Spicy BBQ Sauce

I got the inspiration for this recipe from one of my favourite American Chefs Ina Garten. I have adapted it to be as Slimming World friendly as possible.

As she put it it is a fusion of world wide BBQ sauces, a bit of Indian, Chinese and American, with a touch of Britain in it too!!

The whole pan is 7 syns on extra easy, so it's up to you how much you eat.......

Ingredients

3 shallots sliced 

2 garlic cloves finely chopped

1 tub passata

¼ cup soy sauce

2 tbsp hoisin sauce (4 syns)

1 tbsp honey (3 syns)

3 tbsp worcester sauce

2 tbsp tomato puree

2 tsp english mustard powder

¼ cup cider vinegar

2 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp chilli flakes

1 tsp hot chilli powder (more if you want more spice)

Method

In a large pan sprayed with frylight, fry the shallots till golden and soft, then add the garlic and fry for 1 minute, put into a blender with all the other ingredients and blitz till smooth.

Return the sauce to the pan and bring to a boil then simmer for 20 minutes until it has darkened and thickened. Season to taste.

Then serve with whatever you like....

Goes great on Hunters Chicken, as a dip for chips, with a juicy steak or even pulled pork..

Patatas Bravas / Sauteed Potatoes

I made this dish as an afterthought to go with the Baked Shrimp in Tomato Feta Sauce, normally i would serve it with a huge chunk of crusty bread, but as i'm now doing Slimming World and the bread would be lots of syns, i figured syn free sauteed potatoes would be better, and the base sauce for the Shrimp dish would make a great Patatas Bravas sauce!!

Syn free on Extra Easy.


Preheat oven 200c, 400f, gas mark 5

Serves 4 as a side dish or Tapas

Ingredients

1 lb maris piper potatoes peeled
2 tsp paprika
sprinkling of salt
1 portion of Base Tomato Sauce

Method

Chop the potatoes into 2cm cubes, lay out on a baking sheet sprayed with frylight spray them with more frylight then sprinkle with the paprika and salt, bake in the oven for 30 minutes, turning them half way through cooking and spraying with frylight again.

Serve them in a bowl with the Tomato Sauce poured over.

Mint Yogurt Sauce

This is a light refreshing minty sauce that goes well with Jerk Chicken, Kebabs and as a chutney with poppadoms.

Syn free on extra easy.


Ingredients

250 ml fat free natural yogurt
2 tbsp no added sugar mint sauce
¼ tsp sweetener
Handful of mint leaves roughly chopped

Method

Mix all the ingredients together, let it infuse for an hour and serve with chosen dish.