This Fat Black Chick

Hey everyone! My mother used to make one of the yummiest onion gravies ever from pan dripping and full of flour. She’d simmer a pork chop in it and the house would just sing with great smell of old fashioned soul food. Well today I got a craving for some smothered turkey chops or pork chops.

How in the world can a girl get something smothered in gravy on a Low Carb Diet. Well I’m gonna try making three different versions of low carb gravy I created. I’ll take 3 different thickening agents to create a onion gravy that can stand on it’s own. The thickening agents are Heavy Cream, Sour Cream, and Xanthan Gum (a vegetable fiber which is carb free I found at Whole Foods). Let the cooking begin and pray This Fat Black Chick finds a good substitute for a southern staple.

Traditional simple Onion Gravy (what I can’t have)

1. You pan fry flour covered meat.
2. Add onions to pan with flour sprinkled over.
3. Saute until onions become translucent and flour is browned.
4. Slowly add water, broth, or stock stirring as you scrape the bottom of the pan.
5. Then simmer until desired consistency is achieved season to taste.

Low Carb Onion Gravy (With Sour Cream)

1. Pan sear meat in enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan.
2. Add onions to pan and saute until translucent.
3. 1/2 cup water or broth for every 1/4 cup sour cream scraping the bottom of the pan.
4. Then simmer until desired consistency is  achieved season to taste.

The result was actually yummy! Reminded me of Beef Stroganoff, which I adore. Yet this was not what I was looking for. I will use it as a gravy but not when I want that down home country taste. So like Jay-Z I’m “On to the Next One!”

Low Carb Onion Gravy (With Heavy Cream)

1. Pan sear meat in enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan.
2. Add onions to pan and saute until translucent.
3. 1/2 cup water or broth for every 1/4 cup heavy cream scraping the bottom of the pan.
4. Then simmer until desired consistency is  achieved season to taste.

The result was PERFECT! Same great taste! I believe I have found my match. I don’t have to say good-bye to gravy. This made just enough for one smothered chop. I expect to play with it some more and see how little cream is really need to limit the calories and fat. For now just remember heavy cream no flour.  Next up I’ll try the one with Xanthan Gum which I’m really scared of but we’ll see.