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Asian Recipes, Main Dish, Pork, Recipes

Sweet and Spicy Pork is Cool and Easy

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On hot summer nights, you don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen cooking and you don’t want to turn on the oven. Here’s a quick stir fry recipe that just fits the bill. You can prep the meal in the morning or the night before and store in the ‘fridge until you’re ready to cook. It has a great sweet and spicy taste from low carb honey and brown sugar substitute combined with Chinese style chili sauce. Just enough bite to give it zing and not too sweet. Add cauli-rice to serve and a nice green or cucumber salad to complete the meal. By the way, this recipe also works great with the other white meat – chicken!

Sweet & Spicy Pork

1 tablespoon Brown Sugar Substitute
2 tablespoons Sugar-free honey
1/4 cup Soy Sauce
2 teaspoons Ginger Paste
2 teaspoons chopped Garlic
2 tablespoons Chinese Chili Sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 pound boneless Country Pork Ribs, cut into 1″ cubes
3 Green Onions, cut into 1/2 -inch pieces
1 tablespoon Oil (Olive or Coconut or Canola)

In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar substitute (I use LC Foods), sugar-free honey, soy sauce, ginger paste, garlic and hot sauce. Cover with a plastic wrap until ready to use.

Lightly salt and pepper the pork cubes. Slice the onions, using most of the green sections as well as the bottoms.

Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok over a medium high heat and add the onions. Cook and stir for about three minutes, then add the pork and brown the pieces on all sides. Takes about 4 to 5 minutes total. Pour the sauce over the pork and simmer until the sauce thickens, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Serve over 1/2 to 2/3 cup Cauli-rice for a fabulous meal. As an alternate to the cauli-rice, you can also serve over 1 cup stir-fried shredded cabbage or even mix the two for added flavor.

Nutrition Info per serving (pork dish only):
Calories: 365 Fat: 25.5 g Net Carbs:1.6 g Protein: 28.3 g

Tip: If you can’t find sugar-free honey, you can use 1 tablespoon regular honey. It will increase the net carbs to 6.4 g and calories to 385 per serving.

Main Dish, Pork, Recipes

Peachy Pork Delights the Taste Buds

I spotted some really lovely, fat country style pork ribs at the store the other night, so I bought a package.  I thought I could bake them with BBQ sauce, but I wanted to try something a little different.  I saw a recipe for country style ribs done with papaya, but I had half a peach in the refrigerator that I needed to use.  So, I thought why not make it with peach instead?

This recipe is mostly mine even though it was inspired by another one, but that’s really how recipes develop.  You see something and you think, “why not try it this way and change or add this ingredient”?

This came out deliciously with a lovely hint of peach in the sauce and it is low carb!  I used Heinz Chili Sauce instead of tomato sauce, but either works.  You can also add in 1/4 cup of Bell Peppers for a little more flavor and spice.

Peachy Country Pork Ribs

1 clove Garlic
1/2 large Peach, peeled and cubed
1/4 cup Water
1/4 cup White Wine or Sherry
2 tablespoons Sugar Free Honey
or Sugar Substitute
2 tablespoon spicy Tomato Sauce or Chili Sauce
4 large Country Pork Ribs, boneless (about 12 to 16 oz.)
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
1/4 cup chopped Onions
Salt & Pepper to taste

Put the garlic, peach, water, wine, honey, tomato (or Chili sauce) into the food processor and pulse several times until it is liquefied.

Cut the pork ribs into 4 pieces so that you have 16 pieces. Heat olive oil over medium high heat in a large skillet, then add the onions and sauté a minute. Add the pork and cook and stir until it is lightly browned on all sides. Add the sauce and stir to coat all the meat. Reduce heat to a high simmer and cook for 30 minutes. Check on the pan, stir the meat and turn it over, then cook another 30 minutes until the sauce is thick and the pork is done.

Makes 4 average servings – one whole pork rib per person.

Nutrition Information per serving:
Calories: 416.2 Fat: 32.4 g Net Carbs: 6.2 g Protein: 20.8 g