Sweet & Sour Sauce

[martin26e]

hi all does any one have a recipe for a low carb low sugar Sweet & Sour Sauce please or know of a ready made one thankyou

 

[cugila]

Sweet & Sour sauce........nice. One favourite of mine that is an occasional treat.

Difficult to find a really low carb one as it should by it's name include Pineapple, juice, and sweeteners. Here is a recipe for a very simple version where you could make a substitute for the Pineapple, dilute the juice and use Splenda instead of sugar. This is a veggie version but there is nothing to stop you using Chicken, Meat or Fish in the recipe.

I pinched it off the net, probably more out there if you do a search.

Sweet and Sour Tempeh
8 oz package tempeh
1 1/2 cup of vegetable stock
2 tablespoons of tamari
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 can of pineapple chunks (15 oz), juice reserved
1 green pepper, cut into strips
1 onion, sliced into thin half moons slices
3 carrots, chopped into matchsticks
2 tablespoons sweetener of your choice
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons guar gum

Chop the tempeh into cubes. Mix the stock and the tamari in a pan. Bring the mixture and the tempeh to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Once the tempeh has been simmered, drain off the cooking liquid and reserve. Heat the oil in a skillet and then add the tempeh. Sautee for about five minutes and then add the onions, peppers and carrots. Sautee for another five minutes.

While the tempeh is sauteeing, combine the cooking liquid from the first step with the reserved liquid from the pineapple, the sweetener and the guar gum.

Add the pineapple chunks to the mixture in the skillet and heat through. Add the sauce and bring to a simmer.

After some adjustment it should taste good........low carb too. Use some Cauliflower Rice to again keep the carbs way down. Better than the shop bought packets or jars although I must admit I do use them sometimes as they are convenient and ready made.
No hassle.

Tempeh is a low-fat and high-protein food, many vegetarians choose to include tempeh in their diet on a regular basis. Try adding some to a stir fry instead of tofu. Because of it's firm texture, you need to slice tempeh into small dices or cubes, not more than 3/4 inch thick. Tempeh can be found in the refrigerated section of most health food stores and in the natural foods aisle of well-stocked grocery stores.

Tempeh has a textured and quite nutty flavour.

Temari is Soy Sauce BTW..........

 

[Patch]

I just googled lo-carb sweet and sour sauce and got a ton of hits. They look to be based around:

Vinegar
Sweetener
lo-carb/reduced sugar ketchup

Some of them added sugar free fruit syrup (this sounds like it might give you a proper Chinese style sauce!) Check google for some recipes.

There's definitely an Art to making Chinese sauces...

 

[martin26e]

thank will have to try the recipe and will also look on the net