Low Carb Cajun Shrimp, Rice and Sausage Bowel

Name: Low Carb Cajun Shrimp, Rice and Sausage Bowel
Cuisine: American, Southern, Cajun And Creole
Ingredients: • 1 tablespoons avocado oil; • 1/4 lb jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, chopped into 1-inch pieces; • 3 oz Chicken Andouille, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces; • 1/2 tablespoons fresh garlic, minced; • 1/4 medium white onion, chopped into 1-inch pieces; • 1/4 green bell pepper, chopped into large chunks; • 1/2 celery stalks, chopped; • pinch of sea salt; • 3/4 tablespoons Cajun seasoning; • 9 oz of Heart of Palm (brown rice); • 1 cup low sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth; • 3 Tablespoons tomato paste; • 2 bay leaves (optional); • sea salt to taste & pepper to taste; Turkey Sausage you can use any Sausage you want, being on a low carb low fat diet I would use the chicken or turkey sausage

8 steps

This is a Deviation from a recipe I found on YouTube from YouTuber Fit Men Cook. His recipe is supposed to be Low Carb but I think we can do better than 23 carbs total and 16 net carbs. So here it Goes. Don't pay attention to the Nutritional values assigned by Whisk on this recipe cause they are wrong. for some reason it wants to assign the hearts of palm rice the same values as regular rice.

Updated at: Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:58:41 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories225.8 kcal (11%)

Total Fat8.4 g (12%)

Carbs21.3 g (8%)

Sugars13 g (14%)

Protein17.3 g (35%)

Sodium822.6 mg (41%)

Fiber1.8 g (7%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1 tablespoonsavocado oil

0.25 lbshrimp

jumbo, peeled and deveined, chopped into 1-inch pieces

3 ozChicken Andouille

chopped into 1/2-inch pieces

½ tablespoonsfresh garlic

minced

0.25white onion

medium, chopped into 1-inch pieces

0.25green bell pepper

chopped into large chunks

0.5celery stalks

chopped

sea salt

¾ tablespoonsCajun seasoning

9 ozHeart of Palm

brown rice

1 cuplow sodium chicken broth

or vegetable broth

3 tablespoonstomato paste

Subtitutions

Turkey Sausage

you can use any Sausage you want, being on a low carb low fat diet I would use the chicken or turkey sausage

Instructions

Step 1

1. Set a large nonstick pot on high heat. Once hot, add oil and shrimp. Sear and cook the shrimp until plump and sear marks appear along the edges, about 5 minutes. Remove the shrimp from the pot.

Step 2

2. Add the chopped sausage and cook for 2 minutes to get a good sear.

Step 3

3. Reduce the heat to medium and add garlic, onion, bell pepper and celery. Cook for about 3 minutes, until the onions turn brown and translucent.

Step 4

4. Add Cajun spice mix and Sea Salt. Continuously fold everything together, ensuring all the ingredients are covered in seasoning.

Step 5

5. Add Chicken Broth, Bay Leaves and Tomato Paste, bring to a gentle simmer on LOW heat. Halfway cover the pot and cook until about 80% of the liquid has been evaporated, or until you have reduced the chicken stock to the point a sauce starts to form, about 15 min.

Step 6

6. Remove the bay leaves, fold in the Cooked shrimp and season to taste with sea salt & pepper.

Step 7

Add Heart of Palm Brown Rice and continuously stir for about 4 minutes.

Step 8

7. Garnish with parsley and enjoy!