KETO SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

When you need a bit of keto/diabetic friendly sweet and sour (& slightly hot) flavour… great in stir-fries, over fried eggs…anywhere!

2 teaspoons coconut oil
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons chilli and garlic paste
125 ml apple cider vinegar
125 ml water
125 ml allulose (or sweetener to your taste such as xylitol or erythritol)
1 teaspoon ginger powder
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon blackstrap molasses or yacon syrup (optional if it spikes your blood sugar)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
squeeze of lemon
salt to taste
2 teaspoons black and white sesame seeds
1 ½ teaspoon xanthan gum/konjac powder

Heat the coconut oil and fry the tomato paste for 2 – 3 minutes over medium heat.
Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 5 – 7 minutes.
Sprinkle over the xanthan gum/konjac powder and stir well until the sauce starts to thicken.
Remove from the heat and stir through the sesame seeds.
Refrigerate and use over anything!!

Recipe and photo: Ilze Jacobs