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The baked thigh video recipe was reviewed. As I was doing so, another recipe popped, butter broasted chicken and just an oddity... garlic butter. The buttered chicken could have been good. The idea is good. But then the guy added a bunch of sugar, plus processed barbecue sauce and spice which also had sugar. I am sure it would be tasty. Lead is a sweatener too. Yeah. No.
As to the garlic butter? The only reason for that would be for bread. Bread is just another form of sugar. Now, butter baste the chicken in garlic butter? As a steak replacement treat, once a month? Sure. It is a bit rich even for keto eaters. At least once calories start being, if roughly, counted.
I had only consumed a leftover fatted tea from yesterday and fifteen cc's of insulin. Blood sugar climbed to 203 after three hours, a fifty one point jump. I wonder if leftover fatted tea... somehow processes in carbs? It should have dropped thirty points or more. Very strange, somewhat frightful. I had a heavy dose, a fresh fatted tea, and three pickled eggs. Will check in a bit.
The ducks are out. So tired. Body hurts. I want to sleep. Afraid to nap, afraid not to nap. I am hoping to put some chicken in the oven. I need to look over a sauce, minus sugars. Get that set up first. I do have keto maple syrup, but generally I don't like maple on meats... keto pancakes, keto French toast, and such. As well, it might be too prone to burn? Soy sauce and olive oil, perhaps powdered onion and garlic? Maybe.
I do realize why so many people fail with keto... they are never on it. Sauces, from special to ketchup, even some mustards, are so heavily laden with sugar, half a teaspoon will kill ketosis, even make getting into ketosis impossible for days to a week. Their problem is they aren't eating a full keto meal. That is assuming they aren't continuing with bread and pasta. There is no half way.
I am hoping to wake well enough to place a few calls. Not even sure I will get dinner going. So tired my eyes burn. Later. Possibly good night.
As I am such a failure at frying chicken (rare successes notwithstanding), I tend to bake my thighs. First a coating of olive oil. Then seasoning (sometimes salt and pepper, other times something more exotic. Whatever catches my eye in the spice rack). Not only does it come out to my satisfaction, but my cat adores the results as well.
ReplyDeleteI used to microwave my chicken, but have long since grown out of that habit.
This chicken ended up AWESOME. I can grill them with a 70% shot at decent results. But leftovers from the grill are decidedly downhill and way too smokey. I have tried reheating back on the grill, in the oven, and in the microwave. All too smokey at about the same level, oddly. The best reheating method is the grill. I don't add wood chips for smoking, the chunk (cowboy) charcoal is quite enough.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I believe, from now on, the oven will do... for chicken thighs. Plus, it is vastly quicker. As to your notion of spices, etc, I think that works. I could see a marinade if citrus is desired. The other options don't need the effort. I added soy sauce, light olive oil by vast majority, onion garlic and ginger powders, fresh ground salt and pepper, plus a very light tap of ghost pepper flecks. Perfect.
It's been a while since I've gone spicy, so light seemed best.
I need to use more soy sauce. Thanks for the heads-up.
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