I m a great fan of Indian Chinese

I keep craving for the indian chicken manchurian, so thought of giving it a try by making it the LCHF way I m purposely mentioning Indian Chicken Manchurian because authentic chinese chicken manchurian is not spicy, atleast the restaurants i tried it was mostly bland or less spicy and i love spicy food

It turned out really decent!

Recipe:

1 kg boneless chicken

500 grams spring onions chopped

1 onion chopped

7-8 tbsp coconut oil

2-3 tbsp soya sauce and oyster sauce ( i put a little extra as per my taste )

1 tbsp mustard sauce

1 tbsp schezwan sauce

1 tbsp green chilli sauce

1 tbsp red chilli sauce ( i put a little extra as per my taste )

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Salt and pepper as per taste

How to Marinate:

2 tbsp vinegar ( any vinegar will do )

1 tbsp soy sauce

Add the vinegar and soy sauce to washed chicken and keep it aside for 1 hr. This will help soften the chicken.

Procedure:

Take a deep fry pan and put it on high heat

Add the coconut oil to the heated pan and let the oil heat up

Once the oil is heated, add the chopped onion and let it cook till it becomes transparent

Add chopped spring onions to it and let it cook for 2-3 minutes

Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, apple cider vinegar, green and red chilli sauce, schezwan sauce, mustard and salt and pepper. Cook it for 2-3 minutes and then add the marinaded chicken

Keep stirring in between till all the water from the chicken evaporates and the chicken is thoroughly cooked. If the chicken cuts through with a spoon its done

Or simply eat and check if its done :-p

Serve hot

It will not taste as a typical indian chicken manchurian as i have not added any kind of flour, no sugar and no color to it. The carbs in this dish will only be the ones coming from the sauces. So to reduce the carbs you can vary the quantity of the sauces.

This recipe will serve 2-3 people easily

Beef Steak and Garlic Mushrooms

Finally decided to cook steak. I had never cooked steak before, as first of all its not allowed and second no one has a single clue on how to cook it. :-p But as I just simply love beef steak, after youtubing and googling a little I decided to  experiment with steak as well as mushrooms It tasted amazing. Garlic Mushroom turned out to be divine as they were cooked in steak juice and the garlic caramelised well

Ingredients:

2 pieces of beef steak around 1 inch thick

600 gms of mushrooms

10-15 cloves of garlic

1 tsp of mustard sauce, 1 tsp of schezwan  sauce, 1 tsp soy sauce, 1tsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp green chilly sauce, 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp salted butter

salt and freshly ground black pepper as per your taste

10-12 tbsp of coconut oil

 

Process:

Cooking the Steak:

Coat the steak with salt and pepper

Heat the pan on high heat

Add the oil of your choice ( I used coconut oil and eye balled the quantity so that the steak can be shallow fried )

Smash 4-5 cloves of garlic and add to the hot oil.

Add the steak to the oil and cook each side from 3-4 mins each as per your liking of doneness. I personally like it well done.

Add a little butter for taste.

Once you feel that the steak is done remove it from the heat and wrap it in an aluminium foil and keep it aside.

Cooking the Garlic Mushrooms:

I used 2 packets of mushrooms each being around 300 grams. Cut the stems of the mushrooms and cut the mushrooms into small pieces if they are big.

I used the left over oil of steak and added a little more oil.

Add 3-4 smashed cloves of garlic, if you don’t like garlic your going to miss out the sweet caramelised garlic in the end :-p

Add 1 tsp of mustard sauce, 1 tsp of schezwan  sauce, 1 tsp soy sauce, 1tsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp green chilly sauce, 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce ( I had to google the spelling of this sauce damn it’s difficult :-p but tastes amazing ) and stir fry in the hot oil on high heat.

Add the mushrooms to the pan and stir well in the sauces and oil.

Add freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste.

Remove the steak from the aluminium foil and place it on the serving dish.

Serve the hot mushrooms with the steak and enjoy

As far as carbs are concerned in this recipe its coming from the sauces. But the amount used it minute so it wont be high carb for sure