Atkins Diet Recipes: Low Carb Teriyaki Stir Fry (IF)

[cargopup]

So do you make twice the teriyaki sauce mixture for this recipe, ie, one batch to marinate the pork and the other batch to add to the cooked vegetables/meat as in the video?

[bowulf]

@cargopup I did make more of the teriyaki sauce to marinate it in. Or you could marinate it in simply soy sauce, too.

[cargopup]

Hi Kent, I'm about 2 weeks into induction and this looks delicious. Is the 9.5g carb per serving net or can I subtract the 3.3g fibre to get 6.2g net? Keep the great ideas coming.

[bowulf]

@cargopup Correct, the net carb count for the recipe would be 6.2g net carbs almost strictly coming from the vegetables -- primarily the onions, which are good sources of the limited carbs you should eat.

[h2007]

what was that you added after the sesame oil? I couldn't make out what you said or what was in the container.

[bowulf]

@h2007 "a little bit of garlic" -- 2 cloves of minced garlic to be exact.

[Jujubeoh]

What do you marinate the mean in? Is it the teriyaki sauce mixture?

[bowulf]

@Jujubeoh Yes, in the Teriyaki sauce mixture.

[Lillzbe]

Yaaayy!! looks great. Im a great cook, but I grew up learning how to cook southern food and now that everyone in my family either has heart problems, diabetes, or high blood pressure I am really trying to change my habits before I have children. Xanthum GUM!!! I have made many stir fries and have trouble thickening my sauce without cornstarch or flour! Is that what I should use instead?

[bowulf]

@Lillzbe Either Xanthan or Guar gum are what most people use. (Some people also use arrowroot or Thick/notThin thickening agent too.) The gums are bit trickier to use that just corn starch in a recipe, but I actually made a decent gravy for the first time with roast beef drippings and Xanthan gum using my mini blender.

You need to really get the gum powder in touch with the liquid -- otherwise it won't work. It's a little weird and just takes time to experiment how much to use.

[Lillzbe]

@bowulf Ok thank you!

[AussieMatylda]

Yum! Totally convinced me I could survive on low-carb. I need to figure out a plan and go for it.

[bowulf]

@AussieMatylda Make sure you watch my latest video and enter the contest because one of the grand prizes is a book called "Living Low Carb" by Jonny Bowden where he reviews all the low carb diets and which are better than others.

[AussieMatylda]

@bowulf I don't think it'll accept my entry because I'm in Australia - so it doesn't give me my state choice. I love your videos anyway!

[bowulf]

@AussieMatylda I do agree about this recipe too. It actually won me $20 gift certificate to my local Mongolian grill for most original sauce recipe.

[AussieMatylda]

@bowulf I'm researching atm about low-carb, and I'm wondering, if I want to begin at a maximum of 40g of carbs a day, would I be able to fit in a large salad that has no dressing? Seeing as Summer is close here in Australia my sister and I have begun having a large salad with dinner (usually iceburg and cos, corriander, few cucumber slices and a tomato).

[bowulf]

@AussieMatylda That is very similar to my lunch most days except I have lower carb salad dressing (2g per 2 TBS). In most low carb plans the carbs allowed are net carbs, meaning the fiber is subtracted from the total. The total amount of carbs in that salad is probably less than 7g depending on the amount of tomato. It should be perfectly fine.

[AussieMatylda]

@bowulf Ok thank you so much, I'm making this recipe tonight :D Can't wait.

[AussieMatylda]

@bowulf Oh, and this will be the first low-carb stir-fry I'll be making.

[cherilynn8]

Another great video.. you and your wife make a good team filming these... I look forward to more of them!

[bowulf]

@cherilynn8 I look forward to making more - life is just pretty grueling right now.

PS - Good to see you posting on my videos, Cheri!

[mrsrichardson823]

where can i buy the liquid equivalent of splenda and the xanthan gum?

[bowulf]

@mrsrichardson823 Netrition, Amazon, or Ebay (which is the cheapest of the three) are decent sources. SweetzDOTcom is another oft mentioned source for liquid Splenda. Either Netrition or Amazon would be good sources for Xanthan gum.

[jcook287]

Man thats some good stuff.

[bowulf]

@jcook287 I agree and super simple to make.

[SkeeterN]

Kent where can I get liquid splenda?

[bowulf]

I would purchase from either sweetzfreeDOTcom or from ebay from reputable dealer.

[lowcarbkitchen]

Just made this tonight. It was fantastic! Thanks!!

[bowulf]

I am glad you like it!

[xaasda]

Love it

[bowulf]

Oops I accidentally deleted Kattmat's question: "Looks delish but isnt it a little too much veggies?"

The answer to that question is celery and peppers are 2 cups per day vegetables, and onions and Broccoli are 1 cup vegetables. Taking into account the one-sixth serving size, I believe you would be about 1 cup of peppers and probably half cup of both onions and broccoli.

[lowcarbkitchen]

Oh this looks so good! I'm definitely going to put it on my menu for next week.

[bowulf]

I like the sticky-ness of the sauce. I don't miss the commercial sauces or corn starch at all. Xanthan gum isn't cheapest purchase, but you use so little. I am sometimes surprised at how good homecooking can be, and how it can ruin you for going out to eat.

[ShesThe1yup]

ps neva heard of Xantham gum before, I have to wonder if it's available in Australia. I'll have to find out

[bowulf]

It's in most health shops and speciality cook stores. If you need an online place to buy it, check Amazon or Netrition or Ebay.

[ShesThe1yup]

I LOVE sesame oil and garlic in my dishes. I also quite like broccolli my family isn't too big on it but i love it. stir fry's are always so easy and kinda quick too ;) I should look thru your vids to see if you have any sandwhiches LC vids :)

[bowulf]

No sandwich vids so far, but I do think I might have stuffed hamburger video shortly. You should check out my potsticker patty video in the mean time though.

[keyahnee]

oh my that looks delectable!

[bowulf]

Thanks...

[MoveItForward]

Ok, I am hungry now. Good job.

[SGmom2]

Looks Great! I did appreciate it and will make tonight and serve on top of cauliflower  rice.

[bowulf]

When I make this again, I might toss in some almonds for texture, but I wanted to make the Youtube recipe Induction friendly. I hope you like it!

[leeskalyn]

why not use aminos? vs soy sause?

[bowulf]

I have never used aminos. In fact, never heard of it until you mentioned it, and I had to search what it was. I don't have any problem with hypertension or excess sodium intake, so the sodium in soy sauce is not of much concern. If it works better for you, go ahead and use it.

[ckrtom2]

Good job. I do think the Xanthan Gum is unnecessary. I "sweeten" my version with agave nectar as I am trying to wean myself off the Splenda. I think carefully placing each piece of pork in the pan at the beginning was redundant. But to each his own. ;-) The recipe can be changed up with other combinations of vegetables too...

[bowulf]

Flavor-wise the Xanthan gum doesn't add anything to the mix. It does however give that stickier taste or texture that most people or commercial restaurants in the past would have used corn starch to achieve.

[lowcarb360]

This looks so yummy, will have to try it. Thanks for posting.

[bowulf]

No problem. It's always a credit when others like the recipes.

[86peaches]

This looks so healthy and yummy, I love teriyaki stir fry, I will def. try this recipe myself, thank you for sharing.

[bowulf]

I was surprised how easy making a teriyaki sauce was. I had never investigated in the past, but this was cake. I admit it's not the most sophisicated sauce (with ground spices and garlic), but it tastes good.