Keto Korean Barbecue
This is a quick and easy marinade for pork belly that turns into a delicious sauce that is sweet, spicy, and keto!
Servings 3 servings
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds pork belly also called side pork
Marinade
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 tbsp minced ginger
- 2 tbsp Huy Fong Chili Garlic Sauce founds in most stores - red jar with green lid
- 3 tbsp erythritol
- 3 tbsp soy sauce can sub liquid or coconut aminos - up carb count
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds can omit if really watching carb count
Instructions
- Mix all marinade ingredients into a bowl until a combined.
- Chop pork belly into 2 inch sections and put in gallon zip loc bag.
- Pour marinade all over pork in the ziploc bag and massage until all pieces are covered. Marinade for 30 minutes.
- Pan fry until pieces are caramelized.
- Serve with cauliflower rice or with Perilla leaves. Traditional Korean BBQ is one piece of pork wrapped in a Perilla leaf. 1 ounce of leaves is about 1 carb.
Notes
It is near impossible to calculate fat and protein count for pork belly as the fat to meat ratio varies greatly. Net carbs is about 8 for entire dish. So break that up into 3 servings and it is only around 2.66 net carbs for lots of fat and lots of protein!