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EricaB · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: Cajun-Style Boiled Ribs

Erica's (Raven's) Cajun-Style Boiled Ribs

Serves 8

Ingredients:

Ribs:

6 pounds country style ribs, bone in, cut into 3 inch pieces
Old Bay Seasoning 4 tablespoons
4 ribs celery
2 onions, quartered
5-6 cloves garlic peeled
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon sugar-free chicken bouillon paste
4 bay leaves
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon sage

Put the ribs into a large pot, combine with ingredients, fill the pot with water enough to cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a low simmer and cook for 45 minutes and remove from the heat immediately. Remove the ribs with a slotted spoon or spatula and place in a glass bowl.

Discard veggies, save broth for soups by letting it cool and then pouring into single serving sized freezer baggies.

Sauce:

¼ cup oil
1 onion chopped fine
1 tablespoon sugar-free chicken bouillon paste
2 cups mild Salsa (lowest carb count you can find)
½ cup low carb ketchup, either store bought (Hunt's—1Carb ) or homemade
1- ½ teaspoons maple extract
1 teaspoon splenda
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder

Caramelize onion in butter, cooking very slowly. (This is important-- it gives the sauce a certain sweet stickiness that you can't get using artificial sweeteners.)

Combine the rest of the sauce ingredients in a saucepan, simmer for about a half hour. Let cool.

Pre-heat the broiler on high.

Finishing up the ribs:

Line a Lasagna sized baking pan with foil, spoon 1/3 of the sauce in the bottom of the pan, then lay out the ribs in a single layer on top of the sauce. Spoon the rest of the sauce over the ribs. Use a basting brush to make sure all the ribs are fully covered. Place about 6 inches under the broiler cook 5-10 minutes. Check for carmelization of the ribs, then remove. Don't let them actually blacken.

Nutritional Information:

Ribs: trace of carbs:
Sauce:

Onion: about 1 cup chopped: = 11.8
Sugar Free Bullion Paste: = 1 gram Carb
Salsa , 2 Cups= 32 grams of Carb
Low Carb Ketchup: = 16 grams Carb
Maple Extract: 0 grams Carb
1 teaspoon Splenda Granular: = 1 gram Carb
1 Teaspoon Soy Sauce:= 0 grams Carb
1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder:= trace grams Carb

Total Grams per recipe: 63.8 grams carb.

Total Grams per Serving: 7.975 grams carb.

*Keep in mind you will have sauce leftover—bringing your carb count down a bit, depending on how much sauce you use.

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