Low Carb Texas Chili

Yes, I've joined the masses doing low carb. But I'm eating healthy and I love it. And in my search for low carb food, I wanted chili. And on a Chili Database site (which I HIGHLY recommend checking out!) I found a low carb version. And it is gooood. Like really good. My one complaint - it's not as thick as I normally like (need to order Thick and Thin/Not Starch).  Oh, and I added a little bit of chopped stewed tomatoes. So add starch or a thickener of your choice. But this stuff is great, little bit of sour cream and cheddar, and you're set.

Low Carb Texas Chili

Serving Size : 6

http://www.massrecipes.com/recipes/03/08/texaschililowcarb259118.html

2 pounds lean ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion

2 cloves minced garlic

3 teaspoons chili powder

1 teaspoon chipotle chile powder (or use an

additional teaspoon regular chile powder)

3 teaspoons cumin

1 teaspoon cayenne (optional)

1 teaspoon paprika

2 teaspoons salt

1 (8 ounce) can no-sugar added tomato sauce

4 tomato sauce cans water

Brown the meat, onion and garlic in a large pot; drain grease well.

Add all remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Turn down heat to low;

cover and simmer 1- 1 1/2 hours.

283 Calories; 18g Fat; 25g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber;

4g Net Carbs

Jucy Lucy!

A little late but here goes. The Jucy Lucy! Turned out great, final verdict? MORE CHEESE. Really. I thought I had enough in there. Alas, no.
I was in such a rush thru the grocery store I forgot pickles and fries. Turned out, that was ok. The burgers were thick, which means FILLING. :) Meaty cheesy goodness for sure.

I only had enough beef for 3 burgers total. I went a little non-traditional with my burgers. I made one with a provolone and American mix (Mike said it was great - he took it to lunch, but still more cheese - are you seeing a trend?) and the other two? Oh, smoked Gouda and sautéed mushrooms. GLORIOUS. No really. I used whole wheat buns (we do wheat bread for about everything, hot dog buns, hamburger buns...), Romaine hearts, white onion, tomato, and baby Bella mushrooms.

This web site has a pretty good how-to, which is the method I used for making mine.
Jucy Lucy how-to and recipe

I seasoned my beef with a little Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic and Borsari (can be found at Whole Foods - great meat seasoning, and I used it on the sautéed mushrooms too).

So following the instructions, I just added different cheeses. I made my mushrooms with butter, white wine and Borsari seasoning.


Halving the meat for the burgers



Mmmm, cheese!



Placing the cheese in the burger



Mmmm, mushrooms!



Fixin's



Gouda Jucy Lucy!



Messy = GOOOOD