I’m a believer in the idea that homemade food is always better than store-bought. However, I understand that there are plenty of items where it is more efficient to just purchase them. Until I tried this recipe for Keto-friendly, Low-Carb Sweet Chili Sauce, I thought that Sweet Chili Sauce (or Sweet Thai Chili Sauce) was one of those things. I figured that it would be too time-consuming and too difficult to make on my own. Consequently, since starting keto and cutting carbs, I just stopped having one of my favorite dishes: Bang Bang Shrimp. Bang Bang Shrimp includes Sweet Chili Sauce, which has sugar as the first ingredient. I love this dish with a lot of sauce so I thought that it would be best to avoid it. Little did I know, making Sweet Chili Sauce is super simple, requiring only a whisk and 20 minutes as you wait for the sauce to thicken. It also tastes just as great (if not better) than the stuff you’d buy in the market.
This recipe includes Bone Broth Collagen
One of the central ingredients in many Asian sauces (besides sugar) is cornstarch. This ingredient serves to thicken the sauce so that it’s sticky and awesome. One way that I thicken my sauces is with Bone Broth Collagen. For me, this serves two purposes: it allows me to avoid the carbs that are present in some cornstarch alternatives like Tapioca Starch and it helps me “sneak in” supplements that have benefits for my hair, skin, and nails. I’m including a Beef Flavored Bone Broth Collagen, but you can feel free to use an Unflavored Collagen Peptides if you have it.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 scoops Vital Proteins Beef Bone Broth Collagen
- 1/4 cup Swerve, Confectioners
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tbsp chili garlic sauce
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl
- Whisk until the Bone Broth Collagen is fully incorporated. It will be lumpy at first but just keep whisking.
- Heat a sauce pan to medium heat
- Cook the sauce uncovered until it thickens (15-20 minutes)
- Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool. I store this in a glass jar in the refrigerator.
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Is the Beef Bone Broth Collagen necessary bc of the beef flavoring? Or can I use my Multi Collagen?
Hi Susan,
I used the Beef Bone Broth to thicken the sauce. I don’t think it adds much to the flavor so feel free to use your multi-collagen. I used mine today in a compote and it worked wonderfully!
Is there something else you can sub for the bone broth collagen if you trying to make this today?
Hey! Do you have regular collagen? If not, the flavor will be there, but it’ll be loose. I’m using collagen as a keto-friendly thickener.
Hi Davinah! Just curious on your thoughts of using Xanthan Gum as a sub for the Beef Bone Broth Collagen? How much would you recommend?
Hi Dani!
I haven’t tried that but it should definitely work! I’ve swapped them before in baking and it worked perfectly.
Thanks,
Davinah