Help me to LC this recipe

[ddog27]

I have this great grilled chicken wing recipe. I think that with a few changes it could be a great LC recipe. I need your help! I have looked at it and can not figure out how to bring the carb count down. Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated!

Here is the recipe:

16 chicken wings
1 cup of ketchup
1/4 cup of dijon mustard
1/4 cup of soy sauce
1/4 cup of hot sauce
1 tablespoon light brown sugar

Use half to marinade wings overnight. Use reserve marinade to baste wings while grilling.

[eve25]

mmm sounds yummy.
maybe SF pancake syrup for the brown sugar??
heinz makes a 1 carb ketchup but a cup is a lot...do you need to use it all? maybe water it down?

[annasophia]

splenda instead of sugar, and low carb ketchup instead of ordinary itl stil be higher in carb than usual chicken wings, so just have less.

[TBird710]

Spenda now makes brown sugar and you could try CarbOptions Ketchup.

[shortstuff]

Beware the Splenda brown sugar - it is Splenda and REAL brown sugar mixed. I checked it out a couple of weeks ago when my mom told me about it.

[2donnalee]

Or just deep fry your wings. Then I mix Franks hot sauce a little bit of butter and a little vinegar. If you like them mild add more butter the more butter the milder and if you like them hot like I do I only add a little. It is fast and they taste great. Your recipe sounds good to but I stall when I eat splenda so I can not try it. Good luck

[bsheets]

Beware the Splenda brown sugar - it is Splenda and REAL brown sugar mixed. I checked it out a couple of weeks ago when my mom told me about it.
Wow! I had no idea! Why would they do that?

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[ddog27]

Ok I think that I have this figured out. I will use Splenda instead of brown sugar. Now the other flavors are where this gets tricky. I have figured out that 1 cup = 16 tablespoons. The serving size for the low carb ketchup is one carb per 1 tablespoon. So I was thinking that I would use ¼ cup of the low carb ketchup and then mix in some water. That way I still get the ketchup but I lower the carb count. The other problem is the soy sauce. That has 2 carbs per tablespoon. I was thinking I would use two tablespoons and then mix in some water there again. I believe if I do that the carb count for this sauce/marinade is 8. Am I right in my thinking? Please let me know what you think.

[LadyBelle]

The other problem is the soy sauce. That has 2 carbs per tablespoon. I was thinking I would use two tablespoons and then mix in some water there again. I believe if I do that the carb count for this sauce/marinade is 8.

Read the ingredient list on your soy sauce. Some contain wheat, while others don't. I use the wheat free stuff and think it's lower in carbs if memory serves me.

[Nancy LC]

The only soy sauce I've ever found that is wheat free is specifically targetted at people who can't eat wheat and it is usually in health food stores. I just bought some, I didn't even think to look at the carb count.

[glendarc]

Bragg makes a wheat free seasoning from soybeans and purified water. Nothing else on the ingredient list - not even sodium!

In Canada, it appears to be called Bragg All-Purpose Seasoning; in the US, I believe it's called Bragg Liquid Aminos Seasoning. Their website (www.bragg.com) claims 100mg carb per 1/2 tsp. - (if my math is correct, that would be 1 gram of carb to 5 tsps). I use it all the time and it tastes just as good as Torani soy sauce to me.
Glenda

[glendarc]

PS -- I buy it at my regular grocery store in the soy sauce and Asian foods aisle.
Glenda

[Nancy LC]

Cool! I will look for it.

[ddog27]

Thanks for the soy sauce tip! I went to the store and looked in the asian food aisle. There was a soy sauce that had no carbs!! I think I finally have this wing recipe down to 4 or 5 carbs!! I will let you know how it turns out!

[refmls]

If you miss the taste of the brown sugar, try adding a couple of drops (yes - drops) of blackstrap molasses. Not regular molasses, it has to be blackstrap. 1 tsp has 4.5 gms carbs and I use 1/4 to 1/2 tsp for the flavor of 1 cup of brown sugar.