out above the top of the liquid.
Leave the mixture to cool down for ten minutes.
Then you'll need....
1⁄4 teaspoon xanthan gum
10g apple cider vinegar
10g liquid smoke
Give the pan a good jiggle to distribute the xanthan gum.
Blitz with a stick blender until completely smooth
Tips:
This keto BBQ sauce can be frozen for later use.
Many Chef's swear by a Bamix stick blender. This one is their cheapest. Its what I use at work. If you don't have a stick blender, using a normal food processor will do the same job.
You can omit the liquid smoke and replace it with the same volume of water if you don't like a smoky BBQ sauce.
If you want to lower the carbs even further you can replace the onion with the same weight of courgette.
Total recipe:
119Kcal 1.5g Fat 33.3g Net Carbs 7.9g Protein
Sauce per 100g:
26Kcal 0.3g Fat 7.4g Net Carbs 1.7g Protein
Sauce per tbsp (15g):
4Kcal 0.1g Fat 1.1g Net Carbs 0.2g Protein
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